want to create reflections/ star trek movie

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jimstamos

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in the latest star trek movie. on the interior shots of the enterprise, you see alot of light reflecting throughout. any softwares out there have these. some are just lights and some would be colored reflections around the characters while they walk,infront of them, kinda everywhere.
any thoughts?
 
Are you talking about the constant lens flares? Even if not, that's not something a software filter will do for you, although you can add flares with a lot of work. It's really too much work to be worthwhile for the most part. The look is done with excellent lighting design and lens choices. I assume uncoated lenses, unless there's some special coating that actually adds lens flare... it was a bit much even for that. There's really a whole lot more to it than a certain effect; it's the things I just mentioned tying in perfectly with the art department and style of direction, mixed with proper emphasis and design in the CGI sections. Doing everything well for the right feel is the only proper way to get a look like that. If you can't tell, I was extremely impressed with the look of that film.
 
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You can do it with Knoll Light Factory but like people said above that's a lot of work. It'd be better to have someone standing off camera that occasionally focuses a small 150 watt lamp into the camera's lens for effect.
 
The problem however, is that to get the specific look Star Trek had, you will need anamorphic lenses. Otherwise it will probably not look the same, but then again, it is good to have your film's style not look exactly the same as another film's cinematography style.

I am not too familiar with Knoll Light Factory, but I do have Magic Bullet Looks which has an anamorphic flare filter included in the toolset. I haven't done many tests with the shining a light directly into the camera lens method and Magic Bullet's anamorphic flare effect, but it could work.

Like others have said, I would do a test by breaking out a 2 or 3-point lighting setup in your living room, kitchen, bedroom, etc... and then have someone stand just offscreen with a light, shining it into the camera lens. Try different wattage lights and flashlights, as well as different angles and distances from the camera to see how pronounced the effect is with each light and position. It will probably be a process that requires lots of tweaking to get it right from one shot to the next.
 
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