XF 300 Overcast Morning Shoot

Graham Bernard · December 10th, 2016, 07:44 AM

I did an internal of a well lit ground level long library with ceiling to floor windows. It was a series of 360s slow pans/spins. The natural lighting was perfect Spring levels. However this coming week, in winter, is gonna be overcast and I can only get in from 8am. Natural lighting is gonna be a challenge. OK. Accepting ALL of these parameters, you guys and gals got any creative was to firstly capture and then secondly meld the spins together with the better lit footage?

TIA

Grazie

Robin Davies-Rollinson · December 10th, 2016, 11:03 AM

Frame the windows out and put in some soft lights as if they were the actual window light.

Graham Bernard · December 10th, 2016, 03:06 PM

Thanks Robo!

Yeah time and budget wont allow. I've got a 2 hour window including Sun-up and setup. Need to be fleet of hoof and Slight of Brain.

I was thinking that maybe a direction on the XF setup, plus doing something cunning in post to enliven what maybe a wee bit neah . . .

What I'm thinking in post, is that the before I could be a mild desat to give myself a bit more WOW! factor on the new refurb with sat. up and a faint glow?

Thanks again Robin. We do love a challenge.

Graham Bernard · December 15th, 2016, 02:29 AM

Shoot went well.

Plenty of natural illumination inside as the Sun came up, 8:00am onwards, and the "clarty" overcast low-cloud weather was scurried away by the SSW winds coming up from France. By noon the clouds had parted and I was able to get some great externals too, with well saturated blue skies. Client happy, which is a bonus.

Lighting rigs remained firmly in their cases. Yes!

Grazie

Robin Davies-Rollinson · December 15th, 2016, 05:27 PM

Glad that it all went well.
I have started taking an interest in grading, so much so that I hardly use Vegas any more. All my editing and grading is done within Davinci Resolve 12.5
It has an incredible workflow in that you can activate and assemble nodes for every grade decision. Coupled with applying masks over areas of the image - as well as tracking and animating them - it can give total control over various elements within a scene.
I'm in lurve!!!

December 10th, 2016, 07:44 AM	#1
Graham Bernard Old Boot Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: London UK Posts: 3,633	XF 300 Overcast Morning Shoot - And Inside. I did an internal of a well lit ground level long library with ceiling to floor windows. It was a series of 360s slow pans/spins. The natural lighting was perfect Spring levels. However this coming week, in winter, is gonna be overcast and I can only get in from 8am. Natural lighting is gonna be a challenge. OK. Accepting ALL of these parameters, you guys and gals got any creative was to firstly capture and then secondly meld the spins together with the better lit footage? TIA Grazie

December 10th, 2016, 11:03 AM	#2
Robin Davies-Rollinson Trustee Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Gwaelod-y-garth, Cardiff, CYMRU/WALES Posts: 1,215	Re: XF 300 Overcast Morning Shoot - And Inside. Frame the windows out and put in some soft lights as if they were the actual window light. __________________ TV Director / Cameraman

December 10th, 2016, 03:06 PM	#3
Graham Bernard Old Boot Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: London UK Posts: 3,633	Re: XF 300 Overcast Morning Shoot - And Inside. Thanks Robo! Yeah time and budget wont allow. I've got a 2 hour window including Sun-up and setup. Need to be fleet of hoof and Slight of Brain. I was thinking that maybe a direction on the XF setup, plus doing something cunning in post to enliven what maybe a wee bit neah . . . What I'm thinking in post, is that the *before* I could be a mild desat to give myself a bit more WOW! factor on the new refurb with sat. up and a faint glow? Thanks again Robin. We do love a challenge.

December 15th, 2016, 02:29 AM	#4
Graham Bernard Old Boot Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: London UK Posts: 3,633	Re: XF 300 Overcast Morning Shoot - And Inside. Shoot went well. Plenty of natural illumination inside as the Sun came up, 8:00am onwards, and the "clarty" overcast low-cloud weather was scurried away by the SSW winds coming up from France. By noon the clouds had parted and I was able to get some great externals too, with well saturated blue skies. Client happy, which is a bonus. Lighting rigs remained firmly in their cases. Yes! Grazie

December 15th, 2016, 05:27 PM	#5
Robin Davies-Rollinson Trustee Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Gwaelod-y-garth, Cardiff, CYMRU/WALES Posts: 1,215	Re: XF 300 Overcast Morning Shoot - And Inside. Glad that it all went well. I have started taking an interest in grading, so much so that I hardly use Vegas any more. All my editing and grading is done within Davinci Resolve 12.5 It has an incredible workflow in that you can activate and assemble nodes for every grade decision. Coupled with applying masks over areas of the image - as well as tracking and animating them - it can give total control over various elements within a scene. I'm in lurve!!! __________________ TV Director / Cameraman