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cheers for that will look into it.

Hi, i used to work as a clapper loader before becoming a dp and on a shoot once the dp used a stills camera with a polaroid back to look at the contrast ratio before shooting. does anyone have any information about how useful this can be and what kind of equipment and stock might be appropriate to work with. is there a specific polaroid stock that might react similar to motion picture stocks? any info would be greatly appreciated. thanks

thanks for the advice, we will be doing tests and obviously the appropriate lighting for the scene is my first priority, but as i said i was asking for any advice regarding prosthetics, i have just done a blue screen shoot with some students doing prosthetics and i found that some benefited from flat lighting which hid a lot of unwanted creases, where as others worked far better with a cross light and very little fill to hide any problems, toplighting seems to help with the difficulties of joins around the neck. i didn't shoot on film so i must test the issues with the prostheitcs reastion to the stock we are using.... any other advice would be greatly appreciated. are there any articles or books written about lighting for prosthetics?

Hi, Lighning effects are required for an upcoming shoot, we will have a lightning strike unit on the shoot, it is a studio shoot and we will have a the lightning coming through the window, what is the best direction for the ligthning to come from, how does one measure the exposure of it and how many stops over your camera exposure should it be. Also if i want to light up the backing seperately and limit areas that it lights up what approaches might work, mirrors or silver reflectors. Thanks

Hi, I am doing a shoot involving a large amount of lighting for prosthetics, particularly centering around a zombie character. What are the techniques for lighting prothetics, i.e. hard or soft light, flat or contrasty, cool or warm etc. thanks :rolleyes:

Hi, I am doing a shoot involving a large amount of lighting for prosthetics, particularly centering around a zombie character. What are the techniques for lighting prothetics, i.e. hard or soft light, flat or contrasty, cool or warm etc. thanks :rolleyes: