Lamps

filmny500

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Do you usually gel your light to match tug. practicals or ceiling lamps? Can you get away with just keep your light straight 32k on your subjects as long as the lamp isn't super orange like a candle flame. Thanks
 
Just depends -- yes, I'll add 1/4 CTO to movie lamps to match the warmth of practicals, but I've also left them white and let the background practicals look warmer. Just a slightly different look.

Also depends on whether your movie light is matching the color of an onscreen practical, or if it is simulating an off-screen practical. For example if someone is leaning near a desk lamp or table light but you want to augment that effect, your additional light should match in color. But if you have a key light on someone from an unseen overhead light or table lamp and the practical you do see is in the background, then it can look warmer in comparison -- which happens in real life as well. Not all practicals have the same warmth anyway due to the types of shades or whether the bulb is dimmed, etc.
 
Thanks, that helps a lot. On that question I have a project coming up and the mood doesn't really call for any warmth from lighting. Certain scenes take place in a house and I want to have practicals and want to match them as close as I can to my tug. units. The best wattage I could find is 75watt 3000k. Their are 3200k bulbs but the lowest is 150watts. Is the 200 difference noticeable on film?
 
It should be fine.

Just get everything in the same ballpark and then you can time the overall image either direction, cooler and whiter if you want.

Truth is that the main thing is that the location and clothing have the warmth removed because there are limits to how cool you can time the image without making the faces look blue.
 

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