Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/12/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]more putzing around with the ingrid bergman book trying to follow the shadows back. it looks like on a lot of them there's a highly directional light, like a snoot, but that gives somewhat soft shadows -- a small gridded softbox maybe? whatever it is, i ain't got one. http://www.kylecassidy.com/lj/2007/dawn-before-death.jpg Here's another "behind the scenes" from yesterday's "pork pie hat" shoot, showing how we did the shadows on the wall. a bare flash about 4 feet to yag's right. and then the snooted strobe would be aimed at trill's face to light that. note the gun safety techniques of our highly trained villain who will not even put his finger on the trigger of a water pistol. http://www.kylecassidy.com/lj/2007/dawn-before-death2.jpg one of the early shots before we realized that we had a neighbor handy to play the bad guy. http://www.kylecassidy.com/lj/2007/dawn-before-death3.jpg the background there was created by shooting a strobe through a gobo made out of the lid to a pizza box into which we'd cut some slits. like bill cosby always said on "fat albert" -- "if you're not careful, you just might learn something." http://www.kylecassidy.com/lj/2007/dawn-before-death4.jpg anyone want to recommend a good book or video on film noir lighting techniques? kc