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Well apparently, these are the equipments in the studio that are available by default: Elinchrom BXRi 500 x4; Elinchrom 66cm Portalite Softbox x2; Elinchrom 70cm Matte Silver Beauty Dish x1; Elinchrom 21cm Reflector with Barndoors x2; Set of 20/30 degree honeycomb grids; Fomex 1m Octa Softbox x1; Fomex 80x120cm Recta Softbox x1; Fomex 30x170cm Strip Softbox x1; Snoot x1; 5-in-1 reflector disc x1; Elinchrom Skyport Speed Transmitter x1; Sekonic 308S Lightmeter x1; PC sync to 3.5mm jack sync cord x1 Well. I'm looking at perhaps something similar to this (lighting-wise): It is basically a dining scenario in my case with the picture in the first post, where the subjects will be eating. @David: There will only be 1 camera at any one time. Those are the possible locations of the camera that will be on a tripod :) There will also be close up shots of the subjects' mouth, hands etc. @Jorge: Do you mean moving them further away from the backdrop? Also, would a canon 5d ii be an overkill for such a video shot?

Hi! I'm still completely new to the concept of lighting. Anyway, I'm planning to shoot a short video in a studio that has a black backdrop and am leaning towards the direction of low key lighting. The picture below is basically the set up, where there are 2 actors (and a table in between them) facing each other in front of a black backdrop. The cameras are the possible positions in which my camera will be placed and directed at. In this specific situation, how and where should I position my lights? Also, digressing a little bit, any recommendations of a camera that shoots well in low-key lighting settings and the camera settings (e.g. exposure, apertue, iso etc)? Much thanks for all the advice!

Hi! I apologize if I posted in the wrong section but in any case, would anyone know of techniques on how to do a side tracking shot on the floor? Basically, my video would have people (chroma-keyed, shrunk and composited in) inside a room, and much of the shots are on the floor. I've tried looking at examples of the kessler pocket dolly and glidetrack hd but it seems that the camera would be mounted at a height, although quite minimal. Are there any other ways to do such motion shots such that the camera is completely on the ground?

Now that I think about it, it makes sense since the subject pretty much stays the same size with the background growing larger. Thanks!:) As for 0:26-0:32 I guess that would be a tracking instead of a panning shot and followed by a crane shot up till 0:52 then?

Hi, Would like to inquire on the camera movements in this scene of Kill Bill (which I found pretty interesting) at : It starts off with a tracking shot, followed by a series of dolly shots and tracking shots. From 0:26 to 0:32 would it be considered panning, since right after that, it's pretty clear it's a crane shot where it moves down. As for 0:53 up till the end, would it be considered a zoom or a dolly shot? I'm thinking it's zoom based on my gut feeling and how the perspective isn't changing but I'm not quite sure about this. Would appreciate any advice! :)