Jamie Buckingham

OK, Colour temperate blue, got it :)

Thanks for the advice guys, i'm a bit more confident now with the latitude available. Still a bit confused with my lighting set up. "If you're using an HMI for a blue moonlight effect with a daylight stock, you'll need to use CTB to create the blue." CTB = Colour temperature balance? Not quite sure what that entails. Am i right in cooling my 2nd and 3rd (arri, tungsten)lights with blue gels, this is intended to hang over the tent to work with the practicle. The practicle itself is quite cool in appearence anyway so the image i want to create will be cool.

Hi guys, I've been reading around the forum for snippets of advice and thought i should join the community. First with lots of questions, then hopefully sometime down the line i might start being able to give answers! First off i'll introduce myself. I'm Jamie and i'm from the south of England, currently studying a BA in Film Production. Before that I did a media course which involved alot of no budget student film making etc. but all digital. It was here my passion grew for wanting to be behind the camera. I believe I have good control and an eye for interesting compositions, but I am lacking in technical knowledge, especially now i'm about to shoot on 16mm film. My biggest concerns are getting the exposure right. There are basically 2 areas of the film. Outside, and 2 scenes based in a tent at night. The tent will be set up in a darkened room, so we can light it. Yesterday we did a practice, and it was really my first go at serious lighting especially to recreate a real setting. I took some pictures of my efforts, but i have a few questions and it would be good to see if people think this set up would work or what they would do differently. Here on the right we have a 1.2 HMI, which my idea is to be the moon or just giving off moonlight and giving some backlight? My link some fill My link My idea for this light was to add to the practical lamp, through the vents in the top of the tent. Idealy it would be right over, hoping to get a stand for the shoot My link Now, our only film stock is 250D, so lots of cooling going on, i think thats right. There's some on the HMI as well, just to get the nighttime vibe i'm hoping. I took some shots with my SLR at 5200k to maybe get an idea of the colours i'd be getting? My link Too blue? Too dark? Light metre readings were quite low 1.4 - 2.8 max i think from memory. But we've got superspeeds so should be able to deal with that. Have i gone about this in an OK manner or have i got it all wrong? Where do i take the exposure from? Bringing me to my next problem. Shooting outdoors. How do I work with the light meter, where am i taking exposure from? Do i point anywhere to get a general idea of levels, or do i point it at the sky to get the exposure for that so it's not over exposed? I have a couple of NDs and ND grads. Do I have to adjust for this in my head after taking a reading? Sorry for the long post, my head is all over the place and i'm stressing as the shoot starts at the weekend. I posted it here because i thought it might get more attention, sorry! Appreciate any tips big or small, no matter how patronising they may sound! Thanks!