This weekend I have been working GnE as a volunteer for the MastersPOV Cinematography Conference. It has been an absolute joy setting lights for 2 fantastic and renowned ASC members — Karl Walter Lindenlaub, ASC/BVK & Gabriel Beristain, ASC/BSC — and working under a gaffer who’s been in the business for longer than I’ve been alive. Anyhow, I’ll get down to it, the “cove” light.
This light was used to make an accent on the back wall of the set at the fireplace. It was about 2′x2′ however, I can see it scaling up to be used for much larger tasks if need be. What you need:
- art card, or show card
- tape, paper or gaff is fine
- black wrap or flag or more art card to act as a topper
and that’s about it, minus whatever fixture you deem necessary of course.
You have one person who makes a “U” with the card while the second person tapes the sides to each other like so (picture below) at both the top and bottom and this allows it to stand on its own.
We ended up using black wrap as a topper like so…
and this is w/o the LED fixture turned on as it sits on a beaver board (baby base plate drilled into a pancake)…
Here it is at the end turned on…
I apologize for not having a still from camera to show you and for the iPhone pictures, but, they are always better than nothing.
Hope to see this around and use it myself when I get backed into a corner!
Cheers,
PM
hey man, can you be abit more specific about what this light is for?
“This light was used to make an accent on the back wall of the set at the fireplace.”
Not quite sure what this is supposed to mean exactly…
Sure William.
The set that we were lighting was a modern apartment in the city, and there was a big fireplace on the back wall, maybe 4ft almost directly behind the couch and the camera was positioned rather low, maybe 3ft off the ground if not lower. The couch hid the bottom half of the fireplace and Karl Walter wanted a little accent that dug into and around the fireplace a little bit so we used this. I wish I had a frame grab for you to show you, and if I find one, I will update it and let you know.
Cheers,
PM