My role was as cinematographer, lighting the locations and operating one of two cameras. The promo was shot primarily on 7D, with myself lending some Z1 footage into the mix.
The most beneficial element of the day was the opportunity to practice lighting a range of rooms and spaces. Outdoors I placed a white circular reflector to bounce as much sunlight as possible in order to provide a balance between key and fill. The position of the sun in relation to the staging of the cast allowed for a small amount of backlight to be present, separating the actors in a subtle way from the grassy area behind them.
When indoors, I lit using 2 Kino Flo's (1 x 400W and 1 x 200W) along with a small LED battery-powered light. In order to produce a morning sunlight aesthetic, I made use of Lee lighting gels; a 1/4 CTB on the Kino 400 mixed with a small amount of bounce from the Kino 200 with a cooler hue, using a Full CTB.
I tried to bounce the lights where possible, as I prefer sources to be as soft as possible, but in order to provide more exposure the soft light given out by the Kino's allowed for some more direct lighting.
A hint of light around 5600K was provided by the small LED lamp, which I used to clip the sides of faces and shoulders as subtly as possible with backlighting.
I'm looking forward to seeing the finished results, and if possible will share them here in a later post.
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