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Response to SHOOTING DAY FOR NIGHT???

from Joseph Allen (emediacafe@yahoo.com)
The difference is the key to fill ratio and the color temprature and the fact that shadows are deeper.

So for exterior shoot on a hard sunny day and then alter the color and gamma in post to reflect your mood. As the writer above indicated don't show the sky if you can avoid it as it is a dead give away.

For interiors just light it as if it were a nite scene. Rent some videos and look at how the lighting masters handle the scene. You are going to need lights that you have total control over. Lots of little "practical" (real lamps in the shot)lights will help to indicate that it is lit from inside instead of an arc light moon comming in the window.

Again high key low fill light helps convey the illision.

Night scenes are the hardest for us to light. So if you blow it, you fit into about 50% of the working gaffers too. I have hired very few lighting guys who really understand night scenes.

With these little cameras I don't know why you would even need to shoot day for night? I have found that any reasonable amount of light really works well and then you are doing things correctly.

(posted 8247 days ago)

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