Bartosz Ciesielski

Thanks a lot Lamar for your reply! You have quite right about safety and its more important thing without doubt.So maybe I should have written it more clearly that the plane does not start realy.It just taxi between two policecars. The collision and first flying movement will be added in post with 3D model in wide shot. Your idea of rows of pars is very helpful. I will try probably. One thing only, I have to be careful with this and keep in mind that the airfield shouldn't look like a Heathrow Yes, I know that at the end of the runaway I will have about 5 footcandels.Its a big but not a bigger problem. I mean an exposure increase during all the ride. So, I'm afraid that using only one 18 HMI like a back - side key, even by trying of smart cutting & gridding a lightstream could be not sufficient. What do You think about using second 18 HMI in parallel direction to first from the middle of the way.( I know that will generate posibble problems with shadows, but propably acceptably in action scene like this.) If I will get third 18 HMI with condor it will be good,if not I could use two 6 HMI to lighting background instead. Regards. Bartek

Hello Everybody! This is my first post on this forum, so welcome all users. I'm from middle Europe and prepare myself for shooting a movie on RED camera in August.The budget is,how to say .... rather light middle than middle. The question is about lighting a big night exterior on the sport air field.The scene looks like this: An old biplane Antonov2 starts to taxi on the airstrip.Two police cars pursuit of a plane in both sides than pass the plane and finaly stop before it to cut in the way of the plane. The plane starts in the last moment just a little before one of the police cars.This moment we have a crazy,small collision. A wheel of the airpane's wheel crushes the police light ( on car's celling ).The car shakes a little but the plane goes to the sky. Nobody dies. The end of the scene :-) ( The collision will make in a postprduction with 3d model if wide shot of this will be needed. How to do it is another story which I'm going to take in another post on this forum.) We will need: wide shots of a chase/escape from another car close to police cars (both) ride behind the plane with a camera from another car shots from inside of the police cars on the escaping plane pilot in cocpit ( studio propably) wide shots of the colission from dolly tranverse to airplane moving ( looks very good I have made simmulation in 3d program ) So the problem is, that all the scenes are at the dark night.For director is out of the quest.The airfield has to be small and in conseqence with poor structure. I can mean no buildigs,no trees and lights arround it.We are before a choosing a place.I decided to simulaite silver moonlight,without blue tint because I hate it. I think two HMI 18 KW is all what I can have.My idea is to lift two 18 KW on 30m (100 ft)high,as close together as possible but directed in opposite sides off the runaway. I hope it'll keep the one source light character but will allow to extend light on minimal distance which I need to make about 10 sec. shot by Antonov's 2 starting speed. I plan to find runaway with neutral bacground like line of trees for example and shotting all the escape on this same side, changing only direction off wehickules' moving and positions.It should be succeed. I think if ...... The background I will have to light with smaller units from ground rather because off a budget.At the end I will simulate police cars' lights on a airplane but in this case it' ll be help rather than problem. I have to find the best compromise beetween speed,distance,durration of schot,and light/budget possibilities.I think that real speed about 40km/h (25 mph) without acceleration should be sufficient to filming and it is more than half of starting speed of the plane. So, by this speed I will have a 110 m (120 yd) distance to lighting and about ten seconds time to shot with two cameras every from five passes which I' m going to do. Any sugestions and opinions will be very helpful. Best Regards. Bartek