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Hiya everyone, just joined the forum, great forum! I am shooting a music video, top deck of a bus, at widest a two shot on the left hand side of the bus at the back, whilst the bus is moving. I want to simulate as if the sun is low and coming in from the right hand side of the bus, but through tress, so there are shadows travelling across the faces. The light has to be from the interior and also battery powered. I was wondering about some sort of gobo which could simulate this and then if I used a jokerbug on the floor pointed into a mirror, to get a bit more distance, with a gobo inbetween. Any thoughts on how this might be possible would be hugely appreciated! all the best Ruben

I was at a trade show where someone was showing me a dedo light and made the mistake of showing me the projector attachment. I was very excited by the gobos and spent ages with the few they have coming up with new trippy effects. I definitely decided I wanted one of these but then later when I looked into it the cost was very scary. Hundreds and hundreds of pounds for the lighting fixture and then the projector attachement too. I started looking around at alternatives in the theatrical world and that was when I stumbled across the Ikea Isbrytare lights and managed to snag 5 at £7.50 each! So I am now very happy! Obviously these aren't proper lighting fixtures being more like mutated birdie lights and while I am waiting for them to get here I'm also aware that they are only 50W MR16 lights so aren't going to be super powerful. I'm hoping to modify size M gobos to work with them. So I'm wondering if anyone has any gobo tips or has used gobos a fair bit. I realise they are often more of a theatrical thing but I'd love to hear anything anyone has to say about them. Freya