Any ideas how they did this?

[Michael Townley]

Anyone happen to know or an educated guess as to how they lit this? Seems to be a revolving light but the rotations and the spotlight doesn't seem to match the shadows.

http://www.amc.com/shows/the-walking-dead/video-extras/trailer-shadows-the-walking-dead-season-6-premiere


I can see there is a lot of post work done to it with the transitions.Look at the way the light is hitting the talent. Its at an angle on some sort of motor device. But if you watch close, the light illuminates the right side of the subject first, then washes over them from left to right. if this was done by just rotating a light on a wheel, it would illuminate left to right. Am I wrong?

 

[Josiah Duncan]

I'm not sure what you mean, honestly it looks to me like just a rotating spot that's really high, almost a toplight.

 

[Ugo Del]

An effect from the french movie "L'enfer" (1964). They used a 8 meters wheel.

 

[Aaron Lochert]

Obligatory:

https://vimeo.com/67356505

 

[Philip Lima]

You could accomplish this a couple different ways. A moving light on a track or a spinning rig is one option as others have mentioned. Another option that I think may be more viable is to build a set with a series of lights along a path, then control those lights through dmx, fading gently from one to the next. This would allow the harshness of the light to change as well, giving you the ability to have a harder back light while maintaining a slightly softer light once it wraps around. It also would be extremely quick and easy to repeat the effect just by hitting "go" on a light board.