Liam Meredith

Thanks for the replies guys.

Agree with Satsuki - likely in the 10-18mm range. Can't find what glass/camera specifically but spherical and 35mm, not sure what stock.

I think the shape and tone of the light will be relatively easy to emulate, but I was just wondering if anyone knew whether achieving a similar colour range would be best A) with a particular choice of gel, B ) adjusting white balance to something cooler and punching in green via the camera, C) grading in post, ... or all of the above? Would say that I guess it'd be down to physically playing around with the lights and seeing what looks best but will only have the kit for X amount of days (not sure if I'll be able to do a tech recce/lighting test) and want to go into the shoot with some kind of clear idea.

Hey all,

Relatively new to this board but diving straight in! I'm due to be DPing a short drama in the next month and two particular scenes take place in a dingy bathroom, the second of which is a dream sequence.

I am likely going to use a couple of cool white Kino tubes to motivate the existing fluro practical above the sink, but in the dreamscape I'm intending on having these produce a sickly, washed-out green that falls flat across the subject's face. The background would be a slightly more saturated/greener hue, with some shadows/falloff around the edge of the frame.

In terms of inspiration, the below still from Wong Kar Wai's 'Fallen Angels' is closest to what I want to achieve. Our female protagonist will be fronting up to the mirror (where the camera will be), similar to here:

I was wondering if anyone knew/could speculate on how this scene was lit from this angle, and whether the colours were something achieved with a particular choice of gel (i.e. plus green?) or something else entirely,i.e. in-camera with white balance adjustment.

Cheers! :-)

Liam