Dim lighting

[PJBarry]

First off, thanks to all the replys to my questions about the tv lighting. I really appreciate the great advice from you guys. Going back to that, if the tv is supposed to be the only light source in the room, obviously it would be dim.

 

But how much should it be underexposed? 1 stop? A stop and a half? I don't want to go too far. Any recommendations?

 

Much thanks,

Patrick

[David Mullen ASC]

Actually, if the TV were the only source of light in the room, it would be brighter -- because in real life, your eye would get used to that level. If the TV was in a room with lights on, THEN the light from the TV would be fairly low in comparison.

 

But, given that the TV light was the only source in the room, I'd either underexpose it by one stop -- or expose it normally for when the flickering light reaches its highest level of intensity. But one stop overall is safe and gives you some room for adjusting up or down.

[Fredrik Backar FSF]

did a tv effect once where I let the flicker highlight go one over which I thought was too much after the fact... Norm exp for highest flicker probably would have been the best as David said.

Having the normal tv-tone at one and a half under was ok though I thought.

[PJBarry]

David, Fredric. Many thanks for your replys. Good point about the eyes getting used to that light. I'm going to work on that flicker effect.

 

Patrick