SONY F35: lit with Litemat

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Hello group:

I have an interesting dilemma. Last year a gaffer I was working with brought along his new Litemat to light a scene for me. And the footage came out looking amazing. So I decided to rent one to see if it fits all my needs, and then I will purchase one. Unfortunately despite lighting it similar to how I did before the footage from the test didn’t even look at the same ball park. So I shot with the camera set to daylight on s log while the light was set to 5600k. Dissapointgly my test footage came out looking inferior. I tried a lot of different combinations but the footage looked crappy. Is there something to know in regards to shooting under the light of Litemat?
 
What differences are you seeing? The skintones and light quality seem very comparable between the two.

The first clip is a much nicer frame, with a balanced composition, and without the subject backed up against a wall. But I'm not seeing any issues that stem from the light itself.
 
Yeah the difference seems to be scene-based. Different talent, different location and background. The angle is pretty harsh I'm both cases but it works better I'm the scene where elements of the scene justify it. It's also somewhat conventional wisdom that harsh lighting is more common and accepted on male subjects than female.
 
It's just how you set the light that makes it look good or bad. Move the subject away from the wall and increase the contrast ratio between the background and subject so that the background goes darker and you basically have the same set light. Easy.
 
Looks to me like in the 'good' scene, the light is more directly overhead and is also getting filled in a little bit beneath the face by bouncing off the table directly below the subject.
 
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