Patrick Gerke Posted February 25, 2005 Share Posted February 25, 2005 Hello All- I am new to these forums.... Shortly I will be shooting at a gate in Portland International Airport, and need some lighting advice... First off... does anyone have an idea of the best way to match tungsten light to the mercury vapor lighting's color temp... the local shop wasn't sure what kind of gel it would need... Also, my homemade softboxes won't fit throught the xray machine, so I need to come up with an alternative for that... I had condsidered just renting actual chimera softboxes... Another idea if have is to rig up some 4' flourescent light houses, but I am worried that the color temps will be even tougher to match up... I should also let you know that I am shooting this on a xl1s and am going for that soft, gradated shadows look, with a contrast ratio of about 1:3 or so... Thank you for you help Patrick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Hayes Posted February 25, 2005 Share Posted February 25, 2005 The easiest way to match odd lighting is to take a color temperature meter to the location and start taking readings. Then match your lights to these readings. Most of the florescent lights will require a full plus green correction on your movie lights. If the location is lit with commercial florescent you can find out what tubes they are using and tube your kinos with the same tubes. If you add green to HMI?s or Tungsten units it will often look way too green, it?s not. That?s just the way the gels work. The airport security should be OK with hand checking your soft boxes. Also think about bringing some 4x4 floppies to add negative fill and up your contrast ratio. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Gerke Posted February 26, 2005 Author Share Posted February 26, 2005 Thanks for the advice... I'm still waiting to hear back on the type of tubes they are using... my biggest concern is not having the correct gels when i get in there... and just lighting and area that big... i'm used to rooms in a house and stuff... it will be an adventure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Gerke Posted February 28, 2005 Author Share Posted February 28, 2005 does anyone else have any suggestions? I'll take any and all advice i can get B) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Neary Posted March 1, 2005 Share Posted March 1, 2005 (edited) Hey! Nice to see SOMETHING is being shot around here! Here's a dumb, question, is this a day or night shoot? because if it's day at the gates I usually pass through at PDX, there are enormous windows everywhere flooding the place with daylight.... If I were doing a small shoot there I'd use available daylight and bring along a couple small 400w jokers or 2' kinos for cleanup. No worries about blown fuses. have a good shoot! Edited March 1, 2005 by PatrickNeary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Gerke Posted March 1, 2005 Author Share Posted March 1, 2005 (edited) Actually, it's a night shoot... i'm shooting from 7-midnight, this coming wednesday, the 2nd I'm worried about matching to the fluorescents, and to the central overhead lighting, which im guessing is mercury vapor, or hallide, something like that... I was thinking of just bringing in 3 kinos and balancing my school's lowel omni's for background fill... one of the problems though is that i'm having trouble getting a hold of anyone in maintenance to find out what kind of fluorescent bulbs they are using... Patrick, would you have any time to talk with me about this in a bit more detail? You can email me at ptgerke@gatablanca.com Thanks Pat Edited March 1, 2005 by Patrick Gerke Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidSloan Posted March 1, 2005 Share Posted March 1, 2005 You're shooting in an Airport, on video, so forget about controlling the lighting. Bring a couple of Kinos for CUs, plus green gel, and a few 4x4 floppies for negative fill, and you should be good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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