Second light to complement the FloLight LED500 for interviews?

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Hi guys, I want to get the FLoLight LED500 for interviews, and would like to get a second light that is either LED or Flo. I also need be able to find something that is available now since I have a project coming right up that needs to get underway... I would have rather waited for Cool Light lights to become available, but I just don't have the option any more.

Thoughts?
 
How big of a unit do you need? The CL-255P is still in stock and its got pretty good coverage. Otherwise, a fresnel of some sort is still a good thing to have, even if a small one for hairlight or back/rim lighting.
 
could probably get away with 3, but 4 would be preferable.

One lighting from above, and then one on each side of the screen.

Otherwise ideally you would probably want 3 on top and one on each side.
 
I would tend to recommend the bigger ones. You want as much surface area emanating light as possible to cover any cyclorama including a green screen. A 6x55 would be my preferred one and of course it would all depend upon the size of the screen as to how many you'd use. Jonathan is right though in that 4 or 5 would normally be needed to do it right. 2 (or so) above and shining down at a 45 degree angle and 2 from the sides on stands shining in behind talent at a 45 degree angle. This would cover pretty well and would leave an area behind the subjects that you wouldn't want them to venture into--its just a dead area and needs to stay that way to keep green where it belongs and talent without green on them where they belong.

As you know though, I usually recommend to people just to use shop lights for green screen lighting as the 4 foot (1.3m) tubes are great for that. I don't like them for much else than blanket lighting a large area like a green screen in fact. Can't beat the price either. Average $50 in the USA for such a fixture. Then use a more "surgical" instrument like a fresnel or a studio/portable flo unit with eggcrates and/or barndoors for your subject lighting.
 
4 x 6x55 Woa. Expensive then.

The problem with 1.3m tubes is that they spill on the subject, not? What about construction site fluters?
 
No, you can flag them off with foam core if necessary but I think with the proper separation it won't be too much of an issue. 4 foot tubes are commonly used for cyclorama lighting where people have made the decision to dump hot lights in studios.

What is a "fluter"? You mean fluorescent work lights?
 
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This ones are 1000w and about 40$ okay, heat is probably an issue with them.

Can you send an image also?
 
muroshi said:
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This ones are 1000w and about 40$ okay, heat is probably an issue with them.

Can you send an image also?
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I have two of this, and i'm sure you'll have to soften that light a lot, and is hot as hell.....but who beats the price......
 
Why soften on a greenscreen? And with would will you do that? For outside greenscreen stuff this could work.
 
muroshi said:
Why soften on a greenscreen?
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You don't want harsh lights to throw shadows, which can screw up your keying. I guess if you flag off the spills you can use them to light the greenscreen itself but it's not very useful for subject lighting, hard to control.
 
by softening it you could achieve a more even lighting in the backdrop, which is great for greenscreen. You don't want hotspots caue they can be a big problem when keying.
 
Cool Lights said:
I would tend to recommend the bigger ones. You want as much surface area emanating light as possible to cover any cyclorama including a green screen. A 6x55 would be my preferred one and of course it would all depend upon the size of the screen as to how many you'd use. Jonathan is right though in that 4 or 5 would normally be needed to do it right. 2 (or so) above and shining down at a 45 degree angle and 2 from the sides on stands shining in behind talent at a 45 degree angle. This would cover pretty well and would leave an area behind the subjects that you wouldn't want them to venture into--its just a dead area and needs to stay that way to keep green where it belongs and talent without green on them where they belong.

As you know though, I usually recommend to people just to use shop lights for green screen lighting as the 4 foot (1.3m) tubes are great for that. I don't like them for much else than blanket lighting a large area like a green screen in fact. Can't beat the price either. Average $50 in the USA for such a fixture. Then use a more "surgical" instrument like a fresnel or a studio/portable flo unit with eggcrates and/or barndoors for your subject lighting.
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what aobut the flickering?
 
You shouldn't have flickering in many of the newer types that use electronic ballasts. If you did get one by chance at Home Depot or wherever, I would just take it back and try another one. The first one I bought at HD in 2004 had no problem at all. A magnetic ballast would certainly have the problem of course.
 
Yes that works too. Thats a softlight as well. They are sold also as "cyclorama" lights and of course a green screen is a cyclorama.
 
Yeah. The way a fixture like that works is by bouncing the light off a hammered mirror reflector so its softened up quite good. A somewhat similar effect to bouncing an intense light off the ceiling. I don't know whether its all that much softer than a fluorescent though.
 
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