Inside/Outside Car

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DanKov

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Tomorrow I am shooting a scene that is supposed to take place at night on the street. I will be shooting it in my garage with a stationary car. Any suggestions on how to light/frame so It will look like its at night and get good lighting on the people/car?

thanks so much!! (I'm a newbie at lighting)

Dan
 
Here is a set up I used once.... Study it. The clip is on my site.

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the lighting setup astonished me last time, and this time again. I just dont understand it really..

what are the purpose of those flags above the wind shield?
 
I thought it was a bit bright... not sure from the clip where they're at... driving... parked in a parking lot... or what...

Can't think of the name of the movie... but it was the first movie that Bill Paxton (the actor) directed... on the dvd... in the extras they show how they lit the car scenes with a spinning light to the side to give off reflections of other cars going by, etc...

Check that out and it might give you some tips on lighting the new scene...

Also if the car is moving... the pa's every now and then can push the bumper down ever so careful to give the car a feeling of movement...
 
PaPa said:
the lighting setup astonished me last time, and this time again. I just dont understand it really..

what are the purpose of those flags above the wind shield?
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The flags were so I could shoot without reflections showing up, glare, ect.... As for the scene, they are sitting inside a car thats not moving, just outside of a night club. It's one of thoes things you have to see in context...LOL. I get that everytime from film people who see the clip stand alone. By the way the setup was so big because I didn't have the luxury of small battery powered lights, I wish I did though! Would have saved me a bunch of work, especially since those actors had darker skin tones. It was very hard in terms of contrast to shoot. Another note, if it's night time, dont expose it dark. Make it dark in post, it'll look better, and you have more control.
 
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