Getting this on broad daylight

[Joe Cage]

Hello,

A client wants to shoot at noon a silhouette shot at the location below, there are 360° windows. And he want to shoot a silhouette shot like this.
I figure I can set up an HMI to create a heavy backlight, blow some smoke up between the talent and the HMI, lower the exposure in camera and put a negative fill behind the camera. Any other idea's or tips?

Thanks

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silhouette

 

[Sami S]

I just filmed in a similar location and had a similar idea of doing a silhouette. The problem we had was that all the floors and walls were white so they reflected a lot of the light coming in. We opted not to do the silhouette as it didn't work as well as we wanted. A night time shoot with HMI coming from just one direction might be a good idea? Or black muslin on the floors (would need a lot...).

 

[Joe Cage]

Yeah client only wants to shoot at noon, otherwise it would def be simple to shoot at night.

 

[Hrvoje Simic]

Yeah client only wants to shoot at noon

Did the client see those two images ?

 

[DJ Meyer]

 

[Patrick Tresch]

:smilielol5:

I think you are ready to compete for the "BEST POST EVER" award.

 

[M Harvey]

I believe the heavy backlight and the negative fill can help. The other problem, though, is that you want your subject silhouetted against a brighter environment-- and if you lower your exposure in camera, the environment goes down with the subject. (Though that's true to some degree of your sample silhouette image, too-- relatively dark environment.)

Assuming you don't have enough light to boost exposure on the environment as a whole, you could consider using another HMI to selectively highlight background elements, so that they are above exposure of your subject. Pools of light falling behind your subject can also help-- they can give some layers to your background and help your subject pop out as a silhouette.

 

[Jan Balster]

You could build a 20x20 box of duveyteen with a roof and leave one side open, pull down the exposure on the ambient and add some backlight. It's a little involved but that would be one way to get close to the look you're describing.

 

[Todd S]

I would actually use goods that were sewn and pocketed. Like Black velvet drape.
Pipe and Drape. You can purchase or rent from someone like https://www.drapekings.com/