Hi all,
I'm shooting a music video next week, and the artist has given me Earl Sweatshirt's HIVE as a visual reference : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FcDXL5Aw0o&ab_channel=OFWGKTA
I like the circular, creepy front lighting that moves with the camera, but admittedly have never attempted something like this.
My guess is attaching a light to the hot-shoe of my camera would get me in the ballpark. That said, the size and shape of the source seem important here. My biggest light (aputure 300D) can be shaped into a circle with the included softbox, but would be too large to mount onto my camera's hot shoe. I own a hotshoe light, but it's a square and no larger than a phone. Would black-wrapping a hot-shoe light (to prevent too much spill) get me close to this look, or do I need a much bigger source?
I'm also drawn to the intimate, likely simpler setup of the old american apparel ads (stills). Just seems to be a softened front flash? Light isn't as controlled here. Any ideas how to translate this into video form? Image attached.
As a side note, I've never posted here but have learned a ton from this forum. Incredible resource. Thank you all for helping me learn.