Heya DOPs and Cinematographers, gots a question for you... do you have your thinking caps on? Are said thinking caps emitting 500ks of effervescences? Excellent!
So I'm part of a crew shooting a 15-30 second ad for some club this Saturday in HD, and though the official position is "lighting/all around person", it looks like I'm going to be sending the producer some recommendations on lights to use, and wanted to see if any of you could help me out on that.
The environment is a club... as far as I've been told, we'll be shooting people dancing, drinking, partying... and POSSIBLY a band, DJ or some kind of performance. I won't know until we meet tomorrow, but I'm looking to get a set-up that will be portable, flexible, and adaptable to all situations.
I'm assuming it'll be a prosumer HD model like an HVX or something as far as the cam goes.
So!...
I've got a 3-light Tota Kit I'm bringing which will be able to fill up some gaps in the light... what recommendations does anyone have for a decent (but skeletal) kit to bring along with that?
The producer will be renting these and I want to keep costs low, so who knows how to minimally light a club for maximum effect?
I was thinking 1k's will be too bulky, so aside from my Totas (2 500w and 1 250w), maybe a Lowel DP 3 Light Direct Kit -500w?... giving us 6 lights to work with.... should I throw a Kino into that?
Your help is GREATLY appreciated!
So I'm part of a crew shooting a 15-30 second ad for some club this Saturday in HD, and though the official position is "lighting/all around person", it looks like I'm going to be sending the producer some recommendations on lights to use, and wanted to see if any of you could help me out on that.
The environment is a club... as far as I've been told, we'll be shooting people dancing, drinking, partying... and POSSIBLY a band, DJ or some kind of performance. I won't know until we meet tomorrow, but I'm looking to get a set-up that will be portable, flexible, and adaptable to all situations.
I'm assuming it'll be a prosumer HD model like an HVX or something as far as the cam goes.
So!...
I've got a 3-light Tota Kit I'm bringing which will be able to fill up some gaps in the light... what recommendations does anyone have for a decent (but skeletal) kit to bring along with that?
The producer will be renting these and I want to keep costs low, so who knows how to minimally light a club for maximum effect?
I was thinking 1k's will be too bulky, so aside from my Totas (2 500w and 1 250w), maybe a Lowel DP 3 Light Direct Kit -500w?... giving us 6 lights to work with.... should I throw a Kino into that?
Your help is GREATLY appreciated!