Shooting Inside a Car

swiperstopswiping

swiperstopswiping

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I need to shoot a scene in a car. (Toyota Landcruiser, or landrover, i don't know what type it is because its not my car, but thats besides the point. Its a SUV) Anyways, I was wondering how hard it is to shoot a scene in a car, with three people in it. Iconcerned about la few different aspects, such as ighting because I will be losing some with a letus if i shoot this scene. Any recommendations?
 
Hmmm.... well, the first thing I'd ask myself is if I really need to use an adapter for shooting inside of a car. If it's a DOF thing, you can get some easy shallowness with the stock dvx lens when you're that close.

anyway, what time of day will this be shot? Natural light will be a great help in this situation, and maybe securing a bounce board of some sort wherever you need extra light.

More info on the way the scene is going to play out will be much easier to help you out.
 
Consider a fluorescent light that plugs into the lighter socket.

Saw one at Walmart the other day for 18 bucks in the auto department....

For night scenes it might be enough for the "light off dashboard" effect.
 
I say ditch the letus for this scene. Inside of a car, you dont have much room, and not only will the physical size hinder you, but also the lense length. You'll need to go wide. Is the car stationary? moving? outside? in a parking garage? If it's moving, that adds a whole new level of difficulty to shooting. Usually the common thing to do is to put it on a flatbed or "process trailer" so that the car is actually starionary on the trailer. They then will blast the inside with a couple HMI lights to keep some constant fill, and then they will let the changing light of the car movement do the rest. If you're camera is going to be outside of the car, make sure to use a polarizer so that you can see past the reflections on the window. If it's stationary, I would use some foam core bounce and maybe some daylight balanced flouros taped to the cieling. I picked up some daylight flouro tubes and a fixture for a total of 14 bucks at home depot a couple weeks back, it works great.
 
No sweat! Seriously though, those 14 dollar daylight flouros are soooo nice to have. I have used them as back/side fill with 3200k light as my key and it gives a really nice color contrast that looks like moonlight. I think the tubes were phillips brand. Oh yeah, make sure if you buy one of the flourescent fixtures that it has an electronic ballast. Magnetic ballasts will hum and flicker.
 
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