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Casey Schmidt

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    Gaffer
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    Seattle, WA
  1. Dhana, do you have a realistic list of available equipment and or G&E budget? It's hard to make recommendations with ought knowing some ball park of what you may or may not have access to. Is this a no budget "spit and gaff tape" scenario or is there a thousand or two dollars? cheers, Casey
  2. Dhana, yes the biggest question here is what type of gear do you have? Lighting a night exterior can be quite simple with a couple day 5600K back lights and some fill light either bounced with a big 12X or supplemented with a few soft sources like Kino's or equivalent. The nice thing about your image of the forest is that the tree clusters are spread out enough for light shafts to fall through the gaps since the branches aren't full up with leaves quite yet. (Get away with using a smaller light! = less money spent. ) If you keep your shots tight, this will help a lot. Night lighting gets expensive really quick for wide shots that need deep background lighting.
  3. Mark is on the right track. There is so much spill on the walls frame left and right which is making such an even exposure. Maybe use your LED with some heavy flagging to "carry" or motivate the light hitting your actor frame left. Re-evaluate your' shot and if the room is too dark and isn't "reading" then introduce a CFL with heavy flagging into the ceiling or back wall slowly bringing up the overall ambience to your taste. I have a feeling that you won't need those Red Heads at all. Thats a lot of raw light output for a low key scene when the motivation is one small desk lamp.
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