BlakeConway

I am shooting a short peice of video made to be used as credits in a short film. We want it to look like video on purpose, so I am not worried about the grain or the TV lines being visible. However, I have little idea of how to expose for the TV screen. I am shooting this at a rental house, so I will be using a syncho box, and will have a choice of monitors. The camera is an SRII. What film stock is normally used for this application, and how do you meter the screen to ensure that it comes across to match the rest of my normally exposed footage, especially the contrast? What monitor type and size is best. ANY other tips? Thanks.

What filter, or combination of filters do I use to get a light blueish color if I am shooting tungsten stock outdoors in daylight? Thanks, Blake

I am interested in your opinions of which is better....Vision2 500T pushed to 1000, or just 800T. I simply want the least grain and best contrast possible. Obviously, the third of a stop difference is almost negligible, but the scene is at night with a student budget light package, and I want to average at a 4 stop, hopefully 5.6 if possible. If anyone has done a side by side on these, I would love to hear your opinion. I don't have time to test. Thanks, Blake

Thanks Mitch! I will look into renting this device. Now, I have a new question. Can I achieve the same effect with my photographic studio strobes. ( I have 2 speedotron 2403c packs and strobe heads) My thought was that the burst of light would be much too short. I believe the burst is around a 500th of a second at the full 2400w/s output, but the total burst time is probably a 64th of a second. I just don't know if this is long enough to register on film effectively at 24 frames. If anyone has used studio strobes for lightning, please let me know how it turned out. It can save us some money!

Hello I need to find the best way to make a lightning effect that will illuminate an actor and the surrounding street location, outdoors, at night. I really want the lightning to look as realistic as possible, blowing out the film in a bright "pop." The only method I know to do at this point would be to manually flag a large source, like a 5k, that is a couple of stops over my average reading. I would like to know both how to do lightning the "old fashioned" way like this, or if there are any newer methods using pyro technics or something to give a more realistic look. The film will NOT go to digital post. I have selected 7218 for the scene, and might push up a stop. The shot will be fairly wide, full body on the actor, with some background. Total square footage would be maybe 100 sq. ft. of shot area. Wide on focal length. I have 1 5k, 4 2k's, 6 1k's, and some 300 arri fresnels. We are renting anything else needed. Thanks, Blake