lighting a headlight silloette...

[Adam j kennedy]

hi, i have a shoot comming up with a car at night. i want to get a nice silloette of two people in front of a cars head lights, of coarse the camera would be placed right in the path of the headlights. i just wanted to know if youve had any experience or advice on how to get a really nice silloette shot of them standing in the headlights... very film noir...

thanks,

adam k.

 

[David Mullen ASC]

You usually have to cheat some low edge lights to rim the people better, often tweenies spotted-in, for example. Smoke/haze would help create a better silhouette.