Replicating Candle Light

[Joshua Hutt]

Hello I'm currently working on a short film and I am looking to find a way to replicate candle light as cheaply as possible, has anyone got any suggestions or advice on how to do so?

[Jeff Kolada]

What are you shooting with and how much light do you need?

 

I would say use a lot of candles, or two-wick candles. That's probably the cheapest way. When shooting to mimic fire/candles, I usually use a constant source as a base 2 stops under key, and use the candle flicker to highlight the image. You could also use a propane stove and crank it up a bit to give a firey effect.

[Corno Dario]

I did it some time ago, i took a fresnel 3200K spot and pointed it into a water basin with an aluminium thin foil on the bottom of it, and then a guy with a stick made the water surface ripple a bit.

The thin foil gave the diffuse light and the ripple gave the right flicker...

 

 

Hope it helps

[JD Hartman]

I did it some time ago, i took a fresnel 3200K spot and pointed it into a water basin with an aluminium thin foil on the bottom of it, and then a guy with a stick made the water surface ripple a bit.

The thin foil gave the diffuse light and the ripple gave the right flicker...

 

 

Hope it helps

 

Basically, candles don't flicker. They have a single flame, fires flicker because it's multiple tongues of flame.

[Ram Shani]

you can work with clear light bulb an dimmer

 

to dim it down to 2500k and then work with the dimmer to give slight flicker