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- NONEIS
Anyone have recommendations for this? Looking for one that comes with at least 4 lights and some additional pieces like a soft-box.
- betelgeuse0
still or video?
- bigtrick0
strobe or hot? how much $?
- vaxorcist0
products? people? studio? location? budget?
- bigtrick0
shit. i delegate all my responses henceforth to betelgeuse, as not only does he say the same things, but he is faster at posting.
- NONEIS0
Video, and don't worry about the $ :)
- NONEIS0
People and products.
- betelgeuse0
don't worry about prince!?!
well then you need to look into getting Arri
- *pricebetelgeuse
- I've rented that kit for a video shoot... very, very nice...
http://www.vimeo.com…vaxorcist - wow, nicely shot video, vax. very nice.bigtrick
- vaxorcist0
Find a retiring Gaffer and offer to buy his truckload of stuff....
and/or find a rental house.... rent, rent, rent....the oddball stuff you really need isn't usually included in any commercially available kits, you pick it up as you work, things like black aluminum foil, certain scrims, clamps,grids,oddly bent gobos,etc...
I like the Arri and Tota light stuff for hot lights, matthews grip stuff is always good, I don't like JTL or Smith Victor, I'd rather use Home Depot Construction Halogens than those things...
Softboxes for video are odd, a gaffer I know says they're the lazy way to light a video.... if you've learned photo lighting, video lighting has to deal with motion, tracking shots,etc...
I'd seriously hire a gaffer for a shoot or two and watch really, really carefully if you don't have to worry about the $
- Don't forget the Snot Tape either...vaxorcist
- good advicebetelgeuse
- NONEIS0
I know the softbox is odd for video – but there's always the chance that we will need this for stills of product type stuff as well in the future so adaptability is important.
Thanks for the recs – if this is the "TOP" tier shit, what would you get in the middle / low end?
- vaxorcist0
I like the Lowell stuff too.... just make sure you don't put away omni lights when they're still hot, little plastic parts may melt in your bag..
If you're shooting products, read the chapter on "the family of angles" in Lighting, Science and Magic. Do the tests according to the diagrams over and over again. learn how to light wine bottles, wine glasses, and things like an egg on a white table cloth...
A couple of Scrims, (semi-translucent diffusion panels), white foamcore, black foamcore, a whole lots of clamps and stands and a lot of time testing systematically is what you'll need to do....
That said, a softbox is good for a documentary interview...
Note that softboxes for video are made of different cloth than those just for stills, (to avoid a fire)... try Calumet, I like theirs more than most of the photoflex ones... speedrings for video are sometimes hard to find...
- make sure you get a few lights with bard doors, or at least get some black aluminum foilvaxorcist
- NONEIS0
Thanks for the links and tips – you guys are the bestest :)