Digital Video - January 2009 - (Page 24) CREATING YOUR OWN SUN hen shooting outdoors and moving from bright sunlight into deep shadow — a baseball dugout, during a recent shoot of ours — you may need a little extra illumination to help smooth the transition. With the help of Location Lighting, a 6K ARRISUN HMI PAR, and freelance grip Dan Denitto, we were able to balance our exposure while shooting in this scenario. As an exercise in a cinematography class at DeSales University, instructor Ray Hoover invited both Dan and Location Lighting to assist on the shoot. Funded by the Baker Foundation, DeSales often has the opportunity to have leading industry professionals teach students valuable skills outside of the classroom. The day in question was cold, partly sunny and extremely windy. The ARRISUN was raised to a height of 9' and powered by a 12,000watt Honda generator. An instrument of this weight needs to be sand bagged and the wheels locked to prevent any movement. Because of the wind, it was also helpful to have someone stationed by the light in the event a problem might arise. To warm up the color temperature of the daylight-balanced ARRISUN (approximately 5600°K), a frame of 1⁄4 color temperature orange (CTO) gel was placed in front of the source, as was a frame of 216 diffusion. This slightly warmed up and softened the punch of the lamp without baking any shadows against the wall of the dugout. W The action involved two actors walking toward the dugout, with one then taking a seat inside. We were not trying to match the sun, only raise the illumination enough so that the move from bright daylight into shadow would not force us to open the iris in mid-shot. It would not be believable if the dugout were as bright as the playing field — even though the ARRI could accomplish this feat. At 2 p.m. on our November shoot day, the sun created a backlight on the talent, the ARRI provided the key in the dugout, and extra reflectors bounced natural illumination into the right spots along the actor’s route. The ARRI has so much punch that it needed to be diffused, even Effectively using larger lighting sources simply requires some basic know-how and hands-on experience. 24 dv january 2009 www.dv.com PHOTOS COURTESY OF CHUCK GLOMAN BY CHUCK GLOMAN http://www.dv.com
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