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Two Samsung MiniDVs. I've also arranged to borrow a Panasonic (or is it a Sony?) C-VHS ot act as a reference shot for later effects. And hey, if anybody is in the Canton area and wants to bring a camera over, I'm sure I could find a place to fit you. :)

Well, we did it. Cranked the exposure down to get a nice silhouette, pointed 'er at the fireball and let it rip. No smoke, and it still captures just fine, so it looks like we got the shot without frying anything. Unfortunately, we nearly ran out of light. We had some technical difficulties...

Unfortunately there's no place anywhere around here to get gels. I'd have to order them online (which is, of course, a definite possibility - that's how I've acquired 90% of my equipment). I'm pushing for the sunset shot. They're all pessimistic about it, but I'm at least going to make them...

Well...I suppose it would be possible to put gels on the lights that I have access to...the problem is that I don't really have much light to work with. I only have about 500 watts in a single light (as I mentioned earlier, it's pretty low-budget). That might work for that scene. The...

Thanks all for the advice. As Joe said, time will be absolutely critical. Hopefully I'll be able to get everyone together in advance to practice the camera routine with the actors. I already happen have a polarizing filter for my own camera so perhaps if I can pick up the proper adapter rings I...

Thanks a lot, Will. It's been fairly hazy the last few days so maybe I'll be fortunate. The thought occurred to me the other day that I *could* do it in post, but I'd really rather not if I can avoid it. Nothing like the real thing. Unfortunately there happens to be a barn not too far away...

I'm interested in any advice you all may have regarding sunset scenes. I'm scheduled to shoot two of them in the next few weeks and although I'm fairly confident that it will turn out nicely, I've never done a sunset before and I'm a curious whether there's anything I can do on-set to maximize...