Dennis Size
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I would recommend you fill in your “mid-range” small fixture complement before jumping right up to the 2000w range. If you shoot outdoors you might want those fixtures to be HMI, as opposed to incandescent. If not, look into the various lighting kits that ARRI has available.
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https://www.arri.com/infodown/light/broch/ARRI_Lighting_Kits_Brochure_US_2007.pdfAll ARRI’s products all excellent. More specifically however, to augment your package — and your purposes –look at the ARRI SOFTBANK I KIT. It would service you well; but you should also purchase 2 small chimera lightbanks for the ARRI 650 fresnels. You should also consider a SOURCE 4 JUNIOR 25-50 degree ZOOM. It will provide a lot of options for “specialty” and controlled lighting. As you become more experienced you will find it to be one of the most useful lights ever… even as key lights. (I just lit a GOOD MORNING AMERICA 5 person “round table” discussion in a Connecticut living room, in which I only used 2 Diva’s … but 4 @ 650w Fresnels, 4 @ 300w fresnels, and 6 @ 575w Source 4 Juniors.)
If you’re hell bent on buying a 2000w fresnel, then wait until the fall. I just visited ARRI to provide my opinion on a brand new line of Fresnels that they will be showing at the upcoming NAB show. They are FABULOUS! They’ve have re-invented an industry standard, solving several problems and making their fresnels even better. You will love the lighter more efficient baby 2k Fresnel.
DS
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The oft used solution is a plexiglass table top with an instrument under the table shooting up through it. P-95 plexi works best, but any old milk plexi will work. You could use clear glass or plexi and diffuse it — or even color it for that “special party look”. My normal choice of lighting instrument is a Source 4 PAR lamped at 375w ….but any old PAR 56, 46, or 38 (depending on how much intensity you need and how big your table is) will suffice. Use a narrow beam spread lamp.
My current “hot” new gimmick is to lay Rosco’s Lite Pad on the table top. It’s a very slick light source that generates no heat, is fairly bright in an darkened environment, consumes very little power, and is almost as flat as a piece of paper. you could also use Cee Lite. It’s the same type source, but it’s a bit more expensive.DS
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That’s a very kind and generous offer John. Kudos to you!
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Can you afford these fixtures?
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The great thing about good quality studio fixtures (or even location fixtures) is that their initial investment always pays off ….and you can use them in many different places. Buy yourself some Kino-Flos, and then you can still use them in the next studio.
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What’s your budget?
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Between the cameras shooting into the lights — seeing the combination of red and green “sources” at the same time — and the transmission/reception process, there is most assuredly a slight distortion of color perception. What you’re seeing is the simple use of minus green color correction in the sidelights and backlights of the talent. This is a common technique used to counter the affects of the green bounce light hitting the talent to prevent their edge from tearing.
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LEO….. Once more you plainly, and to the point — so that anyone can understand — give the best advice in the FORUM.
Dennis Size
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…or even the right equipment package.
BAD lighting hurts everyone.
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My God. I’m shocked at the inordinate amount of posts discussing these cheap fixtures that are only one step above floodlights from HOME DEPOT.
REGGIE: Just buy the dumb 500w watt package. It’s quiet and will illuminate your space. You’ll make a boatload of mistakes, and waste a lot of time trying to figure out what to do, which I suspect you realize. Once you get a modicum of experience, and begin to learn how to work with lighting fixtures — and perhaps eventually how to cope with that ellusive beauty known as light — buy what you really need.
It’s been repeatedly said in this FORUM that the best use of money for any novice is to hire someone who knows what they’re doing and learn from them. It’s money more wisely spent than on a pile of junk that inexperience prevents from being used properly.
That being said, if a person has never driven before — but wants to learn how in a big way, and quickly — then it’s probably better to buy an old piece of junk and get behind the wheel, instead of purchasing a lamborghini …then ruining it. Let’s just hope no one gets killed in your educational process.be safe.
DS