Two Scenes - Suggestions

[escozooz]

Scene One - EXT Car
1) straight into front windshield, green screen behind rear window.
- the car will be outside, probably around 4 PM Eastern.
- I am going to shoot with a circular polorizer to get past reflections

Any suggestions about getting enough light into the car to light the subjet? And keeping the subject and the green screen exposed correctly.


Scene Two - INT Morning Bedroom
How should I fake sun coming in a window? I have several open-faced lights, what gels work well? Should I bounce the light or have it directly on the subjects?

If anyone has experience with these two (common?) setsups and would like to share their advice, it would be appreciated.

thanks. :laugh:

 

[khmuse]

For your first scene:

You may need to bounce some light on to the green screen to be certain that the car doesn't cast any shadows as at 4PM the sun could be getting too low in the sky to evenly illuminate the screen. Assuming that your subject is sitting in the drivers seat, I would try the same thing, bounce (perhaps double bounce, mirror to bounce board ) some light in through the passanger window. You will want to have a vector scope connected to the camera so that you can confirm that you have your color temperature correctly set to get the green screen firmly centered in the green channel.

If time allows, test your setup before the day of shooting.

For your second scene:

If the window is seen in the shot, then you need to illuminate it from outside. To get an early morning look, try either 1/2 or full CTO on the lamp that will be illuminating the window. Also, a few branches between the lamp and the window would also help. Don't let the lamp get too high in relationship to the window since you are trying to emulate the angle that the early morning sun would be in.

Ideally, your external "Sun" would be all that would be needed as this would fully emulate a real Sun at that time of morning. You can use bounce board inside to get fill if needed. If you use other sources (such as interior lights) you will need to pay attention to their color temperature in relationship to your exterior light.

Your question is a little to vague to give more suggestions, perhaps you can post a storyboard for this or both scenes so that it is clearer what you are trying to accomplish (no mention of the size of the shot or subjects in the second setup).

Again, testing is really a good idea.