http://vimeo.com/21116038
This is a video of what's inspired us and what kind of lighting/feel/mood we're trying to mimic.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLJ6wtgKdY0
This is our footage. We had a 1k mickey with blue gel over it bouncing off of the ceiling. The other light source was the sun from the window on the left of the subject. It was cloudy and raining that day around 5pm.
Couple things:
1) I was shooting at f/4.0 iso 400. Why does it look noisy? Is it because of the blacks? Also why do some areas look pixelated? (is it artifacts?) for e.g. at 0:51 top left corner.
2) I know I need a hair light, and some fill on the left of the subject.
3) We are shooting in an abandoned building. There is no power so we have to run ac from a building next door. There are 2 outlets on separate circuits available from that building so I don't have that much power available (not sure how many amps but we placed 1k in each outlet and it was fine.) We also have a 1200w generator if we need it.
4) In terms of matching the overall colour temperature, some suggested to cto the windows so I wouldn't have to gel the tungsten lights. What are the advantages/disadvantages in going this route compared to placing ctb on the tungsten lights?
5) We're limited to tungsten lights.
6) I emailed the dp from the vimeo video and he said he had a 2.5hmi from outside, 120 4 bank kino flo (is that 120wattsx4?) as toplight, and rosco panel light on the side of the subjects
We are planning on doing another test shoot this saturday with additional lights so any feedback, suggestions, advice, etc is appreciated.
This is a video of what's inspired us and what kind of lighting/feel/mood we're trying to mimic.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLJ6wtgKdY0
This is our footage. We had a 1k mickey with blue gel over it bouncing off of the ceiling. The other light source was the sun from the window on the left of the subject. It was cloudy and raining that day around 5pm.
Couple things:
1) I was shooting at f/4.0 iso 400. Why does it look noisy? Is it because of the blacks? Also why do some areas look pixelated? (is it artifacts?) for e.g. at 0:51 top left corner.
2) I know I need a hair light, and some fill on the left of the subject.
3) We are shooting in an abandoned building. There is no power so we have to run ac from a building next door. There are 2 outlets on separate circuits available from that building so I don't have that much power available (not sure how many amps but we placed 1k in each outlet and it was fine.) We also have a 1200w generator if we need it.
4) In terms of matching the overall colour temperature, some suggested to cto the windows so I wouldn't have to gel the tungsten lights. What are the advantages/disadvantages in going this route compared to placing ctb on the tungsten lights?
5) We're limited to tungsten lights.
6) I emailed the dp from the vimeo video and he said he had a 2.5hmi from outside, 120 4 bank kino flo (is that 120wattsx4?) as toplight, and rosco panel light on the side of the subjects
We are planning on doing another test shoot this saturday with additional lights so any feedback, suggestions, advice, etc is appreciated.
