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Getting the ‘ARRI’ look (xpost from colour grading)
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[josef brett] “Hi Shawn. Yeah, I thought lights would would be a big part of it. We don’t have great lights. We have LED light panels (2 of these and 3 spotlight versions – https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1012483-REG/litepanels_903_1063_1_x_1….
We don’t really have anything to diffuse the lights. We have reflectors, but the light then doesn’t go through anything.
What kind of lights and diffusion do you use/recommend please?”
Hey Josef, I think the best and cheapest thing to start with is a bounce and diffusion kit. They’re pretty inexpensive and extremely useful in a wide variety of situations, especially if you’re only using natural light. I’m also a fan of filter and diffusion gel kits.
https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/buy/Collapsible-Reflectors/ci/1327/N/4062040412
I mostly use florescent lights for corporate work. But for everything else, I prefer tungsten fresnels. They provide the punch you need to blast through diffusion, and the power to bounce off of ceilings, walls and reflectors. The downside is that they generate lots of heat, and they can consume lots of power. My advice is to start small and do simple things; go outside and see what bounce and diffusion looks like on your subject, bounce the light from your led panel off of a white wall on to someone’s face… experiment… a lot. 🙂 There a ton of videos on the subject, some of them are actually pretty good.
https://www.thehurlblog.com/film-education-online-how-to-use-indirect-bounce-light/
I prefer lights from Arri and Mole Richardson now, but I started out (15 years ago) with a cheap set of Lowell Pro lights and Omni lights. I still have them, and on occasion, still find them useful. Good lights will outlast almost everything in your kit… except for good lenses
https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/285941-REG/Lowel_P2_101_Pro_Light_Focus_Flood_Light.html
https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/260848-REG/Lowel_Omni_light_Pro_light_Rifa_eX.html
Lastly, read Matters of Light and Depth, Painting with Light and The Five C’s of Cinematography… you should also do yourself a huge favor and get a subscription to American Cinematographer. Lot’s of great knowledge to be had for almost nothing. 🙂
https://store.ascmag.com/category-s/290.htm
Shawn
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Hi Shawn
Thank you so much for all your tips and advice. I will try and convince my boss to invest in a subscription to American Cinematographers at the very least.
I know a colleague has some different lights to us, so may go and have a go with his and ours to see what happens!
Many thanks again
Joe
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