Chapter 15 - Lighting Diagram

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Online Lighting Diagram Creator by QHphotography.com

Adjust seating position
if necessary

Adjust backlight

When your real interviewee sits down youʼll have to adjust the seating position and
the lighting as hair, complexion and female to male will have an impact on your
lighting set up Adding colour to a background light adds further dimension and
creates perceived depth to your shot

Gobo without gel looks overpowering

Gobo with gel looks more subtle

Turn lights off to see effect of
practical lamps in vision

Cam 1 - 35mm lens

Cam 2 - 100mm lens

Camera positions are
next to each other

Dedolight DLH-4
with projector
lens and Gobo

Dedolight DLH-4
as backlight

Dedo Flex 150 Softbox
with Eggcrate

Cam 2

Cam 1

650w Lowel Rifa Lite 55EX

Dedolight DLH-4
as backlight

Arrilite 750w Plus with Lee
Filters black wrap with slits cit
into it creating a makeshift
gobo

Cam 1

Cam 2

Shooting 2 cameraʼs does present you with a much larger lighting challenge and so you need
to be measured in your approach to avoid becoming overwhelmed. Think in zones and light
each person separately. This may seem complex but if you think of it as two separate
interviews in the same scene you will find it much less challenging.