Haydn Michael John West Posted August 27, 2015 Author Share Posted August 27, 2015 JD Hartman. Nice qucik and efficient option. Getting spoilt for choice here and moving towards speed but the response has been so gratifying. Thanks to you all! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haydn Michael John West Posted August 27, 2015 Author Share Posted August 27, 2015 Staurt Brereton, I often forget about pancake Chimera's. So quick with the skirts. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haydn Michael John West Posted August 27, 2015 Author Share Posted August 27, 2015 Satsuki, so much to work with in your suggestion. Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haydn Michael John West Posted August 27, 2015 Author Share Posted August 27, 2015 Hey Bill, thanks for the input. Turned out to be a catalyst for more discussion too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guy Holt Posted August 27, 2015 Share Posted August 27, 2015 It's hard to know what the rigging options would be for that ceiling -- that would sort of drive how I'd light the room. With enough time and manpower, a good grip can give their DP many options. Since fixtures are generally upstage of the talent when lighting night interiors, some rigging is involved. As can be seen in the pictures below a lot can be done quickly with “wall busters,” 2x4s, and inexpensive deck framing hardware. Dramatic motivated reverse key lighting for a Bose spot. For example, while not a night interior per say, we created a similar low key dramatic lighting effect for the Bose spot above, transforming a flatly illuminated woodshop into a scene with warmth and contrast, with nothing more than 2x4s and deck framing hardware. A grid constructed of 2x4 lumber will enable you rig a light in the optimum position for motivated reverse key lighting A baby spud on a 2x4 joist bracket will enable you to inexpensively rig a light to lumber. 2x4 joist brackets will enable you to quickly construct a lumber grid capable of rigging a light anywhere overhead. We used the “big budget” approach of Speed-Rail Wall-Busters, Speed Cs, and Speed-Rail Pipe to create low-key reverse key lighting for a party scene on another Bose spot. With the right equipment, time, and a little ingenuity there is nowhere that a good grip can’t put a light. Guy Holt, Gaffer, ScreenLight & Grip, Lighting Rental & Sales in Boston. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member David Mullen ASC Posted August 27, 2015 Premium Member Share Posted August 27, 2015 Some ceilings are too smooth and too wide to allow wall spreaders -- if you are lucky you can create some sort of vertical supports for an overhead grid and have the art department hide them to camera with fake pillars or curtains, etc. I've also been in some old homes where the transition from the wall to the ceiling is curved, which again makes it very hard to use wall spreaders. Sometimes I've had to settle for menace arms (if someone knows whether the word "menace" is right or wrong, please tell me...that's what the word sounds like.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Satsuki Murashige Posted August 27, 2015 Premium Member Share Posted August 27, 2015 Yes, menace is correct! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haydn Michael John West Posted September 4, 2015 Author Share Posted September 4, 2015 Thanks to all for the superb response. All appreciated! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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