Some Good Lighting Techniques?

[xThePhenomenal1x]

Hey guys. I need some good lighting techniques for my animation set. My set is a six foot long table and I have a stop motion animated pro wrestling film I am trying to make. The problem I have is I can't get my lighting working right.

Do you have any tips or techniques?

 

[xThePhenomenal1x]

See that "Bayco 10.5'' Brooder Clamp Light " on the top of
the link you just posted? That's what everyone is talking
about. That work light is pretty strong - might be too strong
and hot. Try three or four of those clamp lights.

I know what they were talking about. I just seen the lights I found and thought about buying these. The clamp lights will be what I buy at the moment though.

 

[xThePhenomenal1x]

My Set up Photos

 

[Defjon]

HAHA omg I can't wait to see this.....

 

[directorik]

That is friggen cool!

I wanna see this movie!

 

[xThePhenomenal1x]

Thanks for the support guys! This will be a match between two of my favorite wrestlers on the Independent Circuit.

Colt Cabana vs. Brian Kendrick

Go to my YouTube to check things I have done before out.

http://www.youtube.com/user/BenjaminPayton

 

[brettzdamn]

The set looks real cool! cant wait to see it finished!

 

[Zensteve]

Stop-motion is awesome

 

[xThePhenomenal1x]

I am going on BlogTV to start the filming of this. You can come to the blog and watch me film.

http://www.blogtv.com/people/BenPayton97

 

[Zensteve]

Meh, guests can't chat on it.

Wanted to ask what fps you're animating in.

Good luck!

 

[xThePhenomenal1x]

Well bad news, my tripod broke.

 

[Defjon]

Well bad news, my tripod broke.

 

[xThePhenomenal1x]

I got this done tonight though.

Thoughts?

 

[Murdock]

I got this done tonight though.

Thoughts?

His hand moved!!! JK I do not have the patience for stop motion. I wouldn't have made it that far, even if my tripod was okay.

 

[Defjon]

I hope this has some epic audio

 

[xThePhenomenal1x]

I'm getting mad. I don't like that animation much. What about you guys?

 

[Flicker Pictures]

Lights reflected on water always seems to produce a nice effect.

 

[chilipie]

I'm getting mad. I don't like that animation much. What about you guys?

The movement of his arm is impressively smooth… I could never have the patience to do that.

One thing I would say is the framing of that shot makes it feel like an animation - you see how the camera is looking down on all of them and fairly wide? If you bring the camera down to their head height and zoom in a bit I bet it will feel much more immersive.

 

[xThePhenomenal1x]

The movement of his arm is impressively smooth… I could never have the patience to do that.

One thing I would say is the framing of that shot makes it feel like an animation - you see how the camera is looking down on all of them and fairly wide? If you bring the camera down to their head height and zoom in a bit I bet it will feel much more immersive.

First I need to buy a new tripod. Stupid tripod broke when I was filming the animation tonight.

 

[ThatGuyFromThatPlace]

Sorry to jack the thread slightly, but I'm trying to set up a three-point lighting system myself, and I can't seem to find clamp lights anywhere in the UK. Fairly annoying. People seem to love the ones from Bayco, but again they only supply the US and Canada.