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Posted by Richard Crowley on 01/07/07 05:33
"Beowulf" wrote ...
> Any chance I will be able to utilize my existing lighting for movie
> production? Lights I have now I used for fine-art (nudes/portraits)
> still
> photography (see sparlo.net my site if interested)-- I have several
> 500
> watt monolights, also several flash and slave-flash units, but I am
> guessing that flash has no use in movie filming.
Maybe for special effects.
> How much wattage is
> typically used in movie filming, let's say on a cloudy day outdoors?
No easier to predict than for still photography, Depends on
what you want and how sensitive your camera is.
> I
> also have a nice large reflector with gold, silver, white, surfaces,
> etc,
> and of course white foamcore board is cheap for reflecting.
Certainly most of that would be applicable in some cases.
> Luckily the
> light meter I use for photography also has settings to use for
> cinemetography. I have Cinelerra software for video editing, nice
> open
> source software I suspect. mencoder open source software can do
> incredible
> video processing so that is free and I think could come in handy.
Is Cinelerra still available/current? I heard it was withdrawn.
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