Tips for shooting at night.

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spskaya

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Hello everyone,
I love this sight. Everyone has been very helpful with their tips. so... thank you. I do have another question. My friends shot at night on a bridge with just existing light and they shot with two 170s. They were set on 720/24pn with medium gain and they were zoomed into the subject. The footage is so noisy that it is unbearable to watch. They want to re-shoot. There is no way to bring lights up on the bridge as there is no power to plug into. I told them that they should stay as wide as possible to let as much light into the lens and just move the cameras closer to the subject. My question is would it make a difference if they shot in 1080/24pa or should they still shoot in 720/24pn. I will be on their next shoot and I just want to help them achieve the best possible picture. Their talent is top notch and would not want to ruin it with poor quality. Any tips would be great. Thanks peeps.:happy:
 
Your real solution is to take a generator on site and light the scene properly. Shooting available light at night is a formula for disaster as you have scene from what has already been shot. Especially when using a camera with such a small chip size.

Good luck with your re-shoot.

Jim
 
spskaya said:
Would shooting in 1080/PA be at all a little advantage?
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I wouldn't think so...might even be a bit tougher. Find as much light as you can. A generator, as suggested, will solve that if noise isn't a problem, otherwise you can get some substantial battery power from places like NRG to operate some lights.

You can also try to use a low noise type scene file to help a bit, but that probably won't be satisfactory.

Re-shooting without doing anything different will give you the same results.
 
If noise from the generator is an issue you can always build a baffle/housing to muffle and direct the sound away from the camera location.
Jim
 
I would use a generator as well. And if noise is the problem just do a little A.D.R.
 
Well from your message it sounds like a generator might be out, so I tried to think of two cheap things you could do to help.
Maybe a reflector could help, try to bounce some of the light you already have.
It might sound funny, but maybe even using a flash light, make sure to find the right temp for the look you want.
This would cost some money, but there are small LED lights that work really good for lighting faces, they run off small batteries, I'll try to find a web link for you

Good luck
 
You can shoot day for night then correct in post. "Video copilot" and "film riot" has tutorials that explains it pretty well. Though it will be a bit tough because you would have to frame your shoots so the sky doesnt show up.
 
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