Hi all,
I'm shooting a low budget short where the meat of the story takes place in a public bathroom during the day (both in two of the stalls, as well as in the bathroom). The bathroom is 4,8m x 3,85m with no where to place any light stands, or bounce lighting off the ceiling, without them being seen in frame and I would prefer to have a 360 lighting set up, as we are limited with time and will shoot both in the direction of the mirror, as well as the window.
I was thinking top lighting with 5 x 4' 4 Kinos on auto-poles, but the ceiling is not that high at 2,87m, and there are two other gotchas: a window and a mirror placed directly opposite each other. So, I either:
a) Cover the window up with a painting (blocking any and all source of lighting from the window)
b) Use decorative frost on the window and on the top of the mirror (in case the kinos creep into frame), or ND the window out
I would really prefer not to use the down lights with heavy diffusion, and like the fact that Kinos have barn doors and the lighting won't be completely flat and spread out (as would be the case if I used Astera or other tubes).
Any advice from DPs/gaffers who've shot in similar circumstances would be much appreciated ?
Thank you.