How important is the angle of beam spread for a light?
Would softboxes and lanterns take care of all, or do I need to be specific in what i look for in the beam angle of a light?
GVM is having a christmas sale: https://gvmled.myshopify.com/collections/holiday-sale-2022
There this a BOGO deal and I'm considering these 150W daylight LED, two of them for $350.
The beam spread adjusts from "a tight 60 degrees to a wide 120 degrees"
And they have a 300W BI-COLOR LED for $379
Are there any opinions on this GVM brand of lights?
The other birghter lights I was considering were amaran 200D (250W), or a Godox VL300 or the apurture light storm 300x but the light storm is way more expensive.
This christmas sale from GVM seems pretty great, could get five lights (4x150W) for $1,100 and have a lot of options.
There are lantern attachments and softbox grid attachments for these things that you can buy, it seems pretty versatile.
That concludes my questions.
Since 2013 i've never owned a film light - only ever lit stuff using light bulbs and the sun. yikes.
It seems like first impressions are everything. and the look of your film is all people care about in a first impression.
Would softboxes and lanterns take care of all, or do I need to be specific in what i look for in the beam angle of a light?
GVM is having a christmas sale: https://gvmled.myshopify.com/collections/holiday-sale-2022
There this a BOGO deal and I'm considering these 150W daylight LED, two of them for $350.
The beam spread adjusts from "a tight 60 degrees to a wide 120 degrees"

GVM Lt150d150W High Power LED Spotlight Daylight Kit(BOGO)
Employing the familiar, easy-to-use moonlight form factor, the LS-150D LED Daylight Video Light from GVM is a versatile light source with a daylight color temperature of 5600K that blends in seamlessly when shooting outdoors or in situations where daylight-balanced light fixtures are used. The...
gvmled.myshopify.com
And they have a 300W BI-COLOR LED for $379

GVM-SD300D 300W Bi-Color LED Video Light High Power LED Daylight
300W LED Spotlight GVM-LED Studio light-SD300D is a compact and powerful LED dual color temperature spotlight Constant power up to 300W with standard lampshade. After installation, you can avoid too strong light and make the light more focused. Custom controls fill the light, allowing you to...
gvmled.myshopify.com
Are there any opinions on this GVM brand of lights?
The other birghter lights I was considering were amaran 200D (250W), or a Godox VL300 or the apurture light storm 300x but the light storm is way more expensive.
This christmas sale from GVM seems pretty great, could get five lights (4x150W) for $1,100 and have a lot of options.
There are lantern attachments and softbox grid attachments for these things that you can buy, it seems pretty versatile.
That concludes my questions.
Since 2013 i've never owned a film light - only ever lit stuff using light bulbs and the sun. yikes.
It seems like first impressions are everything. and the look of your film is all people care about in a first impression.
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