MikeyWilliams

I know there are specific Gels out there that match tungsten to sodium and mercury vapour lights, you could use those. Bastard Amber is another good one for imitating sodium vapour street lighting.

The lenses look really good, but that flare...not a fan.

Use a kino, just shut the doors a bunch, and then tape off the opening even more so it's just a slit. You will have barely any light getting out, yet the bulb will be bright enough to be seen in the eyes.

the brittany video looks like a mix of straw and CTB gels, The Kelly Rowland video looks like it might have some steel green, or perhaps just some plus green, and using uncorrected fluorescents.

Put more light on your background and go with the LED diffused above the camera, like a lite panel brick or something like that, even 2x1 kino with the doors shut down. If you are exposing for the brighter background you will not get any exposure from the low output of the eyelight, but should be enough to reflect in the eyes.

Good call. Unfortunately the camera mounted on the jib arm will have a wide angle attached to the front, and unfortunately the canon wide angle adapter does not facilitate the use of filters. And no we will not be able to pull the glass from the windows. Too windy and uncomfortable for a 12 hour shoot when our talent is wearing so little clothing!

That is probably the best feature an operator could ask for. I am getting so tired of staring at digital screens all the time! Bring optical viewfinders to digital cameras. Makes me so happy to shoot on film and look through the eyepiece and see out the lens, makes my eyes much happier as well!

No problem with camera reflections, the back wall has no windows so it's pretty dark. Because of the one camera on the job there is usually sweeping low shots that will see the reflection of the ceiling if there are lights up there. Also don't have the rigging to hang lights up there. I'm thinking two 2.5k hmi placed at 45' angles on either side and flagged between the the fixture and window could do well. Keeping them as far out to the sides as possible to keep the reflections as far apart as possible, framing between those reflections. 3 cameras spread across the area, two on the sides on head to toe med wides, the center camera is on an 8' jib, wide and floating around from full left to right, high to low.

Wanted to do a little brainstorming on here, so here's the situation: I've got a shoot coming up next month and a bit of a problem. I've shot this location before and the problem we had was with reflections, we're looking at an entire wall of windows. It's a 3 camera shoot, with one on a jib, so there is multiple angles at all levels, high to low. The problem we obviously run into is with reflections! We need to pump a bunch of light to match the outside (not enough budget for all the ND to cover the windows), but of course there is going to be a lot of reflections. Any suggestions on how to light it? High key, fairly uniform lighting needed. Can run 2.5k lights at the most. The location:

If you want a chance to focus on shooting then have a look at Confederation College up in Thunder Bay. I know, I know, does not sound like much, middle of nowhere, and not much of a reputation..however, I have yet to work on a production in Vancouver that doesn't have a fellow Ex-Con working on it. They have great gear, decent teachers..., a lot of freedom. Mind you I was there years ago, and was in a very good position to take advantage of facilities. I shot about 12,000 feet of 16mm in my last semester alone. I know things are changing around there, not sure who's teaching anymore, but I do know they have a lot of gear and a generous attitude. Plus the town is very receptive to filming, so you can pull off a lot of interesting locations. It's only 2 years, so it gets you out there quickly, not much theory, just a lot of hands on. Think of it as a 2 year workshop.

Yeah i knew it was a while ago now. I remember hearing about it from Browner and seeing the trailer yearssss ago. I hope it makes it out!

Any word on when this might be happening?

Not quite in that price range, but i have an XL2 kit for sale... http://www.cinematography.com/forum2004/in...showtopic=25109 could probably split just the camera, but not for $1300...

Canon XL2 16x Full Manual lens 3x Wide Angle lens Century Optics fisheye Stock Canon Battery 2 Large Canon Batteries Dual Batter Charger/Holder Standard Battery Charger Manfrotto 701RC2 Head With Manfrotto Legs Burton f-stop camera Back Pack Large Black Pelican Case with fitted foam. Gear is in perfect working order, but does show some wear and tear on the cosmetics. Haven't had any issues filming with it ever, and the camera has never been used to load footage. Total for package $4000

Well...this is my first film! Excuse the shitty transfer, it wasn't done professionally. But yah, i'm happy with how it turned out. http://zed.cbc.ca/go?POS=2&CONTENT_ID=2358...=DTEProductions Just click the watch button and it will open up in another window and play away!