Narayan Van Maele

Hey Oscar, Yeah no budget, well all in I think it cost €1000 half of that went to the 'studio' we shot in and the other half went on props and the little set that we built. We shot on the 5d mark II with old nikon lenses. Lighting package consisted of two blonds, three red heads and a set of 1000w arri minifloods which we used to illuminate the small green screen. And we also had those theatre lights (colorful LEDs and sunstrips) We were lucky enough to get all that gear for free. And of course the crew worked for free too. It was a fun little shoot, I especially liked doing the shots that had lighting changes within them, something I had never done before. Glad you liked it. N

Hi, Please have a look at this music video I shot. It was part of a competition and the video won, making it the first official Queen music Video in 15 years. We shot it over two days on no budget with a canon 5d and nikon primes. I hope you enjoy it. Narayan

Hi, Please have a look at this music video I shot. Its a no budget video with the help of a few favors. Let me know what you think and if you like it please Vote for it. http://www.talenthouse.com/creativeinvites/preview/abaade5ed63ce0445286a7563cc0aa80/310 Thanks, Narayan

Thanks for all of your suggestions. Hight wise for the backlight I might be able to shoot in a dip in the forest, so the lights could go on top of the hill and point down to where the action is happening. If I can't do that I'll try and do the sidelight setup with smaller lights that David suggested. Would you fog up the area to bring up ambient exposure? I don't really want to see the fog too much as its not supposed to be moody in that way. They will also be in a field: /Users/narayanvanmaele/Pictures/Tumblr/Last Scene Possibility.jpg characters would be walking towards us. Again for a moonlight look. I prefer the look of a backlight for moonlight. Not sure yet how high we'll be able to get the lights. What minimum hight would I get away with for a convincing moonlight look? The shot won't be as wide as on the photograph. Would it be easier to side light? narayan

Hi Everyone, I'm shooting on the Alexa for the first time. I have a lighting question. It's a short film, using only non actors so it will have a somewhat documentary feel and requires a naturalistic lighting approach. Now, there is a scene where our characters are walking in a forest at night. The only light source is the moon. We'll be shooting WS (don't have to be too wide) and MS and CUps. I have never worked with lights bigger than 2.5k hmi before. For this project I will however have 2x 6k hmis as well as the usual blonds, reds, kino floes etc. I'd love to hear how you'd light this. How far is the throw of a 6k hmi? would you shoot it through some kind of silk? back light or side light the characters? Reflect, bounce back the spill for fill? And what about the background? Are the two 6k hmi my best option or are there any other lights for similar rental price that I could consider? Will be shooting prores 4444 logc Thanks guys, Narayan