for my birthday i think im gonna get a light package. would anyone recommend getting this or something like this: http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=produ...e=categoryNavigation
and is everything i need included in that?

This is kind of off topic, but I just watched your "you got learned" video. Man I almost fell out of my chair when that guy was like "WTF is a books!?"

those seem more for photography. maybe small video stuff like on-the-spot interviews.

those lights are hard to control as well, since they don't hae a lens. usually you want something with barndoors and a lens to focus the light. like these:


you could probably just use work lights from homedepot (a lot cheaper) and modify them slightly to get more control over them. there are tutorials online on how to do that.

i use worklights for still photographer and they're great.

I would recommend spending the money on food for your actors instead, they will be happy and you will therefore get better performances, cause I've never seen a good performance come out of a light bulb. Just a thought