Rolla Tahir Posted November 24, 2021 Share Posted November 24, 2021 Hi everyone, I'm new here, hoping someone here has had experience lighting glitter/mylar/confetti. The director is looking to drop small rectangular pieces of mylar confetti onto a static subject and wants it to glisten/twinkle on camera. The subject is lit from the top (halo lighting, likely with a diffused ARRI 1k) but I'm wondering if that somewhat hard lighting would do the trick or if I need to light the confetti differently? I'm shooting on 16mm 500T Kodak. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Greene Posted November 24, 2021 Share Posted November 24, 2021 My last confetti scene was shot in daylight, in the shade of buildings. To make the confetti sparkle I used my biggest lamp, an 18k HMI to backlight (or as close to backlight as I could without the lamp being in frame). To make the confetti sparkle, high contrast if your friend, so a hard light from the side or back looks best. You can see the effect here at about 2:50 into this clip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Schroeder Posted November 24, 2021 Share Posted November 24, 2021 I recently shot a piece that used some silver confetti, we lit it hard from underneath so they would catch the light as they tumbled. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rolla Tahir Posted November 24, 2021 Author Share Posted November 24, 2021 Thanks very much Bruce and Andrew. We're definitely going for a high contrast look and we're shooting in a studio which I think helps a bit more than daylight. It's very helpful to see examples and know the setup that resulted in them. Hopefully after the film is processed I can share my own results here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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