Marta Teixeira P. Simoes Posted January 24, 2022 Posted January 24, 2022 Hello, I'm currently working on a project to be shot on super 16. For one of the scenes I would like to have a look similar to the light you get from a camera flash.The light is not supposed to actually "flash", I'm just looking for the best option to have the same quality of light for this specific scene - a hard and strong light but also kind of diffused at the same time. Attached are some photos (taken with a camera flash!) that hopefully show what I mean. The location is the same as the one in the pictures - a medium sized room with no windows. Thanks in advance for your suggestions!
Premium Member Stewart McLain Posted January 30, 2022 Premium Member Posted January 30, 2022 To my mind, that kind of flash look comes from having a high intensity, small, hard light coming straight on to the subject directly from camera position that has fast fall off into shadows - like you can see in that second shot where it looks like vignetting in the corners. (I suspect that any diffusion you're getting is just bounce off the white walls) I would think some sort of bare bulb/metal reflector combination positioned over the camera would do it.
Marta Teixeira P. Simoes Posted February 7, 2022 Author Posted February 7, 2022 Hi Stewart! Thanks for the suggestion. I tried a slightly simpler approach and I'm waiting for the results from the lab. I think it worked but with film there's always an element of surprise until the very end... Best,
Marta Teixeira P. Simoes Posted March 19, 2024 Author Posted March 19, 2024 Hi Nathaly! I ended up using an Aladdin B-Flex 1X1 Bicolour. It turned out very well but please noticed that the location was a small interior without any other light sources and the scale of the shots was never that wide (just like the pictures I attached on my post). I remember considering an Aputure MC at some point because I was afraid that the Aladdin would be too big of a source for the effect but in the end I went with it. I was very pleased with the results. I don't have a still picture from the film to show you, but with a little bit of post production it turned out very close to the reference pictures. The main trick (again, for the kind of effect I was looking for) was to place the light source as close as possible to the camera axis, precisely to mimic the behavior of a flash light. Hope this helps! Best,
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