Lighting

you talking about mine? I actually couldn't bring it any lower due to the stand.
 
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This is Standard Video capture just like the first shot in the Thread :).
The idea was to create Hot, Humid Summer Night impression.
Simple setup:
Backlight from up high and soft from the front + the overall Ambiance. Ambiance is an intricate part of any Mood... In mood creations Exposure itself is as important as lighting... Knowing what to expose for... usually Lens F-stop is something different than what your lights read on the floor.

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4'x4bank kinos as fill. Windows are covered in LEE 208.
Back window is natural daylight. Practicals were on dimmers.
Shot this about 4 years ago on a DVX100.
 
bill totolo said:
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4'x4bank kinos as fill. Windows are covered in LEE 208.
Back window is natural daylight. Practicals were on dimmers.
Shot this about 4 years ago on a DVX100.
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Nice Mood. strange that highlight on the wall (from practical) is still visible next to daylight window?
 
I'd like to know the story line on this one... Bright Daylight coming in one side of the room, and the other appears to be a street light at NIGHT from the other side of the room..It makes you assume this room is on an upper floor of a building with the light coming in the ventian blinds from a lower angle..Can you share your thoughts on this ?? Shouldn't the light from the woman's window also been daylight, but perhaps just a bit dimmer, and softer since she's on the darker side of the house/apt/hotel room ? Just curious.. Thanks
 
You are correct, this is a penthouse.

The woman is facing a sunset. The window on the opposite side is reflecting bounced skylight from a cement wall.

This is a scene from the play "Same Time Next Year" where the colors reflect the mood of the char's. In this scene she's passionate, he's cool.
 
It is Quentin Tarantino. I actually got a chance to bs with the man too. Very cool dude.

I complimented him on his camerawork on "DeathProof", what followed was about 20 non-sequators on the art of filmmaking.

I loved every second.
 
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lol i dont have one of those. i worked with what i have, and i think i did it to the best of my equipments abilities :)
 
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http://www.chrisnuzzaco.com/special_uploads/wineglass.mov


I think this is a good example of KISS, Keep It Simple Stupid.

Only two lights used, a white cloth pulled tight acting as the backdrop. Right behind it is a 60 watt tungsten light that creates the hot spot. Directly above the glass is a 200 watt tungsten light with an aluminum foil strip under it to keep light off the glass, but still let the light wash all over the background to help slow down the smooth gradient created by the hot spot light.

The glass is sitting on a small flag held by a C-Stand ;) Million and one uses for a good C-Stand and flag.

Shot at 10 bit, RGB, using an Andromeda DVX 100. Rendered to 16 bit tiff image sequence. Post processed in After Effects. The clip is h.264 quicktime, multi pass.
 
Cardmaverick... Very nice lighting effect... :)
I am not sure if you really needed the light from the top as diffusing the light from behing would give you the same effect. :) Objective in Lighting... never use more than what you need :)
 
jansik said:
Cardmaverick... Very nice lighting effect... :)
I am not sure if you really needed the light from the top as diffusing the light from behing would give you the same effect. :) Objective in Lighting... never use more than what you need :)
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Actually its exactly what I needed. I was lighting a for a hard and steep contrast. I went in knowing exactly how the tones would reproduce and used my spot meter to figure this out. Without the extra light in front, the gradient would have been almost non-existent.

Also...

A new version, improved, I'm getting rid of the splatter and going for the gold!

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jansik said:
Product lighting can be challenging and satisfying.
Glass in particular presents a challenge in that lights reflect in body of the subject. For this reason approach needs to unconventional... one that capitalizes on Keying from behind of subject. There are two main techniques for lighting Glass:
White Edge and Black Edge. Sample here shows White Edge technique

http://www.dvxuser6.com/uploaded/27269/1200155466.jpg
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Thanks for the link! I'm gonna try and combine both of those sometime...
 
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