Blake

I am in production of my graduation film. There is a scene at the begining of the film, where a car is driving along in the dark, I want to do it in my uni's studio and use a digital projector to project some out of focus mini-dv footage that I have shot out of my car. I was wondering how I would go about lighting it and how I would get the projector bright enough to shoot on kodak 500t stock. I am under the impression that they use a similar effect in 24. If someone could point me in the right direction with this, it would be most appreciated.

Hello all I am trying to find out how I can achieve a similar effect to this photo (link below), but on super 16mm film, I want to film cars driving along the motorway at night. http://thecreativeforum.com/photopost/data...ll_IMG_0006.JPG I understand how to do it with a normal stills camera, but not sure how to do it with a motion camera. Would it just be a digital effect that I apply afterwards. Any ideas, would be most appreciated.

I am going for a natural look, at the begining of the film, but as the boys find out that they are lost in the woods, it becomes a bit more surreal it becomes the childs nightmare, I am shooting on film. Thanks for the idea about the china balls, that is a really good idea, what kind of wattage are they, and how many did you use (for what surface area).

Hello all, I am a cinematography student at the University College For The Creative Arts in Farnham (UK). I am currently in pre-production on my graduation film titled "The Lights". Colour super 16mm (probably Kodak vision2 500T) As a basic description it is about two boys who get lost in the words, after running away from their parents. It is titled The Lights, as when the boys find out that they are lost, they encounter these lights that (kind of) chase them through the forest. At one point, the younger brother is standing alone when this huge light turns on and moves up until it is towering over him (much like when the light beams over the truck in Close Encounters Of The Third Kind). The reason I am posting on this forum, is that I am finding it difficult to come up with ideas to light the forest so that it looks real but still lights up the characters, as have been in the forest at night, and you can?t see anything, unless it is a really clear night, then you can see a little (I have ideas but all involve a lot of lights, but being a student film there is a limited budget to this film), there will be large areas that will need to be lit softly (but there will be no practical lights, as it needs to feel like the characters are alone, until the big lights come out). The other reason that it needs to be softly lit is so that when the big lights are turned on, they over power the lights that are imitating moonlight. If anyone can give me any ideas that I can use to acheive a cinematic, but real look, that I am after, that would be most appreciated. Many Thanks Blake Claridge