Steve Maisch

Is it best to do colored gels on set, or modify the color in post? (we use Sony Vegas 8). Thanks for all the help guys.

This scene will be at night, so I will probably tint it blue or a cooler color to simulate moonlight. It is supposed to have a dark, sad feeling. THe man in the wheelchair is dying and about to commit suicide to ease the pain (just to give you an idea of the mood I am going for).

Heading off to read that article now. This is what I came up with in testing with what Serge suggested. All my lighting is DIY. I have shoplights, cone lights, and two small lights with diffusers. Pretty much all put together with hardware store parts.

Excellent Serge, thank you for responding to my first post, yeah! I shall try a few more test shots and post them after I read teh topic you suggested.

Cinematography novice here. Have shot like 3 shorts, all have done well, but for our new project, I am really trying to focus on lighting and cinematography. We have a scene where a man in a wheelchair is sitting about 3 feet away from a window, staring out of it. The window has slatted blinds. The effect I want is to have the light from outside beaming in, illuminating the man, but to have the definitive lines of shadows from the blinds on his face. So its light, shadow, light shadow, etc etc up and down his face. When I test this in a dark room with light streaming in from just outside, it is a very pretty and soft image, but the face is washed with light, not harsh lines. Any suggestions? I am using a Canon GL2 with a wide angle adapter. Steve Maisch