Specific lighting question...Solaris

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I was hoping you guys can help me on a look I'm trying to get. I just watched the 2002 version of Solaris last night, and in the flashback scenes in Clooney's house, there always seems to be an orangish light on the actor's. It's very warm and gives them beautiful skin tones as well as providing an intimate warm (again) feeling. I'm just wondering how I can get that kind of look for a short I'm doing. It doesn't seem like they used your typical white light. Is that the way tungsten reacts to its surroundings when the film (in Solaris' case) is rated for daylight? Or do you think they used gels on lights or filters on cameras to bring out those warm tones? I haven't received my dvx yet (should be here Monday or Tuesday), so I can't experiment just yet. Just wondering if anyone had any ideas.
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Nathan

PS I'm going to post this exact same message at dvinfo.net to see if they have any ideas
 
Re: Specific lighting question...Solaris

Daylight film, shot under tungsten lighting, would tint everything to being orange.

You can simulate that same effect, just set your DVX to the 5600k white balance preset, and see what it looks like under tungsten lighting.

Haven't seen Solaris, so I don't know if that's what they did, but I would doubt that's the way they went about it. I would expect that they just used some CTO gels on lights that were striking the actors directly. That way they could selectively color parts of the scene without affecting everything. Then again, they could have done it in post, or with a digital intermediate, who knows... or they could have just been shooting with a warm filter on the lens... with the DVX, you can selectively control the amount of warming (or cooling) in-camera by using the COLOR TEMP menu setting.

So there are lots of ways for you to experiment, once the camera arrives! :)
 
Re: Specific lighting question...Solaris

Thanks for the info Barry. That was very informative. I'll definitely experiment and see what looks best.
Nathan
 
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