Hey, I'm filming a 5 min thriller that takes place entirely in a bedroom. The scene is supposed to be very dark because in the story none of the lights in the house work. The protagonist is a thief that uses his cell phone to light different parts of the room as he travels through out. My goal is to light the entire room but keep many parts of the room unrecognizable, and of course make it look like theres no lighting being used. I read J.R Hudson's sticky post, and he suggests a 1k fresnel with a gel. That would be ideal, however, i dont own any lights or have access to a kit; and i cant purchase one in time before the shoot. So my questions are, what would would be ideal lights I can pick up at a hardware shop to use as flood lights? Do you suggest shooting at night and adding the light i need or shooting during the day and try to create the mood artificially? Any suggestions and ideas are appreciated. Btw I'll be shooting with a gh1 and lenses that have fstops between 1.4-1.8.
Need some suggestion on how to light a particular scene.
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NextWaveG
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You'll probably spend a lot of time doing multiple takes due to bad focusing at 1.4, FYI.
Is there a stage lighting place by you? You could probably pick up a couple par cans and gel those.
As for what time to shoot, I would experiment first. Shooting with more light and color correcting in post is always my preferred method, but it may not result in the desired look...especially for a thriller. I would say do some test shots before your main shoot.
Is there a stage lighting place by you? You could probably pick up a couple par cans and gel those.
As for what time to shoot, I would experiment first. Shooting with more light and color correcting in post is always my preferred method, but it may not result in the desired look...especially for a thriller. I would say do some test shots before your main shoot.
RyanT
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I don't know what kind of equipment you have, but par cans through some diffusion through one of the windows.
The main thing I would do is find a high powered flashlight. Shoot that into a bounce card and have that roving around as your key. If you're shooting shots of the actor moving around, give him the flashlight intead of the cellphone and have him use that. Maybe you can make a little diffusion attachment for the flashlight though, since the cell phone is a bit bigger source.
The main thing I would do is find a high powered flashlight. Shoot that into a bounce card and have that roving around as your key. If you're shooting shots of the actor moving around, give him the flashlight intead of the cellphone and have him use that. Maybe you can make a little diffusion attachment for the flashlight though, since the cell phone is a bit bigger source.