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225w incandescent
Brett Cliff Harrison replied to Brett Cliff Harrison's topic in Lighting for Film & Video
Hello, my apologies for taking years to reply to this... in the heat of pre-production I forgot all about this particular thread. We didn't end up using the 225s in question, but rented some tungsten Fresnel lights, to go with our tungstem film stock. It worked out well... the cameraman knew just what to place them, and yes, it gave it a somewhat jagged, Expressionist look, as desired. -
225w incandescent
Brett Cliff Harrison replied to Brett Cliff Harrison's topic in Lighting for Film & Video
Believe me, I'm not hung up on the glossy products people pull out to impress you...far from it. But it's above a certain threshold, no? I mean, 16mm is perfectly fine to shoot on, I find, but 8mm just looks like home movies. Sadly, I don't have any more info right now, but I'll hunt some out. Thanks for warning me off foolishness, and I hope you have someone around to do the same. As we all need it. Brett -
Hi all, So for our upcoming movie, our assistant owns a couple of 225w incandescent lights. I'm wondering if they're good for anything, and if so, what? Basically just checking that they're not some amateur look that we just wouldn't want. Thanks once again. Brett
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Hey, so for our next movie (a Southern Gothic), we want to have some shots that are extreme, the way Fritz Lang or Murnau did them. I.e. a shadow that's disproportionately huge (the hell with realism here). Specifically, the shadow of a one-winged angel figurine thrown huge on a door that a man comes through. I'm assuming you just put the figurine in front of the key light, close, and aim accordingly. However, I'm wondering if any of you have insights. Much appreciated. Brett
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"Make Your Own Damn Movie" by Lloyd Kaufman, the Troma visionary. That, and Herzog on Herzog.
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From my own experience, no one will give you a dime until you've actually made something----for your first films, come up with it somehow; sell off your possessions, whatever. I mean, maybe they'll fund you if you wait for years and perform enough professional fellatio, but who has time for that? I made that mistake, then got sick of it and did it myself. Made a film with a cast of three, a cameraman and assistant. Dubbed the sound later. Packages are abominable, and storyboards I'd never touch. The thing about filmmaking is, that 80 percent of the stuff the professionals say that you need, you don't. All you NEED is to stage action in front of a camera, and have it guided by a look and instinct. It sickens me to see these productions with fifteen giant trucks doing nothing---we drove to the location every morning with the cast and crew and all our gear in one five-seater car. Let me guess...the film you have in mind is bigger scope than that? That can come. At first, just make something. Anything.
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Where to learn directing?
Brett Cliff Harrison replied to Yash Lucid's topic in Directors and Directing
Save some dough, get your hands on a camera and someone who knows how to wield it, and shoot. If you can articulate what you want and you have a good cast/crew, you're laughin'.