Portable lighting night shoot

Limitedoffer

Limitedoffer

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I have a Music Video shoot the first of August and I need some portable Energy.
We are going to be doing some Night driving and I'd like to have one of my 110v 650w lights lighting the scene. Any portable energies I can use to give life to this baby?
I'm going to be filming outside of a truck bed.
It's a Tungsten Fresnel.
 
You can run a generator in the back of the truck with you to power the light. If the truck you are on has a deep enough battery and powerful enough alternator you can get an invertor to run your 650. A better option is to just get some florescent lights and run them off the car outlet.
 
If you are shooting a Music Video, then audio recording should not be an issue, so if you are set on using a 650 watt incandescent light, get a generator and light to your hearts content. You can rent general use generators from any local "Rent All" joint very reasonably. My question is, do you really think that your video can be shot with one 650 watt fresnel? I would get a big enough generator to give you enough juice to use more light than that. I have used compact florescent lights, with relatively small inverters, as KKeller suggests, to great effect lately. The CF lights are very nice in their power use, in that for every 23 watts of power, you get 100 watts of output. Now the light from these lights is unique, and there are issue with the color of the light (which is addressed in multiple posts on this board, I am sure). However, they do offer some great opportunities for creative lighting, with a small power signature.
 
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