I found an okay article too http://www.power-of-lighting.com/article09.html
outlining some basics to consider when lighting on a set.
I picked up a couple of 500w (yep, five-hundred watt) halogen worklights, reduced to the bargain price of just ?7.49 each, at Homebase - they have a sale on at the moment.
I found an okay article too http://www.power-of-lighting.com/article09.html
outlining some basics to consider when lighting on a set.
This is roughly what the 500w Homebase Worklight looks like
Anyone have any bright (pun not intended) ideas for barn doors? I assume card may catch fire [img]graemlins/sun.gif[/img]
<font color="#a62a2a" size="1">[ August 21, 2003 10:08 AM: Message edited by: Justin M. ]</font>
I don't know about barn doors, but you should definetly pick up some gels and trace for that thing...
Perhaps if you went to a friendly metalworker explaining what you need, he could modify it for you? I'd say it would'nt be too costly and it would be much safer.
Good idea - thanks.
I do have some gels - the advantage of having grand-a-day photographers that want me to give them work.
Do you mean trace to diffuse the light? One of the photographers that I use says that it's best not to shine the light directly onto the subject. He says it's better point the light at a reflector (white card or polystyrene etc) and bounce the light onto the subject - unless you want the effect of very hot highlights (like Eraserhead).
<font color="#a62a2a" size="1">[ August 22, 2003 04:45 AM: Message edited by: Justin M. ]</font>
Yeah. Trace is a great way to diffuse the light. I often use a board of poly as a reflector at college. You can create some very interesting set ups that way. We were lighting a kid in a sweatshop and we used a couple of redheads, some poly and some green gels. If i knew how to post pics on this forum I'd show you the result.
Another thing (if you're interested in lighting) worth playing around with are nets and flags. Dunno how much they cost, but nets can be used to give a different sort of diffusion to your lights.
Those things get HOT! very HOT! if you have a gel on them for much more than about ten minutes the Gel will melt. TIP ! build a large cardboard funnel to fit the front of the light, make sure there are plenty of air holes, if you are not using sound then bung a fan in there, place your gel at the end of the cardboard funnel, a good foot away from the source. and that will extend them somewhat, also have a fire extinguisher handy!
or.... get a large bit of card and cover one side with Silver Foil, the other with gold and use this as a reflector.
<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Won't the cardboard funnel catch fire too though?TIP ! build a large cardboard funnel to fit the front of the light
Also, I was under the impression that proper photographers' gels didn't melt....??!
hello
yep these do get pretty hot, considering they are 500 Watts if I remember right halogen lights and a fine way to p1ss off / blind your actors!
cheap though.
Ive filmed a fair bit with them, some of it with a Gel, I was lucky and have avoided meltdowns, but Gels DO melt, and DO catch fire.
For info one of these is enough to illuminate an interior for super8 (K40) close up shots.
"but Gels .... DO catch fire."
YES INDEED! sorta cool when it happens actually... especially if the guy in charge at the cable station dosn't know it was me who caused it [img]wink.gif[/img]
i have used those 500 watt worklights, they're great! recently i've been getting good results from a couple normal silver reflector style 60 watt worklights!
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