shooting at night. lighting on subject? tips? at DVinfo.net

Dave Morgan · December 12th, 2007, 03:30 AM

im going to be shooting a music video where the band is performing on an airport runway at night. the band will have lights on them. the whole back ground will be dark except for some blue lights going down the runway.

any tips for v1u settings? like use spotlight? or black compnstn stretch or comprerss? or any other settings to use

Piotr Wozniacki · December 12th, 2007, 07:33 AM

Try to use these guidelines:

- Compress the blacks
- Set the Knee high
- switch Cinegamma OFF
- crank Colour up (3, or even 5)

Also, take the advantage of the additional stop that progressive 30p mode gives you when used with 1/30th shutter speed.

Swith the gain to manual, and only dial it up as much as really required to get the picture just bright enough - don't try to make it brighten than reality, or you'll get a grainy image with decreased resolution. The gain of 6-9dB would be ideal; anything above 12dB will definitely spoil the picture.

Keep the blacks black !

Good luck!

Ron Little · December 12th, 2007, 08:27 AM

Monitor your set up with a field monitor. You will get much better results.

Chris Leong · December 12th, 2007, 02:28 PM

Shooting at night, band situation - lit...
Depending where you are, you may be able to rent or give donation to get a fire truck or water truck.
Slick down the ground around the band.
Double the reflections, and your black ground now has highlights on them.
Depending on where you are, you may have to keep on sprinkling/wetting, or find that only one dose of water is sufficient.
Best way to double your lighting buck at nights for this kind of shoot.
JM2c, YMMV.

December 12th, 2007, 03:30 AM	#1
Dave Morgan Major Player Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 293	shooting at night. lighting on subject? tips? im going to be shooting a music video where the band is performing on an airport runway at night. the band will have lights on them. the whole back ground will be dark except for some blue lights going down the runway. any tips for v1u settings? like use spotlight? or black compnstn stretch or comprerss? or any other settings to use

December 12th, 2007, 07:33 AM	#2
Piotr Wozniacki Inner Circle Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Poland Posts: 4,086	Try to use these guidelines: - Compress the blacks - Set the Knee high - switch Cinegamma OFF - crank Colour up (3, or even 5) Also, take the advantage of the additional stop that progressive 30p mode gives you when used with 1/30th shutter speed. Swith the gain to manual, and only dial it up as much as really required to get the picture just bright enough - don't try to make it brighten than reality, or you'll get a grainy image with decreased resolution. The gain of 6-9dB would be ideal; anything above 12dB will definitely spoil the picture. Keep the blacks black ! Good luck! __________________ Sony PXW-FS7 \| DaVinci Resolve Studio; Magix Vegas Pro; i7-5960X CPU; 64 GB RAM; 2x GTX 1080 8GB GPU; Decklink 4K Extreme 12G; 4x 3TB WD Black in RAID 0; 1TB M.2 NVMe cache drive

December 12th, 2007, 08:27 AM	#3
Ron Little Major Player Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Pensacola Fl. Posts: 627	Monitor your set up with a field monitor. You will get much better results.

December 12th, 2007, 02:28 PM	#4
Chris Leong Major Player Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Los Angeles CA USA Posts: 507	Shooting at night, band situation - lit... Depending where you are, you may be able to rent or give donation to get a fire truck or water truck. Slick down the ground around the band. Double the reflections, and your black ground now has highlights on them. Depending on where you are, you may have to keep on sprinkling/wetting, or find that only one dose of water is sufficient. Best way to double your lighting buck at nights for this kind of shoot. JM2c, YMMV.