of course, and that wasn’t my question. you don’t have to get snarky.
this is a film for USC that will not be allowed to be entered in festivals or exhibited in any format, so i was not going to spend money on a generator and more lights on a film that no one save my class is going to see. I know how to light a set so i don’t have to use gain for exposure, and if you had read my question, i was not asking how to lower gain in production, i wanted to know if anyone knows how I can ease it up in post.