Is this lamp just a lamp?

[nyvideo]

Can someone tell me about this bedroom lamp? It seems that the perfect spill on the wall and the consistent illumination from behind the lampshade are just too perfect to be from the standard lamp bulb. (Of course I could be wrong.) But if there's more here than meets the eye, how did they do this?

Thank you.

 

[RyanT]

It's just a lamp. They just put it on a dimmer to make it not blow out. It might be a clear one instead of frosted to get harder more defined shadows from the lampshade, but that's the only thing I can think of.

 

[Paul Hudson]

It's just a lamp. They just put it on a dimmer to make it not blow out. It might be a clear one instead of frosted to get harder more defined shadows from the lampshade, but that's the only thing I can think of.

Yep. In addition to dimmers I find it a good idea to keep a variety of bulbs on my truck. Wattages for 20 to 200 and frosted and clear.

 

[yatti]

maybe it's only a lamp,but produce good effect. the dimmer seems to be just right.

 

[nyvideo]

Thanks for the information and the tips.

 

[slondon]

Thanks for the information and the tips.

Have you looked at the light and shadows and thought about where the fixtures are that are out of frame and what they are doing? That's what's interesting to me here.

 

[Justin Kuhn]

might be a tube instead of a bulb as far as the light pattern goes. just a guess.

 

[TimurCivan]

Looks very blue/purple to me. It may be a "reveal" bulb. Then the rest of the room is. Lit up to match the practicals.

 

[Greg Smith]

I would probably have dimmed the practical even further if I'd been lighting that set. Note how in the second image, the brightness of the lamp pretty much dominates the whole right side of the picture, drawing your eye away from the actress who is supposed to be the real subject. And as Timur says, it's also the bluest thing in the whole frame. It would look better with a conventional (non-"Reveal") low color temperature bulb of lower wattage than whatever they used in there, IMHO.

And while we're at it, what about that hot spot on the bed just to the left of where she's sitting? I can think of no reasonable motivation for a light shining there in a real bedroom, either.

- Greg

 

[slondon]

I would probably have dimmed the practical even further if I'd been lighting that set. Note how in the second image, the brightness of the lamp pretty much dominates the whole right side of the picture, drawing your eye away from the actress who is supposed to be the real subject. And as Timur says, it's also the bluest thing in the whole frame. It would look better with a conventional (non-"Reveal") low color temperature bulb of lower wattage than whatever they used in there, IMHO.

And while we're at it, what about that hot spot on the bed just to the left of where she's sitting? I can think of no reasonable motivation for a light shining there in a real bedroom, either.

- Greg

Agreed. I really like practicals in shots but unless the practical is actually lighting a part of the scene and it has to be bright you don't want it to be nearly so hot.

 

[nyvideo]

My original question was about the bedroom lamp and you've provided great information about that. As there have been a few comments about the production design of these two scenes of the same set, with a tip of the hat to full disclosure, I thought I'd upload the full screen (16 x 9) image of both stills in a little higher resolution. Once again, thanks to all.