Arthur Vis

Thanks for all the responses! Really helpfull. Of course it's not necessary to hit key levels, I never thought of that! The china ball on a stick or ceiling are great ideas. I will propose it to my DP :-)

Hello, In a few weeks i will gaffer a short film which has a longtake scene in it. The scène is situated in a house party, the camera 'walks' through the house and will see everything. So in my opinion the best way to light this scene, is lighting only by practical lights. So I thought about the French film 'Irreversible', which has also a house party longtake scene, and also lit by practicals. I wondered if there is anybody who knows this scène, and can tell me how they did it. The actors are mostly on stop, and the DoF isn't really small though. Did they simply use high ASA, cause that's what I think (due to all the noise/grain). The film is shot on 16 and 35mm, but does something like ASA1600 or ASA3200 exists? Because I think in such low light you definitely need such ASA values. We will shoot on a Red one. Pushing the Red that far isn't an option I think. And shoot on f1.3 neither. Tips anybody? PS: Sorry for my English!