Dennis Size
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I believe it’s relatively easy to learn. I personally don’t draft as I have “people” doing it for me.
Wow….it costs that much? !!! 🙂 -
We use Vectorworks…. which is basically the lighting industry standard.
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The Nila is definitely an excellent instrument …but VERRRYY expensive.
Lately I’ve started drifting away from my LED instrument of choice the last few years — Lite-Panels (which I’ve used a few hundred of since they came onto the scene)– and have been successfully using the Color Kinetics eWhite and iWhite instruments. I just used 100 iWhites on a studio I designed in D.C., but wish I used eWhites — which I’ve used very successfully on 2 new studios for CBS radio (go figure)… and am using on a studio project in the Sudan.
Although I haven’t used them on an install yet, I’m very impressed by the new ARRI “locastor” and “broadcastor” LED fixtures. Check them out.DS
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You might also want to gell your light so it appears “unusual” … perhaps with a blue color media. Rosco 68 works well unless you want something “colder” (greener), such as Rosco 67.
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Frankly, if the budget is available, glass is always the way to go. It’s what I recommend to all our clients, and ultimately end up using when they’re not happy with the metal templates (which always require “spoking” to keep the negative space from falling out).
They work fine in Juniors ….just make sure if you go with glass you order the correct size, and have the correct pattern holder.
Apollo does an excellent job with glass, as does RoscoDS
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Try Tobins Lake Scenic backdrops (https://www.Tobinslake.com), or Charles Stewart Scenic Backdrops (https://www.charleshstewart.com.
DS
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Shoot your scene at night.
DS
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take a Source 4 Jr. 26 degree @ 375w, or a dedo light, or a 150 Arri Fresnel, or some such fixture stand mounted at the camera to “pop out” the dark face.
DS
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Great commentary Bill.
Yaphett Koto is the perfect example also.
I must add that if I were lighting a Diane Sawyer interview with Yaphett Koto (who would probably be wearing his white suit) I would most assuredly use additional lighting for his face.Obviously if I were just shooting him with a single camera it would be a no brainer, and everything that was said applies. When using multiple cameras however, it’s important to balance the 2 shot so both subjects appear equal. There’s no way his face would be equal to Diane’s without additional lighting. He would merely be a black ball on a white suit in the 2 shot.
The same holds true for every local news anchor desk where station mangers in every affiliate I’ve ever lit seem to enjoy pairing Yaphett’s “look-a-like” with an attractive co-anchor who’s always a blond albino girl.
DS
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A 2000w 8″ fresnel is totally inappropriate for a 50′ throw distance.
A 5000w 12″ fresnel would give you the lumens ….. but it’s a very inefficient fixture for that purpose. Stick with PARS.An excellent source for used equipment is USEDLIGHTING.com
DS