Jinuk Lee Posted February 9, 2018 Share Posted February 9, 2018 Hello! I am currently doing some research for a music video student project I am DP-ing in a couple weeks. The story is about an old Italian musician who struggles to find his place in the modern world. I think a warm vintage look (like 8mm film) would best serve the project. That being said, should I light using tungsten fixtures and try to create the warmth practically and set CT to Daylight, or try to create the look in post like Amelie and use an orange tint while coloring? FYI, the interior's color palette is mainly red, and I am planning to shoot on a Panasonic GH5 with V-Log, 10bit with a 4:2:2 chroma subsampling. Cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samuel Berger Posted February 9, 2018 Share Posted February 9, 2018 Then why not shoot on Super 8? It would make a lot of sense given the project's context. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jinuk Lee Posted February 9, 2018 Author Share Posted February 9, 2018 Unfortunately, I have no experience with film and I don't want to attempt to shoot on it without some base knowledge on the process. I don't think I have enough time to really learn and experiment with it for this project. I would have loved to try shooting on Super 8, given the proper resources. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samuel Berger Posted February 10, 2018 Share Posted February 10, 2018 Unfortunately, I have no experience with film and I don't want to attempt to shoot on it without some base knowledge on the process. I don't think I have enough time to really learn and experiment with it for this project. I would have loved to try shooting on Super 8, given the proper resources. I understand, you have decided against Super 8 for this. For anyone else interested, these are the steps: 1) Find a Super 8 camera, 2) Buy film here: http://store.kodak.com/store/kodak/en_US/DisplayCategoryListPage/ThemeID.4792758000/categoryID.70237500 (Get to the student discount site from there) 3) Stick the cartridge inside the camera. 4) Point it at whatever you want to shoot. 5) Shoot. 6) Take the cartridge to Spectra if you live in Los Angeles. 5626 Vineland Ave North Hollywood, CA 91601 7) Ask for processing and scanning. There, you've just shot actual film and your project will stand out from others that try to fake the look. To fine tune the above, you'll only need to learn about built-in filters, and built-in light meters and you'll have the basics down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Field Posted February 10, 2018 Share Posted February 10, 2018 Yeah I'd suggest tungsten fixtures. What else do you even have access to? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jinuk Lee Posted February 10, 2018 Author Share Posted February 10, 2018 Got the Arri Tungsten Kit, some Dedos, Zip Lights, bunch of LEDs, HMIs, Kino Flo Divas, Mole 2ks, Softboxes, Chinaballs, Nothing fancy really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Field Posted February 10, 2018 Share Posted February 10, 2018 Yeah avoid LEDs and Kinos if going for a vintage look. Kinos didn't start getting big till around the 90's, and LEDs... well everyone posting here was alive when they exploded onto sets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member David Mullen ASC Posted February 10, 2018 Premium Member Share Posted February 10, 2018 You can get a warm look with modern fixtures. And Kinos have been used in a lot of period movies -- look at "Master and Commander". "Amelie" actually did most of the warmth in camera, with warming filters outdoors and warm lighting indoors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christoph Helms Posted February 13, 2018 Share Posted February 13, 2018 You can also add a 1/2 soft fx or glimmer filter to add a vintage look. Shooting on old glass will help your look as well. Maybe something like the Helios 44-2 58mm at f2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jinuk Lee Posted February 13, 2018 Author Share Posted February 13, 2018 Thank you for all the advice. Also wondering if anybody knows a poor man's way of recreating the spotlight and shaft of light like in the opening shot of Kendrick Lamar's Humble music video. Link to video below: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Phil Rhodes Posted February 14, 2018 Premium Member Share Posted February 14, 2018 The sun? If you need to recreate something like that, you need something that produces - well - a big beam of light. A theatrical followspot will do that, and some of those are big Xenon or HMIs, so they're quite powerful. A purist would recommend something like a Molebeam, but that's a big-ticket item. That's the only way of getting quite such a confined beam, other than a followspot or other big profile/ellipsoidal. Many PARs will do things like that. Affordable PARs exist in the form of something like an ETC Source Four PAR, which is a theatrical lighting device and therefore very affordable, but at 650W of tungsten they're not powerful enough to do what's being done in that picture under most circumstances. Arri's M-series are often presented as an alternative to PARs, but really they're a better PAR. Interchangeable lenses would be picked for the narrowest possible beam. And yes, you could do it with a fresnel, but you'd need a big one, becuase a fresnel is not a very optically efficient device. Molebeam: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JD Hartman Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 A Joker 800 or 1600 and a Source 4 with a bug a beam adapter. If you want to use a beam projector like a Molebeam, they're available for rent as well.. Across the pond, I'd be looking for one of these: http://www.pani.com/cms/index.php/en/lighting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member David Mullen ASC Posted February 15, 2018 Premium Member Share Posted February 15, 2018 You can cluster a group of Source-4 Lekos together with narrow lenses -- as long as the beams are parallel, it will look like one big source being broken up as if passing through window mullions or tree branches, etc. You won't get a single shadow on the ground though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Adrian Sierkowski Posted February 15, 2018 Premium Member Share Posted February 15, 2018 You could also use a large HMI, like a 6K or 9K so, and shoot that into a 4x4 Mirror from the ground, though you'd have a square source in the window and not a ciruclar one. Same could be done with multiple JoLekos or what-have you, all hitting into the same mirror. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member David Mullen ASC Posted February 15, 2018 Premium Member Share Posted February 15, 2018 You could mask a 4'x4' mirror into a 4' diameter circle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Adrian Sierkowski Posted February 15, 2018 Premium Member Share Posted February 15, 2018 Very true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Sprenger Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 Adrian, I did that a year ago in a theatre, with a 4K HMI PAR and a 4x4 mirror from a balcony and I definitely could have used more output that day, so I can only agree with your unit size recommendations. Maybe an M40 could do it, but probably nothing smaller... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Adrian Sierkowski Posted February 16, 2018 Premium Member Share Posted February 16, 2018 I think a lot depends on the throw you need relative to everything else. M40 isn't a bad place to start (as it's a new-er reflector). Or you could go crazy with a Xenon. I wonder if a 2.5K Xenon would be enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Phil Rhodes Posted February 16, 2018 Premium Member Share Posted February 16, 2018 The only answer: A death ray! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Connolly Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 You also need a fogger or Hazer to make the beam visible Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Adrian Sierkowski Posted February 16, 2018 Premium Member Share Posted February 16, 2018 Or a crew who smokes substantially! And Hazer I find is generally the way to go it seems to fill the room easier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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