motion

Today i finally tried something that i have heard about for a long time. I am in tech for this wonderful show Her Red Umbrella (come see it!!!) and there is a scene on a train. It is one thing to make interior lighting, but the scene called for motion to help us understand that there is a train and not just an interior space. The solution: a big fan on low sitting in front of the light. My associate (Gary) suggested going from the top angle (in order to have the motion not be directional from a single side). Remembering my TV lighting class, we placed the fan very close to the front of the fresnel, in order to avoid sharp shadows. And it worked! It's actually really beautiful and totally effective. It's amazing how simple it is sometimes...

Here is a picture that Gary took showing the setup.