gino varisano Posted May 21, 2011 Share Posted May 21, 2011 I recently gaffed a film with lots of candle and fire light scenes, which gave me this idea... So I built this device that flickers a light in sync with an actual flame, be it candle or fire... (it is currently set up to handle up to 1.5k but could easily be modified for higher wattages) The sensor, which reads the light levels, is currently attached to a length of speaker wire and is very small (easy to hide in a scene) I guess i'm wondering if anyone would actually use something like this or if people are happy enough with current methods. Here is a lousy video example I filmed with my droid. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ihoepxi2iCo and here is an example in use... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ruHodNoMYo there are dimmers to control high point and low point, as well as two knobs to control the sensitivity of the sensor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Adrian Sierkowski Posted May 21, 2011 Premium Member Share Posted May 21, 2011 Hell I would. Looks really cool. Planning on selling 'em? Also what type of socket do you have it running into? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PETER KREKLOW Posted May 21, 2011 Share Posted May 21, 2011 I recently gaffed a film with lots of candle and fire light scenes, which gave me this idea... So I built this device that flickers a light in sync with an actual flame, be it candle or fire... (it is currently set up to handle up to 1.5k but could easily be modified for higher wattages) The sensor, which reads the light levels, is currently attached to a length of speaker wire and is very small (easy to hide in a scene) I guess i'm wondering if anyone would actually use something like this or if people are happy enough with current methods. Here is a lousy video example I filmed with my droid. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ihoepxi2iCo and here is an example in use... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ruHodNoMYo there are dimmers to control high point and low point, as well as two knobs to control the sensitivity of the sensor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PETER KREKLOW Posted May 21, 2011 Share Posted May 21, 2011 I recently gaffed a film with lots of candle and fire light scenes, which gave me this idea... So I built this device that flickers a light in sync with an actual flame, be it candle or fire... (it is currently set up to handle up to 1.5k but could easily be modified for higher wattages) The sensor, which reads the light levels, is currently attached to a length of speaker wire and is very small (easy to hide in a scene) I guess i'm wondering if anyone would actually use something like this or if people are happy enough with current methods. Here is a lousy video example I filmed with my droid. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ihoepxi2iCo and here is an example in use... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ruHodNoMYo there are dimmers to control high point and low point, as well as two knobs to control the sensitivity of the sensor I would by one if it's well made and reliable. E-mail me when you have one available grip@cox.net Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gino varisano Posted May 21, 2011 Author Share Posted May 21, 2011 Currently, a standard edison plug... I don't have the money to legit manufacture them, but I could build one for anyone who wanted one. For about $200 or so... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timHealy Posted May 21, 2011 Share Posted May 21, 2011 Magic gadget has one like that: http://www.filmandvideolighting.com/maga2kfldi.html It doesn't use a sensor but it usually does the trick. they also have a three channel one. Best Tim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Woodley Cave Posted June 1, 2011 Share Posted June 1, 2011 I recently gaffed a film with lots of candle and fire light scenes, which gave me this idea... So I built this device that flickers a light in sync with an actual flame, be it candle or fire... (it is currently set up to handle up to 1.5k but could easily be modified for higher wattages) The sensor, which reads the light levels, is currently attached to a length of speaker wire and is very small (easy to hide in a scene) I guess i'm wondering if anyone would actually use something like this or if people are happy enough with current methods. Here is a lousy video example I filmed with my droid. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ihoepxi2iCo and here is an example in use... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ruHodNoMYo there are dimmers to control high point and low point, as well as two knobs to control the sensitivity of the sensor sounds cool i just gaffered a simmilar style movie and we just ended up putting everything through a dimmer and controlling it of a laptop.My question is what sensor did you use and how did you attach it to each individual dimmer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher Husta Posted June 4, 2011 Share Posted June 4, 2011 Hey that looks great! I built something similar but it uses a flame bulb so there's no actually fire and its all self contained. the plans and parts were taken from this link. I used a 1k watt dimmer so it can be used with lights up to 1k. It actually works amazing! http://www.hauntedillinois.com/lightflicker.php Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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