Timothy Bird

I'm sure you won't have a problem if you put a grain filter on the 7D or 5D footage in post and color correct it to match the grain and color of your S16 it is not completely the same but it will trick the eye enough for the audience not to realize.

if you mix a 3200k kino bulb and a 5600k bulb it makes a great soft light that gives skin an amazing color. Its a beauty mixture :)

I am guessing you mean a natural fire effect? I'd rig up a few lights for the fire, and dim them randomly each with slightly different gel on them, for example full CTO, some Straw, and some Red, were you to do 3 lights, lets say and let that hit the talent from the same direction as the flames, and then use whatever else you need for the "ambiance," if necessary and/or back lights etc.

You could put the key through an opal frame, something light enough to soften without cutting the intensity too much.

 

I agree with Adrian on the three light flicker setup. You can't sell a fire effect with one light. Two is a little iffy. A setup with one 2K and 2 1K's or 650's can look very realistic, but it still takes a bit of playing around with the flicker settings. If one of the smaller lights is set to occasionally peak a little higher than the other, it reads as dry wood flaring up. Having three lights also gives you the option of directing one toward background elements to give more dimension to the effect (for example: keeping a warm, undulating glow on the ground and lower areas of the frame while a more intense, wilder flicker hits higher in the frame).

Thank you so much those were awesome suggestions that i'm probably going to go with.

im sorry i didn't make the set up and my goals clear. im just trying to make it look night but not over light it. The actor will not be wearing glasses. the person in the picture was a test subject. natural night look is what im going for.

I am shooting this production next month and we did a test run for a visual effect but i need some more ideas on how to light it as natural as possible. I'm thinking 1 1200w HMI rigged high to light the foreground and midground, and a 2k tungsten with a flicker master for the background and fire effect.

you need to embrace darkness to allow the audience's imagination to "put things in the shadows."

I agree with Adrian, if there is a way to get more shadows like shutting a few fluros off and under-exposing a bit? Either that or just get on a sound stage (if you have the budget) and light from above. Maybe get a flicker master on some lights to create that awkward alone feeling. Thats just my opinion as well.