Lighting differences at the same wattage?

[FadedNumber]

I can do one of two things.

1 - buy some redheads off of a "lighting solutions for film and video productions" website.
2 - buy some other lights of the same wattage from my local hardware shop for much, much cheaper.

What difference would it make on my production if I lit it with one of these:



or one of these:



I mean, they're both 1000 watts, right? Wouldn't the biggest difference be in my wallet?

[Nigel]

Wattage is only a part of the equation...

Just look at your two examples you can tell that both will throw the light in very very different ways.

The top light will focus the beam more...The bottom will throw a wider beam but could be cut to avoid spill with the barndoors.

Look at the array of light choices and you will see that you can pick from three lights all of the same wattage but will all give you a different looking source.

I like to use some cheap utility lights myself. I don't use them for key or even fill--I like them for accent. It is easy to have a variety of bulbs and change them out and gel them to add a small kick to a practical.

Does that help??

Good Luck
PS--Buy a good book on lighting for film.

[TJ_the_director]

halogen work lights are cheap at the home depots of the world. you can diffuse them and create cheap barn doors with aluminum foil, etc. many times you'll get the same look with money left over for other things to increase production value.

I agree with the previous poster about reading up on lighting . . . good luck.

ps: all my 120v lights are home depot bought [img]eek.gif[/img] while my 12v stuff are professional (3 NRGs), I've found trying to get 12volt stuff to work on the cheap is troublesome.

<font color="#a62a2a" size="1">[ December 16, 2004 08:22 PM: Message edited by: TJ_the_director ]</font>

[Chance1234]

Film lights are better at dealing with heat, the moment you start putting gels/blackwrap/diffuser etc on one of the halogen s you have to be bloody careful

also all depends on what you are trying to light ,.

[TJ_the_director]

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mack powered diesel for $2905 USD. Think what you can do with this in your film as you keep this around nearby to put out halogen fires.

<font color="#a62a2a" size="1">[ December 17, 2004 06:38 AM: Message edited by: TJ_the_director ]</font>