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I'm shooting in a giant warehouse trying to create an expressionist in the abyss type of look with a hard shaft of light coming from above and slightly to the side.

 

In a test, I had a hazer going, with a 650 on my subject.

 

With my eye it looked great, but the camera couldn't see the haze until I opened the iris way up until my subject was over exposed.

 

Any thoughts on how to make this work would be appreciated.

 

Thanks.

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Sounds like you need more haze and possibly a light with a harder edge to the beam. You're not seeing it, in part, because the edge of the beam of your 650 isn't all that hard. If there was a hard line there, it would be easier to see. It is also possible, if your actor is light skinned with light wardrobe, that you will have to use 2 different fixtures- 1 for the shaft of light, and one smaller fixture for the talent.

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