Premium Member Dimitrios Koukas Posted November 27, 2005 Premium Member Share Posted November 27, 2005 (edited) Hello, The scene is like this: Night exterior, A well lit pool with a woman swimming in it, night party lit with candles mostly, camera is doing some crane up movement, passes a fence, leaving the pool behind, to a big, general shot of a village with narrow (really narrow streets, not for vechicles), there is a small port on the far background. I was thinking about using balloons, but I ve got the fear that would be on the frame!! Any thoughts? Musco lights (cross-lighting) is a second thought, but unfortunately the streets are too narrow to let light pass thru,so I guess I have to spread thousands meters of cables all around to light it. Thanks in advance, Dimitrios Koukas Edited November 27, 2005 by Dimitrios Koukas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Tim J Durham Posted November 27, 2005 Premium Member Share Posted November 27, 2005 Hello,The scene is like this: Night exterior, A well lit pool with a woman swimming in it, night party lit with candles mostly, camera is doing some crane up movement, passes a fence, leaving the pool behind, to a big, general shot of a village with narrow (really narrow streets, not for vechicles), there is a small port on the far background. I was thinking about using balloons, but I ve got the fear that would be on the frame!! Any thoughts? Musco lights (cross-lighting) is a second thought, but unfortunately the streets are too narrow to let light pass thru,so I guess I have to spread thousands meters of cables all around to light it. Thanks in advance, Dimitrios Koukas This sounds like Lindos (Rodos) where I took my wife for our honeymoon! Maybe you can talk the shopkeepers into hanging christmas lights along their facades? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member David Mullen ASC Posted November 27, 2005 Premium Member Share Posted November 27, 2005 Well, obviously the foreground is not the hard part to light, but the far background. You could side-light with a big unit if you can't backlight, or you could just light the village with lots of spots from the ground, which of course is time-consuming. Or shoot the shot at twilight.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Laurent Andrieux Posted November 27, 2005 Premium Member Share Posted November 27, 2005 Could have the ballons on cranes as well, so you could move them during the shot ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Dimitrios Koukas Posted November 28, 2005 Author Premium Member Share Posted November 28, 2005 Well, obviously the foreground is not the hard part to light, but the far background. You could side-light with a big unit if you can't backlight, or you could just light the village with lots of spots from the ground, which of course is time-consuming. Or shoot the shot at twilight.... Thank you David, I think that going for magic-time will save me a lot, Vision2 200T would be my main stock, so maybe push +1 will do the job. In Greece twilight lasts for about 20 minutes, and F/stops steping down (or up) really quick. I have to plan a reshoot for it, just in case. I have to check the shot's direction in relation to the sunset (or sunrise ) to be sure that I will have an even dark blue sky. We will probably add the moon after (sorry I didn't mentioned it). Dimitrios Koukas This sounds like Lindos (Rodos) where I took my wife for our honeymoon! Maybe you can talk the shopkeepers into hanging christmas lights along their facades? I hope that you have had a great time, not a bad idea at all, thanks! The island is Ydra, near Athens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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