Alex Weiss

Here's the reverse, which might help to analyze the lighting. I wonder which light causes the shadow under his nose; I don't think it's the side key.

Hi, for an upcoming film shoot I'd like to recreate a lighting scheme similar to the one I've attached; it's from The Double Life of Veronique, directed by Kieslowski and shot by Slawomir Idziak. What fascinates me about this shot is that the key light coming from camera right seems to be very soft on her face, yet we still see a clear separation between the key and the fill -- the key is soft but doesn't spill over too much to the other side of her face. We tried to recreate this with a side zip light through a silk (the zip itself wasn't soft enough), but that spilled to the other side way too much. So I'm not sure how to get this quality of light... I can't even tell from what height the key is coming from, to be honest. My other question is regarding color. I know that most of the look of the film was achieved with filters, so I was wondering if the fill on her is a different color just because of the filter, of whether there's a dedicated fill light with a different gel. Thanks, Alex