Hey guys, first time poster here. Have browsed the forums previously; great source of information.
I'm directing a short where most of the action takes place on a dark forest road. It's nightime exterior. I'll be talking to my DP over the next week, but wanted to get some opinions on here first.
Here's a reference pic for the type of lighting setup I'm after:
http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/9749/lightingref.jpg
We're talking about lighting a 70 meter stretch of road, then some of the forest detail on either side. The character gets out of his car in the middle of the road, and pretty much stays within a 10 meter radius of the parked vehicle from therein.
I want to shoot this s16mm. Of course, a lot of people are saying "go with the Alexa" etc, but I'm not a fan of the digital look -- not for this project anyway. I'm looking for the tightest grain structure possible, so aiming to shoot with Kodak Vision3 200t. I'm under the impression that once you go over 200t the grain gets a bit much (unless such a look is desired)
I'm aware that nobody can give me definitive answers here, but general opinions or advice would be most welcome:
- Are we roughly talking a 12k HMI on height for the moon backlight, then a couple of 4k's and smaller lights to light the character and some of the surrounding forest below?
- Is it realistic to shoot this 200t? Will rating it 400 help the DP much? Will rating it 400 add much grain later? I hear the Vision3 stocks are great.
- How effection can grain reduction techniques be in post?
- Anything else I should be taking into consideration?
Thanks for reading; any help much appreciated.
Cheers,
Kev
