Gloria - Dragon

[Vedran Rapo]

Hello guys,
few nights ago, we finished shooting a short film. Here are a few screengrabs till film is finished.

Film was shot on Dragon in 6K WS with LLO.


Low quality jpegs -

 

[M.Halsell]

Those shots look really, really good. What was the lighting package?

 

[Vedran Rapo]

Those shots look really, really good. What was the lighting package?

Thank you.
Light package was rather small as we did not have a generator at our disposal. What is pretty crazy decision to shoot all night movie without it.
So, my gaffer went with some battery operated LEDs and some other smaller units.
Most of the time we used 2.5 KW Par HMI for a backlight, and Senna Innovative lightning "Give me Five" light as a key, Backlight was filtered with light blue steel and key often with full CTS. I used a lot of house fluorescent lights, as a part of the scene. We had a few of the starters that we often put into the scene. On the photos up, few scenes that have dominant green cast are lit mostly with them.

So the whole package was -
2.5 KW HMI PAR
Senna - Give me Five
Senna - 4 Battery LEDs
3 x PAR 64
2 x 500 W Fresnel
1 x 650 W Fresnel + small Chimera
1 x Triolet + Chimera - mostly 150 W and 250W bulbs
10 x house fluorescent starters and bulbs
Some diffusion frames and polys

and that is mostly it.

If you are interested in anything more, be free to ask.

 

[Chris McKechnie]

Grabs look good! Straight from camera or grade worked in?

 

[Vedran Rapo]

Grabs look good! Straight from camera or grade worked in?

First light ...
LUT i made for this film.

 

[Chris McKechnie]

First light ...
LUT i made for this film.

Yea, def'n good base. Watch those green casts on skin tones in some of those interior shots. But great look so far! Can't wait to see it. :emote_popcorn:

 

[Samir Patel]

well... the low quality jpegs look great. I can't wait to see the high res video, I'm sure it will look amazing!

 

[David Battistella]

Great looking stuff.

David

 

[Vedran Rapo]

Yea, def'n good base. Watch those green casts on skin tones in some of those interior shots. But great look so far! Can't wait to see it. :emote_popcorn:

I think green will stay, mostly because of the story ... and i like it as a part of a industrial space ... :/ but who knows, once editing is finished we will see where we will grade it. Maybe till then i will change my mind on the final look.
But thank you

 

[Vedran Rapo]

Thank you Samir and David!

 

[David Battistella]

I should add, that I really like the excellent use of blending the practicals for crafting the look and creating some depth.

David

 

[Levi Arnold]

Looks nice. The grading is the style that I like and I think that some nice film grain would really fit in these types of shots.

 

[Hans von Sonntag]

i find that the actress has an interesting charisma, very 2016.

Hans

 

[M.Halsell]

Thank you.
Light package was rather small as we did not have a generator at our disposal. What is pretty crazy decision to shoot all night movie without it.
So, my gaffer went with some battery operated LEDs and some other smaller units.
Most of the time we used 2.5 KW Par HMI for a backlight, and Senna Innovative lightning "Give me Five" light as a key, Backlight was filtered with light blue steel and key often with full CTS. I used a lot of house fluorescent lights, as a part of the scene. We had a few of the starters that we often put into the scene. On the photos up, few scenes that have dominant green cast are lit mostly with them.

So the whole package was -
2.5 KW HMI PAR
Senna - Give me Five
Senna - 4 Battery LEDs
3 x PAR 64
2 x 500 W Fresnel
1 x 650 W Fresnel + small Chimera
1 x Triolet + Chimera - mostly 150 W and 250W bulbs
10 x house fluorescent starters and bulbs
Some diffusion frames and polys

and that is mostly it.

If you are interested in anything more, be free to ask.

Most would agree, the lowlight stuff has a very good production value. Awesome.

 

[Vedran Rapo]

I should add, that I really like the excellent use of blending the practicals for crafting the look and creating some depth.

David

Thank you, we did use a lot of practicals. For some situations that was the only way to go, so we had to plan it well. More or less all practicals were set for the shot.

 

[Vedran Rapo]

Looks nice. The grading is the style that I like and I think that some nice film grain would really fit in these types of shots.

For sure. I am sure we will add some in the end.

 

[Vedran Rapo]

i find that the actress has an interesting charisma, very 2016.

Hans

Yes, she is very filmic ... In some closeups ...for some reasons, she reminded me of Olivia Wilde.

She is fresh from an acting academy, but i have to say, vary talented and relaxed. I predict a very nice future for her.

 

[Vedran Rapo]

Here is one short take

 

[Vedran Rapo]

https://vimeo.com/170394537

 

[Eric Santiago]

My god those are beautiful frames.

Thanks for that