So I want to shoot a video with mostly natural light, but indoors, during the day. What's the easiest way to add a little lighting to fill shadows without having it look like really artificial light? I'm in a second floor apartment, I get pretty good light coming in, but it's directional. I'm just worried about the different colors of light clashing with each other.
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A reflector would probably help a little. You could use it to direct the natural in an even way. |
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If you get a dedo kit and use 1/4 or 1/2 blue gels, you can get them to approximately match the colour temp of sunlight, and then use the dedo's dimmer to bring the artificial light down to a very low (subtle) level. Alternately, a kino light with 5600K tubes would match the colour, and provide a much softer fill light, and is also dimmable. Not sure what equipment you've got access to, but that's what I'd try. |
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If you really have zero budget, using a piece of wood or foam core board and then wrapping it in aluminum foil makes a pretty nice homemade reflector. Then position opposite of your light source, and direct onto the talent's face as needed. Since you are looking for a natural look, you should try to keep it from wrinkling when you wrap the foil to your board, but if you're ever feeling artsy, then crinkling the foil up prior to wrapping can create some pretty interesting texture to your fill light. |
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For really low budget I would rent a 1K red head, or two, depending on the size of your space and what contrast ratio you are looking for.(about $15 day to rent) Use them with a half blue gel and bounce them off the ceiling. By bouncing off the ceiling you simply fill the room with ambient light. If you fill from the opposite side of your key light the lighting can often start to feel un-natural. as a rule of thumb i always try to fill from as close to the lens axis as possible or fill the room with soft light from above. hope that helps |
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