Indoor night filming lighting help...

[Jack]

Hi, I'm a student film maker looking to film a few shots of a man lying in
bed, he doesnt have any lights on but obviously i need some form of lighting
for the shots. I cant really find any useful info online.

I want a variety of shots from birdseye views to side angle midshots, im
using a jib so i pretty much have full use of 360degrees.

I'm using a Cannon XL1S mini DV camera, with 2 redhead lights and a reflector.
I also have a handful of colour filters. I want the lighting to appear as
if the guy is sitting in his bedroom at night with the lights off. This is
quite a big piece for me so I dont want it to look shoddy and any help anyone
can throw my way either in this forum or emailed to me would be great. Thanks.


wutangjack60@hotmail.com

Jack Hussey

[Graeme Webb - Borderline]

Hi Jack,

You will be pushing it to light this effectively with Red Heads.

We have used these lamps with blue gels in a night scene on a staircase.

http://www.sunstar-lighting.co.uk/

and placing torches and domestic halogen lamps in strategic situations (you
may find that you can even get away with this sort of low wattage light).
It is a matter of experimentation and we started by blacking all the daylight
out and messing around with the lamps
I'll email you some pics if you like let me know ?

G

[Graeme Webb - Borderline]

Hi Jack,

You will be pushing it to light this effectively with Red Heads.

We have used these lamps with blue gels in a night scene on a staircase.

http://www.sunstar-lighting.co.uk/

and placing torches and domestic halogen lamps in strategic situations (you
may find that you can even get away with this sort of low wattage light).
It is a matter of experimentation and we started by blacking all the daylight
out and messing around with the lamps
I'll email you some pics if you like let me know ?

G