Chris Spatafora

That's what I figured. But at least I have a plan now! Thanks for all the help!

Thanks for all the replies! I'm liking the idea of the LEDs on the phone. I think I'll end up doing an empty otterbox with the LiteRibbon LED with some kind of light diffusion to make it look like a screen. Even metering my friend's note 3, it still didn't give me enough. We are looking to keep it as cold as possible, but I love the idea that they can run off a 12V battery! Would keeping it at T2.8-ish at like 400ISO and the Litestrip LEDs give me enough?

Hi all, I'm gaffing a short in 2 weeks, and one of the scenes is calling for an actors face to be illiuminated by a cell phone. We're trying to shoot this on the RED Scarlet, at T4, 320ISO, so I need about 64FC. My issue is with getting enough foot candles to illuminate the face at those settings (he is strapped down to a table), and the monster that pops up just behind him (don't mind if it drops to 2.8). I'm told they also want to see the phone in the shot, that's my dilemma To that end, I was wondering if there were anything I could build that would give me the effect I'm looking for. I've tried it with an actual flashlight app, but I lose too much once i get past just over 3/4 of a foot from the source, and the phone has to be right on top of the guy. Any help would be very much appreciated. Thanks!