Gerald Martindill Posted December 27, 2019 Share Posted December 27, 2019 Hello hive mind, im shooting in a large corner set, With 3 Arri650 fresnels. When shooting wide shots, I always get shadows from the set pieces close to the walls. can someone explain to me how to get rid of them? the Arris are set up in a 3 point triangle formation about 5/6ft high pointing slightly downwards. Do I need a fill light/panel light Directly above the walls pointing at them? or what should I do? im usually working in art dept, so please excuse my green question. thanks, g Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member David Mullen ASC Posted December 28, 2019 Premium Member Share Posted December 28, 2019 The classic or old-fashioned way of hard-lighting sets was to try and separate the walls from the actors in the center of the set. This required a lot of barn doors and flags, and it helped that the lighting was coming from a high angle above the set. Since the foreground lighting was mostly flagged off of the walls, the walls and furniture along it would get their own spots, accent lights -- a snooted spot on a painting or the center of a blank wall, or barndoors closed down to create a square-ish lit area on a wall, or a down spot on a cabinet, etc. Since it sounds like you don't have that many lights, my suggestion is to light in a more modern soft light style, maybe a top soft light in the center skirted on the sides to create a cut along the top of the walls. At least try Chimeras with egg crates on the three ARRI's to soften them. The lighting should be emulating a practical source like an overhead dome light or chandelier, etc. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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