As it is my first post, allow me to introduce myself. I'm a 21 y.o. frenchman. I just finished a cinematography school (EICAR cherbourg) and the Metropolitan film school in London. I shot a number of student short films in DV/HDV as a DP during my scholarship. I'll setup a website with my showreel asap.
I'm now shooting a 'medieval' medium-sized film as a DP, in the south of France. I came across a big issue... I have to shoot a forest at night. I've not yet rented the lights, but I should have (for the need of the rest of the shoot) :
-1 HMI Fresnel 18kW (or 12kW cinepar)
-1 HMI cinepar 6kW
-a couple of Joker/Bug 800
-some Lucioles (cubic 1kW chinese balls, easier to use)
-2x 4x1,20 Kinoflo
-2x 4x0,60 Kinoflo
-3x 2x0,60 Kinoflo
As you can see, there's nothing really useful for this application.
I was considering a helium balloon (airstar - solarc), but as I'm shooting in the south of France, it seems to expensive. I'm waiting for the producer to allow a budget for this.
Maybe I could use a couple of 2kw cinepar to light up trees from behind with a light lavender gel, but I don't know what to do next. I don't have any tower to put my lights on.
Do you have any experience or ideas lighting a forest at night ?
One last thing, we are shooting with a Panasonic HVX200
Here's a pic of the forest.