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It's Getting Hot in Here
But
these Big Lights create Heat..especially
indoors..,,and what if you need a
PORTABLE
battery powered Light source for
OUTDOOR Location shooting?
Here are
some popular lights that do the
trick..They m ix
elegantly with daylight...can be
dimmed and warmed up.
You can rent these at most
video/lighting/film rental
house.
Call DTC in San Francisco to help locate
a place near you and purchase the Gels
and lights mentioned in this article.
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Childrens Toy becomes
HOT new Lighting tool for moving
image Professionals
The new hot item for adding light to
outdoor interviews or indoor mixed
light scenes... is actually a cool
light that gives off very little
heat,
LED panels and on-camera LED lights
are increasingly popular,
and can be rented in most major
cities.
As you can see below, the
LED
panel provides a nice clean Spot or
Flood Light (request which one you
want prior to renting). It's
dimmer is effective, and makes for
fast set up.
A couple of these could help light a
cooking show in a daylight filled
kitchen, or for filming a
documentary inside a hut at a
refugee camp....these
will make your images
sing....perfect for interviews at
sporting events or outdoor docume ntary.
You
can power it with a battery...the
same V-mounted battery found on many
professional Video cameras.
Pictured on the right is the battery
mounted on the rear of the
light..the round knob is the dimmer.
The NATIVE color balance/Temp for
this light is DAYLIGHT.
These lights come with pre-cut
Plastic CTO (red/orange) gels. These
are used to change the color
temperature to INDOOR
to
use these Light panels with
traditional lights such as an Arri
650 or Lowel Omni lights.
These CTO gels can also be used to
"warm" up the image.
Pictured below is a CTO gel
on half the light.
Imagine using a couple of these
outdoors...sweet!
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They may be DIVAs..but they sure don't
act like 'em
The Diva
light is a compact version of the Larger
KINO lights. easy to stack and
carry...light on the wallet...they
add faux daylight with a soft even
light.
They can
be dimmed without effecting the color
temp too much (lights tend to go
'Red-Warm" if dimmed),
these
stand up to
the dimmer and
maintain much of the original color temp
of the installed bulbs ( you choose
DAYLIGHT or INDOOR BULBS..or mix 'em
up).
You can "mix" Red/Orange florescent
-type Bulbs (CTO) with Blue (CTB) Bulbs
and warm your subject up.
Most Diva kits come with one set of
bulbs that are daylight and one set that
is for indoor light.
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I Hope Batman never catches this JOKER
 This
light runs hotter than the two lights
already discussed, but is one of the
most trusted daylight balanced lights in
the industry. It is called
THE JOKER and pictured here is a strong
800 watt Joker. I would
use a
small Chimera softbox with this light
for best effect. During my time as a
cameraman for E! Entertainment in Los
Angles we often used this for outdoor
interview sets ups.
It comes with a nice big battery
..what could be better than a portable
chimera that you could even drag out to
the desert.
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Anatomy of a shot...lights & Gels I used
to create this image
As you can see in the shot of the
Doctors, they are
in front
of a window
(which we darkened using ND9 GEL
directly on the window)and
are
evenly lit. Here is my set-up...
I had a
650 watt Arri light bouncing off a large
wh ite
piece of foam core from Underneath them
(a good
trick for beauty shots- notice no
shadows on their necks).
My key lights were
Two 650 watt lights
on
Chimeras and
One 500
watt thru a Chimera.
3 key lights total.
All my key Lights and the Backlight had
1/2 CTB Gels in front of them.
My backlight was a
300 watt
Arri on a dimmer hanging behind
them on
a c-stand..
A 650
watt
Background light spots the
Microscope in the background..I
did not color correct that background
light with CTB...that is why it looks
"warm" on the rear wall.
It did start to get HOT IN THERE...it
might have been a good occasion to
experiment with DIVA lights..it may
have been more comfortable....with
plenty of light to make the client
happy.
Next time.......
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Summary
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Indoor Light is Red/Orange
(CTO gel means color temp
orange)
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Outdoor Light is Blue (CTB-
color temp blue)
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Use Blue Gel (
1/2 CTB) on lights if you are
shooting in Daylight, indoor and
outdoor.
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Low heat lights are Kino
"DIVA" lights and LITE PANELS
(Light Panels can be battery
operated..DIVAS can not)
- The
JOKER is a great portable
battery or AC powered Daylight
balanced light. Use a Chimera
with this light.
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Use ND9 Gel on windows to cut
down light in background
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