Tim Pfautsch Posted April 22 Share Posted April 22 Hey people :-) I am looking for advice to light a quite big ballroom with a overhead chandelier. How to get a good room tone, how to pepper the frame in the wides. Its a lowbudget commercial so no fancy ballons sadly. My first instinct is to use the existing chandeliers in the wides, change bulbs for maximum output. Haze the room. Add some practicals to the mix to get some interest on the walls. I'd love to install somekind of big toplight, but time and money won't allow for that... Anyone who has some ideas? Greatly appreciated, Tim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sustaining Member David Mullen ASC Posted April 22 Sustaining Member Share Posted April 22 Sounds like a good plan -- what else can you do if you can't put any kind of lighting in the ceiling? Or can you? Can you bounce into it? Can you rig white sheets to give you something to bounce into? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher Santucci Posted April 22 Share Posted April 22 You can't menace arm a big chinaball for the non wide stuff? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Pfautsch Posted April 22 Author Share Posted April 22 (edited) This is going to be the location, hopefully. @David Mullen ASCthanks for taking the time! I would like to refrain from bouncing, puts stand into the wides, also the beams become visible through the haze. - at least in my mind. Did some thinking, I will convince the director to only show the wide as an opening shot and try to modify the chandlier so it's bright enough. Rest in mediums or closeups with toplights. @Christopher Santuccithe closeups are for sure toplit with a menace arm! No doubt about that! Edited April 22 by Tim Pfautsch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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