Andrew Redd Posted January 31, 2006 Share Posted January 31, 2006 I have a 35mm commercial coming up that I am going to be shooting and it takes place in a movie theater. I was wondering if anyone has lit a similar setting and found a really good way to reproduce the look of light bouncing off the movie screen onto the audience members. I was thinking of shooting two 4k HMI's through some tough silk and back lighting with tungsten units or possibly just one source 4 as backlight for hero (shooting on Kodak 5218 500T, not positive yet). Let me know what you guys think. Thanks, Andrew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Whitehead Posted February 1, 2006 Share Posted February 1, 2006 A lot of times, for that shot, guys will just put a 4k HMI in the projection both, and actually bounce it off the screen, it creates a large soft source that looks pretty authentic, you can take it one stip further and have a grip wave flags in front of the HMI in a random pattern to create the look of flicker. It works great and is fairly easy to set up. CHeers, Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Mulder Posted February 1, 2006 Share Posted February 1, 2006 you could always just screen an actual film ... like a projectionists focus loop or similar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stephen lamb Posted February 1, 2006 Share Posted February 1, 2006 Hey, I was a gaffer on a small DV project and we shot a scene in a movie theater. All we did is set up a 2ft kino bank, gelled 1/2 CTB, pointing at the audience (it was a relatively tight shot...maybe ten people were visible) and then i stood on a chair and twisted a broom in front of the light. To add some oomph to the scene. i placed a 650 arri fresnel backlighting our two main characters, and flagged it off the rest of the actors. took ten minutes to set up, and it created a very nice believable movie effect, as well as subltly focusing the attention on our main characters. Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Irwin Posted February 1, 2006 Share Posted February 1, 2006 Andy, check out these threads: http://www.cinematography.com/forum2004/in...0146&hl=theater http://www.cinematography.com/forum2004/in...9527&hl=theater Hope this helps, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J. Lamar King IMPOSTOR Posted February 4, 2006 Share Posted February 4, 2006 I would try to get a source overhead or bounce a light off a griff or something like that with side skirts placed overhead. Use that as a general ambience with a subtle flicker, keep it dim. then use a seperate soft key on your subject from the screen angle but cheat it a little for the best looking light depending on your camera angle. Add back light and smoke to taste. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesse Bekas Posted February 7, 2006 Share Posted February 7, 2006 I DP'ed a shoot in a theater once. I made a DVD copy of the footage that was gonna play on the screen in that scene. I played the DVD through a video projector about 40 feet from the talent, pointed it at them, and softened the focus on the projector. It worked extremely well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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