Adam Reider

You are right these are pretty obvious now that you spell it out for me. Whats also obvious is how new I am at this. :lol: Thanks for the advice. Much appreciated.

Are you saying that because it could look like a disco or alien invasion? hmmm.... What if I couldn't rig them to the ceiling. (it's in an old hall where I'm not sure how much I can get on the ceiling.) What would be another way to approach this? It's interesting how much harder I am finding it to come up wuth a decent concept for a large shot comparativly to mediums and closeups. (especially because it is supposed to take place at night so all the lights have to come from "someplace")

Hi everyone, this is my first post and I just wanted to say this forum is informative. I really appreciate all the time everyone takes to respond to questions and keep threads going. So here is my situation: I need to light a big hall for two establishing shots with a pan and a dolly and the whole nine yards. Hiding lights is going to be a pain but I can think of something. My problem is I'm trying to give it a 1940's look. Not really in terms of film quality (I'm on a dvx 100 by the way) but I was thinking alot of contrast with hard shadows. It's supposed to be a night time party. How do I light this to keep some interesting shadows but have lights far away. (And no access to a hazer or something like that) I feel like as soon as the lights get far enough away, it's just going to light everything with no particular style. I'm not sure if I'm explaining myself properly... Anyways, Let me know if you need clarification. Thanks for your time everyone! :)