Lights.... Camera... wait a minute.

[deanl]

Hey there.

Remember the "in a room" thing we did here a while ago? Well we're making the short I wrote. We're a few drafts in and we are just working out what kind of money we can get togther. So the lighting equiptment is going to depend on that.

I've been storyboarding the script for the last few weeks. I'll scan them and post a few. (I cant draw for **** ) We're just working out how we might make it. It's early days yet. But it will get made this year.

Despin out.

[emjen]

cool. How're you going to do the werewolf changing scene?

[deanl]

Hey there.

That was lost in the rewrite. Everything is played on her face and outside the door.

Despin out.

[deanl]

Hey there.

This is getting bumped as we're much closer to doing it now. Anyone else have any ideas tips?

Despin out.

[Chance1234]

If you can, i would recommend the below lighting kit, it should cost you about ?100 for 2 days hire or cheaper.

2 X RedHeads
1 X Blond
2 X PolyBoard
Stands for the above lights
3 X 12 Metre Extension cables
Flag stand for poly
Sand Bags
3 X circuit breakers.

Ask the lighting company you are hiring for , for off cuts of gels (they normally will throw them in for free) and get your blues and reds, Also get some ND, scrim and some black wrap. stress the red and blue needs.

with teh above lighting kit you can run safely from the electricity in your house, and still have plenty of amps for the kettle.

Also there are all teh lights you need, for what i imagining you are shooting,

re the moonlight i would go for the bouncing option. or another tip when i dop on a shoot filming in a tiny bedroom, we cheated a window and set up the blond with teh blue on, you never saw the "cheated" window in shot,

re the red issue, what i would do is a redhead outside the door, to shine through , then one of the other redheads i would have inside the room, with red on , i would close the barns right down and kill the spill with blackwrap, then use this light to pick out the actors faces,


Chance,

[Kigo]

I know it's a bit late seeing as how the first post was in april! but:

Light is a pain in the a$$! I would light it as best you can, and then deal with it in after effects or something. From stuff we've done in the past it's easier to fix an over lit problem than an under lit problem. If you can see every thing clearly then it's easy to darken everything later. If it's already dark then it's harder to brighten it later on as then camera will probably have not picked up the colours you are filming. Colour correction is a magical thing that every one should look into. Until I saw it demonstrated on AE6 I didn't know what it was but now...it's a shot saving process!

Also:
Just in case anyone's after cheap lighting Aldi are selling floodlights for ?13 this thursday. I suggest you get there early or you may miss out. The lights can be set up to 2 metres in height. ?13 is a bargain. check em out: www.aldi.co.uk