Indie filmmaking strategies?

[Ralph Oshiro]

Yeah, but what a TERRIFIC set you got to light!

 

[Brook Willard]

I've tried to edit my post a few times to add more detail but it hasn't worked. Instead, here's a new post:

Here's a simpler lighting setup that achieves a mood very effectively. This one's a little more achievable than my last post.

The fluorescents are shop type work lights on speedrail wall-spreaders. There's one 4 bank 4' Kino visible - I used that through a frame of opal as a soft key for close-ups. The light through the windows is coming from a few 1K tungsten PAR Cans through a sodium vapor gel pack. The light behind the desk is a 1K fresnel through the same gels and a jail-cell-aloris. The desk is lit with a practical and a Source 4 hidden by the ceiling.

So scratching the Kino [could've been a shop light], we're talking about a very simple and cheap lighting setup that could run on house power combined with very very effective production design.

And yes, a very awesome set.

 

[Ralph Oshiro]

TheThe, take a look at the following article. Dale explains how many people he used for his $100k film, and his philosophy behind it.http://www.dalelauner.com/press/digitalcinema.html

Wow! I just read the article. What a great story! Funny, just like David Mullen . . . the only REAL light I have is a KinoFlo 2-foot, 2-bank!

 

[Ralph Oshiro]

And yes, a very awesome set.

Oh! Forgot to compliment your lighting as well, Brook. It looked GREAT!