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Author
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Topic: Video Looks too bright
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filmguy15
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posted 01-11-2001 08:45 PM
With my lighting setup, the video I get looks too bright and "washed-out". I have a 500w as the key, 100w as the fill, and a 75w as a back light. The video almost looks better with regular room light (not really, as good quality though). How can i fix this?-Chase
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Gamecat
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posted 01-11-2001 10:12 PM
don't use a 500w light as a key for video  Video likes lower watts and soft lighting... Also how is the contrast on that? 500-100 seems kinda big for video.. maybe not... Does your camera have manual exposure? If so, you can play witht that and bring it dow till it doesn't look washed out. But Istill sugest lower wattage and soft lighting, not hard. Also I personally like to up the back lighting a little bit.. maybe thats just me though... |
ntprod
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posted 01-23-2001 06:53 PM
It isnīt the amount of watt you use it is how you use it. I can agree that video likes soft lighting because it keeps the contrasts down, but donīt be afraid to use the 500w bulb. I recently was DP on a video shoot where the only lighting we could get within our budget was 3x800W redheads and 2x1kW tungsten lights. It worked out pretty good in close shots but it would have been nice to have a couple of 2kīs for some wider shots because softlight looses intensity much quicker than hardlight. Itīs also nice to have the backlighting a little "hotter" especially if youīre using diffusion on your lamps. That takes away a lot of the 2D feeling you get from video and "flat" lighting. Get some 500w or 800w lights that can be adjusted for spot/flood. Buy diffusion from Rosco, they make great gels that can take some heat from the bulbs. Finally rent a real monitor or if youīre on a tight budget use a TV on the shoot. |
Gamecat
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posted 01-23-2001 11:12 PM
Well yeah thats true, I mainly use 500 watters myself on my stuff, the soft lighting is the main part.. But I've noticed that with the lower end video stuff using lower watt lights tends to work out better... Just what I've noticed... |
dstepson
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posted 01-24-2001 01:28 AM
Try using a bounce to tone it down. And always keep some 250 or 216 to diffuse your lamps. |
