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I'm working on a short film and the main location is a forest, at night. Most of it is set on a muddy road with trees surrounding either side, but there is a little section where our main character is running through the trees. My question is in regards to lighting, and what is the suggested method of lighting for this type of location? On previous projects, we have blasted 4 x 2Ks through the trees from a distance and used a smoke/fog machine for different looks and to help spread the light. We also used smaller lights for tighter shots, but I have found that this can often lead to quite harsh lighting and create ugly shadows. This setup has allowed for some great shots, but I'm wondering what other options there are? I have read a few other threads which suggested lighting a background road or something to give the shot some depth, but also have read that using paper lanterns up in the trees can provide great soft lighting. The only problem then is wind! Would love to hear some suggestions! Will likely be shooting on the BMPCC. Thanks! :)

I started foraging as a kid, but got into it more seriously about '07. I was looking for sources of more natural foods as the store bought produce had declined a lot in quality. All the peaches were picked green, had the fuzz buffed off them and were coated with anti fungals. Get a store bought peach, soak it in water and see a rainbow 'oil slick' of color on the water. So, I guess I first started to know about the decline in food when the peach fuzz disappeared. I never found any abandoned peach trees here. But I have found American persimmons, apples, paw-paws, pears, crab apple; mulberry, edible Kousa dogwood, chestnuts, black walnut and an abandoned apricot tree. Sadly, the apricot and some of the apples have died or been pulled out and people are not planting more trees to replace the abandoned ones. There are also lots of spring onions, dandelions and some wild blackberry. The deer seem to get the blackberry before they even ripen. I don't fool with mushrooms, although we got plenty. That is for some anal person that knows what they are doing. There is an old saying with mushroom foragers... There are old mushroom hunters and there are bold mushroom hunters...but there are no old, bold mushroom hunters. I cruise around in spring bloom to see what is what. Apples bloom in a certain time frame and I can drive around and see if anything blooming has potential, same with pears, etc. Store bought treated potato to stop sprouting vs. natural potato. Both stored in the dark for 6 months. My goal is to get some flat land, put up a decent size greenhouse and plant some fig trees in it and a warm weather persimmon or two. They don't grow well here, too cold. But lotto is not cooperating as usual. I grew up with fig trees, white and black figs. I remember picking apricots when walking home from school in an alley when I was in 3rd or 4th grade. Even the green apricots had flavor. Store bought apricots are like tasteless rubber...if you are lucky enough to even find them here. Yes, we got farmer's markets, but they only sell what they grow. Unless it is a phony farmer that buys peaches from Chile to sell there. And no one grows apricots, figs, cherimoyas or peaches. (A few may grow apricots or peaches, but they won't sell many, they keep any for themselves. Late spring frost usually kills the flower buds on them before they can set fruit here.) If you got some land...plant some fruit trees! You can get some nice tasting, healthy fruit. <><><><> Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Archival Collection Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Small Gauge Film Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Advertising Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. VHS Video Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Popular Culture Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Audio Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Social Documentary Photography

I filmed some stuff out in the forest/trail near my house and put it to the song I Want You by Tom Waits. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKkrzkroKAs Here's the rest of my channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0f...Ii8Imsi-xetfaw enjoy.