Lighting for this studio interview shot im trying to do for school...

Sithxace

Sithxace

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In class I have to do a classic interview with two chairs in an angle towards to each other. The the walls in the studio will have black curtains. What I wanna do is have light hit the interview and have the two people lit up perfectly but have everything outside of the light just black... like imagine them interviewing and then all around them goes into shadow and total darkness...

How can I pull this off you think? Direct light Im guessing?
 
What type ,and how many lights do you have available to you for this school assignment?
Your definately going to need lights backlighting your subjects, so their hair and clothing does not blend or disappear into the black background..
 
3 lights, we are just handed light kits, 1 is with an umbrella and the other two i believe are more watts and have just the 4 panals on them
 
" and the other two i believe are more watts and have just the 4 panals on them"

4 panels ? Are talking about Flo lights, or barn doors?
I'll ASSUME you mean barndoors.
Only 3 lights- two subjects facing each other in an interview situation. Right ?
Tell your teacher he/she is an idiot, then ask for some diffusion material to soften your lights with.
If your description is accurate, sounds like you have a lowel light kit, probably a tota light and a couple of Lowel DP's..just guessing..
You'll need to double task your lights for both back/edge light , as well as using them for keying each subject.
I would also get my hands on some foamcore or reflectors of some type. i hope your teacher will allow these as well..
 
I realize your instructor is trying to get results from his students in an excercise in 3 point lighting. Three lights in this situation can easily be done, but you did say "lit perfectly"lol.
Since your background is black, and IF your instructor will allow some reflectors, bouncing your stronger lights into 4x4ft white foam board on either side of your talent, would create a key light for one person and fill for the other. Add your second light and you have the reverse situation. Have the foam reflectors just out of your frame line. The third light could be used by bouncing it into a foam board suspended above your talent...or the light with the umbrella could be rigged above them.
Sounds like a lot of work, and perhaps too much trouble, but it will provide flattering, soft light.
These lights(with barndoors) would be placed behind your subjects so that some of the light would spill onto the subjects head and shoulders. You will need diffusion gel to soften the light hitting them from the back, as the contrast between them and the light on their faces would be too dramatic. Spill undiffused light into the white boards.
There are more direct lighting methods, but again, providing an edge light to both subjects is crucial, so your subjects stand out from the background.
Your approach for a class room situation will more than likely be a bit more straight forward, boring,but adequate. Three lights, even just two, can be used to make a very "edgy" type lighting.
 
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