Marc De Acetis Posted September 30, 2017 Share Posted September 30, 2017 Hello everyone, I'm shooting a film in a month and a bit all on S16 with 250D film stock. We are shooting a scene in a department store that has all fluorescent lighting (photo below). We don't have the budget to replace all the tubes in the store and I was thinking of shooting it mostly with the natural fluorescent light for the wides but adding more fill and shape in the closeups. A possible question that would raise when I'm doing this is the flicker. Will there be flicker? Would checking flicker from a DSLR in video mode be a suitable way of testing for flicker or would I need to play with the shutter in this instance and run some actual tests from the lab. Looking forward to your responses. Thanks, Marc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sustaining Member Adrian Sierkowski Posted September 30, 2017 Sustaining Member Share Posted September 30, 2017 Generally they won't flicker-- generally, as long as you're not off speed. The DSLR trick is a good idea. I would highly recommmend taking a color meter and figuring out the +green you need to add to your own lights so they are all the same color, roughly, to be balanced out in post. Normally, I'd be on T film and then use a FLB filter to remove most of the green cast you typically get from cool white tubes but in your case on daylight film i'd try to source a FLD filter. Not as big a deal these days with digital post as it used to be, though; but do make sure you match your heads with +green gels as needed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc De Acetis Posted October 7, 2017 Author Share Posted October 7, 2017 Generally they won't flicker-- generally, as long as you're not off speed. The DSLR trick is a good idea. I would highly recommmend taking a color meter and figuring out the +green you need to add to your own lights so they are all the same color, roughly, to be balanced out in post. Normally, I'd be on T film and then use a FLB filter to remove most of the green cast you typically get from cool white tubes but in your case on daylight film i'd try to source a FLD filter. Not as big a deal these days with digital post as it used to be, though; but do make sure you match your heads with +green gels as needed. Thank you Adrian for the insight and the advice! Going to run a test to get some results. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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