Robert Harper

If the camera has to be farther back, you could also use a string light with larger medium base colored party bulbs that should catch nicely in the eyes.

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This looks fantastic... if you were the DP on all of this, I wouldn't exactly call you an "aspiring cinematographer". Good work!

Gilbert at The Gilbert Group has retired from renting out gear to focus on sales. He recommended TAG Lighting and Grip http://www.taglighting.com/ for lighting and grip truck rentals in Kansas City. Used their 5-ton grip truck and HMIs on a shoot. Truck was well laid out and gear was in great shape.

I've had luck at Visual Products, but have shipped lenses lots of different places. Duclos is obviously very well respected. The guy at Serious Gear in Seattle also did great work on a set of lenses I sent up there.

I've sent film to Pixel Farm in Minneapolis before: http://pixelfarm.com/ They did good work.

If you're a Key Grip, you won't have to worry about touching the lights. (If you it's a small shoot where everyone does everything, my best advice is to make sure to have the light on the tail gate of the truck, move the crank up to the gate and load the light from off of the gate onto the stand. It's a lot easier to lift up and over than to lift the whole light from the ground to over the stand and down.) The biggest thing as a Key Grip is to make sure that things are safe. Don't put up a 20x20 without a lot of weight and ropes tying it off. Have some extra hands stand on the stands if need be. Always make sure the producers have courtesy flags set for them at video village and make sure the lens isn't getting pinged with light. Other than that, have fun!

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