fog effect

radar71 · December 13, 2004

i'm shooting a white room that must be filled with fog and the characters coming in and out of it to do certain actions in front of the camera. the fog will be used also as a "wipe" to transition to the different people coming in and out. shadows will move around in the fog.

any one know how to light for this kind of a situation?

DavidSloan · December 13, 2004

Can you provide more information then this? What is the scene about, what kind of room is this, do we have to motivate the light or is this some kind of fantasy film, the tone we're looking for, etc... Just asking, how would you light a foggy room?... is too vague.

radar71 · December 14, 2004

yes sorry.

it is some kind of "fantasy" mode. the light doesn't need to be motivated but can be pretty uniform. soft with shadows. my concern is in lighting it and fogging it. how to maintain the conditions during the lighting process and then have them remain for the shots.

DavidSloan · December 15, 2004

How severe will the fogging be? Can we see through the fog or will it be uberdense? Hard beams always look good cutting through fog. You might want to take a look at stuff like fresnels, arcs, pars...

Roberto Hernandez · December 16, 2004

The best advise I have is to fog the entire room evenly. The first time I tried to fog a set I only fogged where I wanted to see the light and of course the fog dissipitated before I could get the camera rolling.