Andrew Ramsay

David, if you'd permit me two quick follow up questions - There will be a little back and forth between the two subjects, but most of it will be out to camera. We are considering having a C camera (same position as cam B but on the other side of camera A) - so we'd end up with B cam capturing an MCU of talent B, and C cam capturing an MCU of talent A. How would this effect the lighting set up? And the other question is (off topic in lighting, but I saw that you're a cinematographer) - if we add this C camera are we safe re the 180 degree rule? e.g even though most of the talking is straight down the camera is the 'line' still established between two subjects rather than subjects and camera? Your info is very helpful, thank you very much. Andy

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Thanks for your quick reply David! If I may ask a follow up - if there were two people in shot instead of one, both looking down lens, would three point suffice? or would you run the risk of one person being too dominant? And lastly, for the spot on the background, does that need to be positioned above talent or below or doesn't matter? Many thanks! A

Hey there, Looking for some advice on how best to light something similar to the screenshot attached. It will be two talking heads, not just one. Similar gray seamless background. I've attached a pic of how I hope it might work, but I would appreciate advice from people with more experience. If you had suggestions on types of lights, I would greatly appreciate that too. Cheers, Newbie

Hello, I'm filming a short with two actors sitting on a couch in a sitting room. I want to be able to have them get up and move around and stay well lit without shadows or problems. I would like to have day and night time lighting, if possible, was just wondering how difficult it will be to achieve this? What kind of lights should I buy? And should I be using diffusion of some kind to spread the light around evenly? I'm using a canon 7d and a 50 ml lens. Thanks, Andrew.