Hello everyone,
I'm producing and directing a live-to-tape TV shoot coming up two Fridays from now, on location in a huge dance hall. I only really have a budget for my camera operators (the cameras and most of the other equipment I'm getting for free), so I'm trying to think of creative ways to employ the limited lighting I have available to make things look as good as possible.
I'm basically treating this as a live performance broadcast, mainly featuring the band, but as it's a swing band I'm going to try and capture some of the dancing as well.
As far as lighting, I have 4 650w omnis and 3 350s. They aren't going to cover that much, given the size of the space.
My ideas are:
To white balance carefully so that the colors will be good, despite the inevitably poor house lighting.
If I can, I'll try to take some of the top lighting off the band with the 650s at 45 degree angles to the stage.
I'm also going to try and light a portion of the dance floor with the 350s, maybe with some interesting colors, so I can "feature" some people dancing on occasion.
Is there anything else I can do (short of having a real lighting budget) to make this look good?