nighttime look

PaPa

PaPa

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Hey guys. Got bored today so i set up some lights and screwed around with the camera throwing some improv at it. Decided to take it upstairs and try to see how it would sound with the shotgun, lights and so on, so basically another test

http://www.tassweb.com/papa/byebye3.wmv

sorry for the little jumps, i exported to mini dv then back to the computer and it did that.
 
Is it shot at night or day? It looks like day with a blue filter or color correction.
 
thats exactly it. Shot durin day with CC ( need a monitor. Looks great on lcd screen but as soon as it goes to TV its much brighter. ) so i guess it dpeends on what you look at it with.
 
Hey look it's Harry Potter all grown up :)
I would say it is a bit too evenly lit for it to be convincingly night, you need more shadowy areas. I think a bit is compression though as it looks a little washed out. Nice compostion though, and nice acting.
 
scharky said:
Hey look it's Harry Potter all grown up :)
I would say it is a bit too evenly lit for it to be convincingly night, you need more shadowy areas. I think a bit is compression though as it looks a little washed out. Nice compostion though, and nice acting.
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i was thinking about that.

What would make more realistic night look? If i were to remove the blue, for example, to give it a more night time texture, would it require a harsher key light with no fill? Then not light the background as much?
 
Ok, this is what I would do:

Keep the low contrast
Crush the blacks a bit, maybe pull down the highlights
Desaturate the image
Apply only a VERY subtle blue. Generally we don't see color at night so anything more than a hint looks fake =)
Let us see the results!
 
Oh one more note: Whether you should crush the blacks or raise them really depends on the footage. Generally low contrast is good though. Only way to know is through experimentation.
 
We recently shot "night" footage with a lot of lights LOL. The key was to get a lot of good catch lights on the edges of the details in the shot... then when applying CC for a night effect, you can push the blacks and not lose what you're seeing in the scene.
 
EditPhish said:
We recently shot "night" footage with a lot of lights LOL. The key was to get a lot of good catch lights on the edges of the details in the shot... then when applying CC for a night effect, you can push the blacks and not lose what you're seeing in the scene.
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how do you light just the edges in the scene?
 
Personally, I like the last one best.

I'm not sure I'm good at explaining what I mean... but basically we lit one side of the scene... so there were highlights on one side, and very dark shadows on the other. Placed just right, you'll get the edges of the subject(s)/objects lit, but everything else falling off into shadows.

Make more sense?
 
PaPa said:
Hey guys. Got bored today
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You got bored? Man I cant remember the last time I was bored.

I agree. the last version was the best. I also agree that it needs more highlights on one side. Moonlight usually isnt that even, especially in the middle of a room. But that last one looks great! Better than some stuff Ive seen on tv. Theres some bad day for night stuff out there.
 
I'm liking the changes =)

The question is, do you like the footage? That's what matters after all! If you have access to MB you might give that a shot as suggested. I can't remember what the night filters look like but MB stuff is usually decent.
 
Shooting Night for Day is much easier than Day for Night.

I know that really doesn't apply, but I thought it would be neat to say.
 
im not a fan of magic bullet for other than its diffusions. :) everything looks tooo Magic bullet with magic bullet
 
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