Ben Scott
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Hi all,
I've been shooting friend's short over the last couple of months and sadly we're having to do a reshoot of a dressing room scene and the budget is completely gone now so it's time to be creative with solutions as to how to light it. In terms of practicals there's the lightbulbs around the mirrors and some horrible striplights (which I'd rather have off) and the opportunity to have some tungsten practicals by way of table lamps or freestanding lamps.
I'm wondering how best to control the light from the practicals on a dressing room mirror? Is there such a thing as a dimmer where I can just plug in the regular mains plug from those mirror lights and regulate the power going to them? Or would this introduce outrageous amounts of flicker?
Would the better answer be to get ultra low wattage bulbs? A couple of stills the art direction team took of the location attached here. The walls can be painted and it will have a bunch more stuff added to make it look like a professional dressing room but I'm currently a little stumped for ideas as to how to light it so it's nice and moody but still be capable of having a wide master shot in it (which I've been pushing to drop completely) that would have a nice depth to it.
I'm thinking to push to shoot shoot the whole piece reflected in the mirror with character 1 lit by the mirror lights and character 2 lit by tungsten practicals from a lamp in the back of the frame.
Any suggestions gratefully received.
I've been shooting friend's short over the last couple of months and sadly we're having to do a reshoot of a dressing room scene and the budget is completely gone now so it's time to be creative with solutions as to how to light it. In terms of practicals there's the lightbulbs around the mirrors and some horrible striplights (which I'd rather have off) and the opportunity to have some tungsten practicals by way of table lamps or freestanding lamps.
I'm wondering how best to control the light from the practicals on a dressing room mirror? Is there such a thing as a dimmer where I can just plug in the regular mains plug from those mirror lights and regulate the power going to them? Or would this introduce outrageous amounts of flicker?
Would the better answer be to get ultra low wattage bulbs? A couple of stills the art direction team took of the location attached here. The walls can be painted and it will have a bunch more stuff added to make it look like a professional dressing room but I'm currently a little stumped for ideas as to how to light it so it's nice and moody but still be capable of having a wide master shot in it (which I've been pushing to drop completely) that would have a nice depth to it.
I'm thinking to push to shoot shoot the whole piece reflected in the mirror with character 1 lit by the mirror lights and character 2 lit by tungsten practicals from a lamp in the back of the frame.
Any suggestions gratefully received.