Manuel Troendle

Thanks David for your detailled answer and describing the 2 scenarios, really helped me to understand what you are trying to say! Now lets Say that you are not gelling, and you have an LED Light that does not loose output by dialing it to a 7000k color temperature, and you dont have to adjust your ISO. Which option would you now go for, #1 or #2? And to clarify: In my Post above i meant 3200k, not 700k, just copy-pasted that wrong. Sorry for the confusion.

Hey everyone, Will be doing tests on this topic soon, but i was just too curios hearing your experiences on this one: Lets say you want to shoot a blue-looking-cold night interior. option A: You use a Light with a temperature lets say 5600k and balancer your camera to like 700k (or just grade the RAW colder), so the scene looks now cold. B: You stay at a Camera white balance of 5600k, but i use a light that has a Color Temperature of 7000k, so now the picture is cold. How does this affect the color, tonal range and the overall feel of the picture? Will maybe the shadows/highlights be cleaner in option B? I think the main difference is that OptionA makes the whole picture bluer, and Option B only where the light hits/bounces to is blue the rest remains balanced and "white/grey". Really curious to hear about everyones experience on this one.

Hey everybody, I will be shooting a pretty long dialogue scene thats part of a feature film. IT will be playing for 6 minutes in the film. The scene is supposed to feel like blue hour early in the morning, just before the sun is coming up. The sky can not be seen, since its located in a closed backyard, facing a huge wall. but still we have a bif wide shot, making it impossible to just shoot at night an light with a huge source and create my own blue hour. Now, for the schedule: The only time that seems to be possible to shoot is just after sunset. My question: What are your experiences on selling blue hour just after sunset compared to blue hour BEFORE sunset? Does it feel much different? Will it tear the viewer out of the scene, when being cut to just another blue hour scene that Actually was shot at 6am on another location? Iam so unsure about this, and before actually testing id i would love to hear from some more experienced cinematographers. Thanks and Greets from Hamburg, Germany!