Indoor filming

[HenrySuper8]

I have some questions about indoor filming.

Is it possible to get good indoor exposure with K40 and my Canon 514 XL-S AF?

What is the best material for reflecting light to get natural shadowless light??

[Greg Crawford]

FOAM CORE BOARDS ARE ABOUT THE BEST. IT'S A SHINNY WHITE, NOT SILVER.

THE PROBLEM IS THE INVERSE SQUARE LAW. BY THE TIME YOU GET THE LIGHT SOFT ENOUGH YOU START LOWERING (SQUARING) THE FILL LIGHT LEVEL, TO BELOW THE THRESHOLD OF THE FILM. (USING ASA 40 FILM),

THE BIGGER THE LIGHT SOURCE THE SOFTER THE FILL. YOU COULD ALSO TRY RUNNING A SPOT THOUGH A SCRIM, OR YOU COULD AD A LAYER OF OPAL TOUGH FROST FROM ROSCOLUX. OTHER BRANDS ARE ALL OK... TOO!

THE SKRIM OR OPAL FROST WOULD GIVE YOU A BRIGHTER FILL, LESS LIGHT LOSS BUT STRONGER SHADOWS...BUT WAY SOFTER THAN DIRECT SPOTLIGHT. TRY IT!

PART OF THE APPEAL OF KODACHROME, IN SUPER 8 IS THE SHARPNESS. SURE PEOPLE LIKE THE ULTRA FINE GRAIN, BUT SHARPNESS IN SUPER 8 IS THEE ORDER OF THE DAY. KODACHROME'S HIGH CONTRAST HELPS GIVE SUPER 8 IMAGES, THAT SHARPNESS EDGE. IF YOU HAVE TO, I WOULD LIGHT SUPER 8 WITH A STRONGER FILL.....KEEP THE SUBJECT (PEOPLE) AWAY FROM THE WALLS. HAVE YOUR LIGHT SOURCE HIGH, SO THE SHADOWS FALL BELOW THE FRAME LINE.

[Alex]

yes, with a camera such as yours, which has a wide shutter angle (I believe your Canon camera has either a 220 degree, or 230 degree angle.

Shooting at 18FPS versus 24FPS gives you a slight exposure advantage.

Foamcore is very popular for bouncing light and softening the light. If you use indoor lights, you gain another 2/3 of an f-stop of sensitivity because you can switch the 85 filter off.

Finally, you may choose to use light from outdoors to light your scene. However, backlight becomes an issue because indoor lights don't match outdoors because of color temperature issues.

The simple answer is yes...but you will have to do a bit of work the first time. Once you get a system down, it will be quite easy.

Big, big rooms will be more difficult to shoot in, unless there are windows that let a lot of outside light get in..then it could be quite nice.