Ok, so I realize this is not an ideal circumstance, and I'll be doing what I can within my power to advise against this, BUT, it may be a situation that I'll have to deal my best with and warn adequately upfront.
I'll need to shoot an interview (interior shot) with the subject with their back to a large window. As in, the whole side of the building is just a window. Other buildings and city in the background, the sun will not be directly blaring in the window at any point. I'm on an HVX200 and had the chance to do a brief test shot with no lighting of any sort when scouting locations. I was honestly very impressed with how it handled it. Looked terrible, of course, but I was impressed with the camera's terribleness and how much less terrible it was than I expected.
The interview will be sometime in the middle of the day, between 11am and 2pm. Obviously, I want to preserve as much detail in the background (the city scape) as possible. The most important is foreground (the subject talking) of course so I want that to be my primary consideration. I don't want to blow out the background though, I know that would be the easiest.
I'm going to need to light or reflect light on the subject, of course. But don't want to kill the background. Also, I have the light temp to consider with the sunlight outside (hopefully it'll be overcast or completely clear so I don't have to worry about that changing on me often), conflicting with the light inside. There weren't bright lights inside, they rely mostly on the sun coming in to light the area. Reflection of the light back into the window, is also a concern of mine.
I have at my disposal, a large Flexfill disc, white/silver. Was considering see how much bounce i could get from available light coming in. I also have a Lowel Rifa-lite 55 softbox, with egg crate. 500w, but also available bulbs at lower wattage. I'll be shooting in 720p24n, probably on a custom scene setting which is close to the Cine-D preset.
I'm going out to test both next week, a week prior to the actual shoot. So, I'll know for more certainty exactly what will work best, if I can even execute this to the degree of quality that I'd like. Any thoughts or advice for me? I'd appreciate it.
I'll need to shoot an interview (interior shot) with the subject with their back to a large window. As in, the whole side of the building is just a window. Other buildings and city in the background, the sun will not be directly blaring in the window at any point. I'm on an HVX200 and had the chance to do a brief test shot with no lighting of any sort when scouting locations. I was honestly very impressed with how it handled it. Looked terrible, of course, but I was impressed with the camera's terribleness and how much less terrible it was than I expected.
The interview will be sometime in the middle of the day, between 11am and 2pm. Obviously, I want to preserve as much detail in the background (the city scape) as possible. The most important is foreground (the subject talking) of course so I want that to be my primary consideration. I don't want to blow out the background though, I know that would be the easiest.
I'm going to need to light or reflect light on the subject, of course. But don't want to kill the background. Also, I have the light temp to consider with the sunlight outside (hopefully it'll be overcast or completely clear so I don't have to worry about that changing on me often), conflicting with the light inside. There weren't bright lights inside, they rely mostly on the sun coming in to light the area. Reflection of the light back into the window, is also a concern of mine.
I have at my disposal, a large Flexfill disc, white/silver. Was considering see how much bounce i could get from available light coming in. I also have a Lowel Rifa-lite 55 softbox, with egg crate. 500w, but also available bulbs at lower wattage. I'll be shooting in 720p24n, probably on a custom scene setting which is close to the Cine-D preset.
I'm going out to test both next week, a week prior to the actual shoot. So, I'll know for more certainty exactly what will work best, if I can even execute this to the degree of quality that I'd like. Any thoughts or advice for me? I'd appreciate it.
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