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LukeJ

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I'm going to be shooting an underground fight club sequence. I want it to look gritty and real. I'd like to shoot some slow motion shots. There are going to be 30 extras for the crowd surrounding the ring.

I was hoping you guys could give me some advice on how to light this thing. I'll probably end up renting a big light so ideas about what kind of light would also help. I have a Lowell light kit and some work lights already.

Thanks for any help you can give.
 
Hi Luke,

Is this steady cam, dolly, tripod, crane or Hand Held? Simple setup would be above the fighting area you could put a balloon. Big soft sources are not very 'gritty'. Could be useful to bump the overall ambience

For gritty, I would imagine you want a hard source and lots of shadows. Perhaps a couple of 1k frenels, potentially set up as kickers in cris-cross lighting. If you are going HH, I would think a few lens flares from the 1k's could add to the grittyness.


Jason
 
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Thanks Jason. In answer to your question, I'll be shooting Handheld on the fighters or a simple steadycam. Handheld, tripod and hopefully a couple of dolly shots on the crowd. I'll like the lens flare idea.
 
How I would do it:

My key light would be one VERY large china lantern or likewise soft source (space light with diffusion skirt maybe?) from directly above the ring. Stomach muscles and other muscles look very intense with overhead lighting (shadows help define muscles.)

I would put a large skirt on it to make the surrounding men fall into a darker zone, leaving the fighters as the brighter area of focus.

I would then use a hard light to rim the crowd , and shoot a little hard light to rim the fighters.

Just what first came to my head anyhow.
 
Kino Diva 800 might do the trick from above - make sure its correctly mounted. Theres some balloon options available - not sure where you would source those locally.
 
Depends on the fixture. The higher the better. If the fighters are on ground level with the crowd, I'd say a 14 foot ceiling would be optimal. I'd only show 8 or 9 feet in the frame and use the other 6 or 5 feet for the light and control.

my 2cents again, based on imaginary circumstances.
 
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