Lighting Single Person Interviews in a Recording Studio (pics)

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atlfokus

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Hey Guys,

I have a shoot tonight in a recording studio where the client has asked for individual interviews with the performers speaking and then some shots of them in the actual recording booth.

I know most studios have fairly low light, usually tungsten track lighting as most engineers prefer to work in the dark. The subjects are young african-american singers.

I plan on bringing a lowel kit with Tota's and Omni's and wanted to get ya'lls opinion on this setup. I will admit, I've only read up on lighting online and consider it my weakest point of production, not good!

Here is a shot of the room where the interviews will be held, I'm assuming with the subject infront of the mixing board:

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Here is the setup I was thinking:
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Now my questions are:

Does this seem like a decent setup? Should I aim to use small amounts of the studio track lights for a more natural feel? Keep the back hair light on flood or try to create some kind of accent? Any kind of gels or extra diffusion you experts would recommend? I don't have access to a Chimera/Softbox but I feel like the omni w/umbrella should work out for a key, just dont want it too strong.

Finally, what would you reccomend as far as lighting them inside the recording booth? Seems like a decent amount of space.

Any help is greatly appreciated, I know I'm a novice when it comes to lighting, just trying to learn!

Thanks!

Thanks for any help.
 

Working with the available lighting is usually worth looking in to. They may need a little redirecting and can often benefit from a little light diffusion to even the beams a bit, but I'll leave the artistic touches to you.

You can simply switch them off if it isn't working out.

Here are a few thoughts and ideas you might consider -
http://lowel.com/edu/lesson_HD3.html
http://lowel.com/edu/two_person.html

You don't necessarily need the specific equipment used in each example but perhaps modify the techniques to suit your taste.

Don B.
Lowel Light
http://lowel.com/edu/
 
Thanks guys, I wish I had watched that video before the shoot haha.

I set it up like the illustration but without the back light because I couldn't hide it from the frame. I feel like the fill on the left was a bit strong, even with the diffusion. It ended up being pretty evenly lit on both sides.

I did utilize some of the available lighting cause there was a row of tack lights above the subjects. White balance feels off, I was around 3600K when I think I should of been closer to 3300K.

Anyways, here is a screen cap of the raw footage, no CC yet. I'd appreciate some criticism as I am trying to learn lighting as much as possible.

Thanks!

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