I'm accumulating a miser's collection of equipment for a shoot sometime this year. I will rent a camera, oh yes, most certainly, but I want to have some stock of gear that's my own to twiddle with. I have an old Sennheiser ME80 and a long-throw Philips (yes, Philips) mic, but...
Has anyone experimented, heard of anyone using, non-traditional (not spendy) lighting rigs? I know the visual temperature is a big issue- who wants to shoot under incandescents and have it look like your lens is coated with curry. I'm just wondering if I can go with options that are 1. Cheap, 2. Lightweight, 3. Not requiring a 240v line. I'm wondering if you can put a (don't laugh) high-intensity LED-cluster flood in a can with some shutters and get something usable. Or other options.
I would be shooting digital, indoors under varying conditions (with the script I have now). And this is my first ever serious shoot. I feel hugely good about the script (writing is my strongest suit, although I did just install a new boiler in my house), I'm just keeping a lookout for all my options in this new realm of endeavor.
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Has anyone experimented, heard of anyone using, non-traditional (not spendy) lighting rigs? I know the visual temperature is a big issue- who wants to shoot under incandescents and have it look like your lens is coated with curry. I'm just wondering if I can go with options that are 1. Cheap, 2. Lightweight, 3. Not requiring a 240v line. I'm wondering if you can put a (don't laugh) high-intensity LED-cluster flood in a can with some shutters and get something usable. Or other options.
I would be shooting digital, indoors under varying conditions (with the script I have now). And this is my first ever serious shoot. I feel hugely good about the script (writing is my strongest suit, although I did just install a new boiler in my house), I'm just keeping a lookout for all my options in this new realm of endeavor.
Recent reader, first-time poster, be gentle