Tony Ditata
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I am working on a shoot this summer where we will be building a set in a large conference room. Most likely a 3 wall set with a window on one side. The room has 15 foot ceilings and a good amount of space. It will be a one on one talk show at a table. We will need the space built for about a week with shows every day. I would like to have the front of the set as open as possible for the day to day of guests and talent coming through and our 3 cameras. As for the look and feel we want to keep it natural and soft. The talent and guest should pop but I don't want to go for a harsh studio look. Soft key and subtle edge while working the levels to get a nice ratio with the background.
My initial thoughts are to possibly bring in a truss for some rear cross key lighting. Pushing a large source through the window for soft daylight feel to the background. In addition to those key elements, bring in some fixtures, possibly lekos, over the walls to hit pops of light to the background elements. I’d love to get some soft ambient fill into the space from the front. I am thinking if the space will allow just some large soft sources from the front corners. I don't want to bring in a ton of rigging since we don’t have a huge budget and crew on hand.
I would love to hear any suggestion on lighting and rigging for a situation like this since I have not done a ton of this kind of thing. It would be great to have at least the fixtures on the truss with some sort of control as well. DMX or if there is a better solution I’d love to hear all thoughts.
I have a scout next week to check out the space and get specifics and will be meeting with the set designer as well to start getting a game plan together.
Any thoughts are much appreciated. Thanks in advance.
My initial thoughts are to possibly bring in a truss for some rear cross key lighting. Pushing a large source through the window for soft daylight feel to the background. In addition to those key elements, bring in some fixtures, possibly lekos, over the walls to hit pops of light to the background elements. I’d love to get some soft ambient fill into the space from the front. I am thinking if the space will allow just some large soft sources from the front corners. I don't want to bring in a ton of rigging since we don’t have a huge budget and crew on hand.
I would love to hear any suggestion on lighting and rigging for a situation like this since I have not done a ton of this kind of thing. It would be great to have at least the fixtures on the truss with some sort of control as well. DMX or if there is a better solution I’d love to hear all thoughts.
I have a scout next week to check out the space and get specifics and will be meeting with the set designer as well to start getting a game plan together.
Any thoughts are much appreciated. Thanks in advance.
