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I'm writing one of those like one-two people films, but I'll have a couple people on crew, like make up and AC. I'll be acting in the film, and setting camera with AC as well as setting lights. NowI'm pretty much stuck with what I already have as far as supplies (i.e. light stands, don't really have any and bulbs) I have two flood lights. Other than that I don't have much else at the moment. Hopefully that will change soon. Anyway I'm looking to see how to set up lighting with a max of three (2 Flood, 1 regular bulb I have different watts though so I can choose from a couple different selections) lights. I know it can be done, right? It won't look really really professional, but that's fine.

The scene I'm trying to shooy takes place in my basement and is generally dark. I can light it with my flood light, but i'm getting too much spill, and the common theme here is no access to true film supplies. Anything household or hardware store i may have to settle for. any info or suggsetions would be helpful. Thanks.
 
Posts: 11 | Location: California | Registered: February 19, 2006Reply With QuoteReport This Post
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Two words: Home Depot.
 
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Yeah, after posting this I thought the same thing. Just need to make my way down there. it's on the list. It was a long shoot last night and did feel like messing with my own projects after a long day of shooting.
 
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