Danny Lachman Posted April 11, 2009 Share Posted April 11, 2009 I'm doing a photoshoot next week in a highschool gym. I'm trying to make it look like a dark homecoming dance, I'll be shooting on large format. I've got a 2k, 650, 300, and two 1000 watt open face soft lights. I've also got silks and overheads and other stuff so keep that in mind. I'm going to be doing 1 - 2sec exposures with a bit of controlled motion blur for some of the background 50s high school dancing teens, while having the main subject hold still. I was told that par can lighting would work well if I shot it on certain parts of the dance floor. I'm considering a kind of "eraserhead" look with strong overhead lighting and deep shadwos on the eye sockets - except for the main subjects where I was thinking of shooting the 2k through a 1/2 grid cloth or 1/4 silk (either 12x12 or 6x6) My biggest concern is making it look dark yet properly lit - I'm afraid of loosing details on parts of the models if I don't light them but I'm afraid to ruin the night look by over lighting them. I'm only shooting about 6-10 models with 2 max at the front of the frame that are important. I won't be shooting the whole gym either - only a portion I'm decorating with streamers, balloons, and hanging stars. Hollistically, it's supposed to look sort of dreary and depressing. 50s teens are having this formal and social culture of finding a "mate" imposed on them in an ugly high school gym, so it's supposed to be kind of awkward and sad feeling. any suggestions would be great - I'll have all day to shoot. http://www.cinecultist.com/archives/2007_0..._eraserhead.jpg http://www.connors.cc.ok.us/gallery/qdig-f...m(2)%201960.jpg I was originally going to do a frontal flash, but it looked to "crappy" with the blown out faces, so I'm looking for something else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny Lachman Posted April 11, 2009 Author Share Posted April 11, 2009 I'm going to post some "storyboards" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny Lachman Posted April 14, 2009 Author Share Posted April 14, 2009 I'm going to find somewhere else to post these, but here is one for now that sort of is the most generic type of shot I want to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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