James Cotter

Lucky enough to have a caravaggio in my local museum in Ireland and spent a fair amount of time looking at it! In terms of stock, I'd point towards a slow sharp stock that likes blacks - 100t 7248 probably, or if you want to go the whole hog, 50d 7245. I've used 48 on some shoots that needed rich colours, nice blacks and sharpness and found them very effective.

Thanks for the advice guys - unexpectedly out of the country so apologies for reply delay. There are two main scenes - one is a guy in a field in the middle of nowhere and the other is a crowded street in a city. I'll probably end up using a bit of all suggestions, shooting some stuff at day, some at night and using some day for night where I can get away with it. Has anybody come across anything in post that's made day for night more 'real' - my concern lies, as usual, with the sky in dfn shots. Can always nd it, etc, but I never quite buy it.

I'm shooting a film in a couple of months, probably on DVCam. In the script someone gets the power to turn off the sun at will. So, in the middle of shots, the sun needs to go on/off. The scenes are all exterior, mainly looking down on people when suddenly it changes from day to night or vice versa. I'm wondering if anyone has any suggestions for the best way to achieve this either on set, or in post - but our fx budget is slim. I know just turning on/off tungstens is too slow to be realistic so I'd appreciate any advice.