Luke Toyer

There are definitely a lot of good ideas here, and a diverse selection of options to look into!! :D Thanks to everyone for sharing your thoughts on this so far!!! I appreciate all the input! ;) The 'Magic Hour' idea is my favourite at the moment. Though, I must admit that to co-ordinate a 'perfect' scenario in which the actors are on site, the fog is on cue, and the streetlights are doing their thing, would require some SERIOUS planning (providence), and the pressure on everyone to consistently 'get it right' in the small window of opportunity was be fairly harsh too! But it certainly sounds possible, and would be a very nice achievement! B)

Landon, your idea is actually not so different from an emerging style of cinematography I've seen recently in which ALL the footage in a film is shot in front of a blue/greenscreen, and ALL the backdrops are added later in post. This allows for some very stylized visuals (See "Sky Captain and the Work of Tomorrow" or the "Sin City" trailer for more info) and allows you to isolate your actors and BG into seperate 'layers', not unlike photoshop. You can then apply filters and colour correction, etc to one without adversely affecting the other. When it becomes cheaper to do, it may become a common practice for films attempting to achieve an ambitious visual style which would not necessarily be photographically possible in the realms of reality! ;)

Cheers for your helpful comments guys! :D I can see I have a lot of testing to do, and I'll probably have to limit the number of the shots I use in this particular location, and possibly simplify them (reduce actors/dialogue) to maximize the chance of getting all the shots I need before the environment changes too dramatically!!! :blink: I'll definitely go for it though!! It's a style of photography I really love and the film wouldn't feel the same without it! B) Cheers, Luke

Hi there folks! I'm planning on filming a short in the near future, and there is a particular 'look' I want to achieve for the visuals. Admittedly, my sphere of knowledge/experience in the field of Cinematography is limited, so I was hoping I could run it by one of you pros!! :D Here is a link to a pic of what I want to achieve, the questions will follow: This photo has been shot in existing lighting conditions. I know that a lot of these night photographers use long exposure times to compensate for low lighting conditions (which I imagine is not very practical for filming at 24 frames per second), but I was curious if it might be possible at all to achieve a shot like this on S16mm film using available light. If not, is there anything I can do to compensate, i.e. use faster film, open up the aperture, etc? I know that it'd be a REAL challenge to emulate that level of fog too!!! :blink: I realize that this is probably quite a naive question, so please go easy on me! ;) Cheers, Luke