cinematography I have a problem with shooting outdoors.

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harmonica44

Every time I try to shoot in the sun, I have the same problem. The sky is always white, where as it is actually really blue. Bringing down the exposure doesn't help, and everything on the ground gets a little too dark, and it starts to look like there is too much shadow, as if it is cloudy. How do I get the sky to be blue? Thanks.
 
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You're on a microbudget, the shots you want cost money to get lighting done safely... find someone with a car hauling trailer (the lowloader mentioned earlier), put the actors in the car on the trailer. Pay to have a section of road closed off, pay for the insurance to have lighting and grips riding on the trailer, light the interior of the car... wait, that's right, you said micro budget... go with the tighter shots.

Some of what you want conflicts with your ability to pay for it. Adjust accordingly, we can tell you how to get the shot, but altering actual reality is another thing entirely.
 
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Okay thanks. I watched it before and just watched it again. I was thinking of rigging the camera outside the car, and have the lights inside, but will that look like the lights are coming from the inside, if the camera is on the outside? I'll try it and see what I get.
 
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harmonica44 said:
Okay thanks. I watched it before and just watched it again. I was thinking of rigging the camera outside the car, and have the lights inside, but will that look like the lights are coming from the inside, if the camera is on the outside? I'll try it and see what I get.
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Why would you rigg the camera outside? There's no point doing that. I don't know what you're trying to achieve but the camera inside will work fine in most situations.

Instead of asking so many questions you could use that time to actually try things for yourself.
Your will find the answers faster that way.
 
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Okay thanks. I am trying to figure out how to get a master shot of both the driver and the passsenger simultaneously. For shots where I want to show both their reactions to things in the conversations, and to get a good master shot in general.
 
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jax_rox said:
Here, at least, you need to get specific car-hauling vehicles with safety and pay for a police escort if you're on public roads.
Not cheap, but looks great ;)
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We did rent a trailer made just for car hauling. It took the biggest they had and that 68 Impala still just BARELY fit. I'm sure it was highly illegal for us to be inside the car filming, but we drove the suburbs, at night, and never even saw a a cop.
 
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Gonzo_Entertainment said:
We did rent a trailer made just for car hauling. It took the biggest they had and that 68 Impala still just BARELY fit. I'm sure it was highly illegal for us to be inside the car filming, but we drove the suburbs, at night, and never even saw a a cop.
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:lol: sounds great.

Locally, hire prices for low-loader trucks are ~$1200-$2500/day, plus fuel, plus $50+/day extra for the use of the on-board generator, plus $400-600/day for police escort. And in a country where most film is low-budget, people are going to take notice if they see that kind of setup driving around. Especially if you've got the camera on a crane, and HMI's blasting the front of the car etc.
There's a reason why we schedule as few days as possible using one, and only do so if it's absolutely necessary..
 
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$89 a day for the trailer, $69 a day for the 10 passenger van that was hauling it. No cranes, no exterior lights, but cameras and mics mounted outside the car (sometimes, also inside) and battery powered lights operating inside the car.
 
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