Recommendations for a Light Kit

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jrod81

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Just got offered a job as full media director for a law firm. The budget is tight and I don't have much left for lights so could you guys make a few suggestions... maybe a low end, middle of the road, and high end option. That will give me something to submit to the attorneys and they can choose how much they want to go over budget.
 
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Where is the content going? Not sure how everything is spec'd out but if it's for the web, I'd take a good hard look at the camera and see if I could cut back on that and allocate more for lighting and sound. If it's more for television, I could see the need for a higher end cam but I'm still always wary of putting all the cash in the camera boat and settling for less than decent lights. Not saying that's the case, I'm just throwing it out there so it's in the back of your mind. If you're going to be shooting in law offices doing promos as such I might go with some flos. They'll go well since those offices will probably be lit with flos already and they don't heat up the room as much (remember you'll be killing the AC for sound, so it gets hot real quick!) and I'm assuming you'll probably be doing standard talking head or similar style shooting. You could grab some used fresnals, I hate the term kit. Spec out what you're going to be doing and figure out a way to make that happen. If it's always the same shot, two lights and some bounce might cut it and you might otherwise wind up wasting money on a four light kit or something. Also, remember, practicals! You could throw in a china ball and some practicals, I'd lean towards keeping the lighting soft. I'm assuming this is all indoors in their offices and pretty similar from cut to cut.
 
One four foot four bank flo. One two footer. Daylight tubes. Louvers. Two C-stands. Two dirt bags.
 
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