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Lighting
Hello,
where can I find relatively inexpensive durable lighting kits for mobile “on-the-go” interviews?
Thanks
Mark
Mark Dannunzio
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Not sure exactly how cheap these are, but they are florescent so that makes for really easy use in the field. no worries about overload circuits or creating too much heat.
Walter Biscardi, Jr.
Biscardi Creative Media
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Walter,
Just yesterday a friend and I were discussing the concept of putting a load of fluorescent tubes into the cargo bay of a airliner… Humm!!! I’m just not sure I could ever feel really comfortable with that concept. How the heck would you pack them securely? I can’t even begin to think of a way…
David
David Roth Weiss
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David Weiss Productions, Inc.
Los AngelesPOST-PRODUCTION WITHOUT THE USUAL INSANITY ™
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[David Roth Weiss] “Just yesterday a friend and I were discussing the concept of putting a load of fluorescent tubes into the cargo bay of a airliner… Humm!!! I’m just not sure I could ever feel really comfortable with that concept. How the heck would you pack them securely? I can’t even begin to think of a way…”
They have travel cases and I’ve seen them used in the field so they must travel.
Walter Biscardi, Jr.
Biscardi Creative Media
HD and SD Production for Broadcast and Independent Productions.STOP STARING AND START GRADING WITH APPLE COLOR
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[walter biscardi] “They have travel cases and I’ve seen them used in the field so they must travel.”
I just can’t help but invision opening the case and finding that telltale dust that was once a flourescent tube… I do like the quality of the light they produce however.
I’m looking at the newest lights using LED technology.
David Roth Weiss
Director/Editor
David Weiss Productions, Inc.
Los AngelesPOST-PRODUCTION WITHOUT THE USUAL INSANITY ™
A forum host of Creative COW’s Business & Marketing, and Indie Film & Documentary forums.
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The tubes aren’t as fragile as you might think. Most of the good ones are coated with a plastic shrink coating that enables them to really take a beating without exploding into a million shards of glass. And in the event that one does break, the coating contains the glass pretty well. No talent ducking the shower of glass.
We’ve beat on some Kino’s pretty badly and they can take a lot of abuse.
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[David Roth Weiss] “I just can’t help but invision opening the case and finding that telltale dust that was once a flourescent tube… I do like the quality of the light they produce however.”
Keep in mind, these are not standard flourescent lights. If that was a huge problem, I don’t think they would still be selling so many units 4 years after they came out.
Walter Biscardi, Jr.
Biscardi Creative Media
HD and SD Production for Broadcast and Independent Productions.STOP STARING AND START GRADING WITH APPLE COLOR
The new Color Training DVD now available from the Creative Cow! -
Try the lighting design pro’s forum here on the COW, but please be more specific, as your needs aren’t very clear from your question. By mobile, do you mean traveling by air? — getting around town? — shooting an interview while you and the subject are walking?
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