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- Опубликовано: 8 сен 2024
- DP Freddie Murphy was kind enough to share a few projects and go into detail about how he uses CRLS to simplify his work flow and provide good looks in confined spaces.
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I would be interested in this for defeating square inverse law in small spaces.
Thanks Luke
Exactly!
Yes, that was a unique concept that I hadn't considered.
Yes. This helps overcome inverse square law must faster n easier. I would check out Reflectric based out of the UK. Jakub has been doing livestreams on IG every Wednesday @thelightbridge I also lit this whole video with CRLS and one nanlite pavotube t.co/e9HqdU508J?amp=1
@@TonyGallardoTomigaFX Those are some very beautiful images. Would love to learn more about how it was lit. Really only one light source??? (I need a cocktail now :)
Tony Gallardo Tony Gallardo Im not understanding how this would have any effect on inverse square falloff. How?
Yo Luke, love the channel sir!
So i’ve been using reflectors and mirrors for probably 25 years now. Aluminum, plastic, laminates and some glass all varying from shinny to bead-blast soft and in all sizes. I have many mounting options (it helps that I have a machine shop) and most have magnets on the back to use with a baby plate. The only issue that I have is the vibrations I sometimes get from drop ceillings, walls, floors, stands and even air conditioning. These vibrations tend to show up in the shot. I rarely have that problem with traditional instruments like panel lights, fresnels, mats, soft boxes or Framed Diff.
Yes, over the years one picks up all kinds of bouncing surfaces. I’m still intrigued by the difference this system contributes by having directed sources that require less attendant grippage.
Luke Seerveld There is a noticeable decrease in the immediate grippage surrounding the reflectors I have found. Because of the nature of the surface, the angle of reflection quickly falls off so you don’t get much or any spill light as you get off angle from the reflector. The number 2 is about a 12 degree beam spread, and the number 3 is about 50 degrees. The number 4 is closer to a traditional poly bounce so you have to take a little more care. It was put into the system for speed so you could go extra soft without having to swap out for your poly.
The backing attachments are either a male baby pin or a female baby receiver, depending on your rig point. Magnets are just one option for the base of a rig point, and unless you have a lot of magnets it’s probably best for the smaller sizes. Hope that makes sense.
Luke Seerveld Over the years we have used ours when we need it and had good results. The largest I use with the magnet mount is the 2x2. The 2x3 - 4x4 use some old Kino twist plates that work with the machined keyhole slots on the back.
The 100cm versions have a yoke on which you can control the tension very well. This makes it possible to attach ropes to the corners of the panel. This way you can tilt the panels using those ropes when the panel is very high on a stand or rig.
Just took a look on the website. Have you used these? They look like a much needed redesign of the traditional shiny board, but without all the delicate silver foil!
MarcosElMalo2 Sadly I haven’t yet. I’ve heard a lot about them and seen a lot of training videos/seminars on them. Yes they seem very nice! Pretty expensive but worth it if you can afford it!
Such a unique system for smaller set ups. I really love the idea of cutting in a JoLeko so there isn't any spill and only hitting the mirror.
Thanks Luke and thanks Freddie. It took me a minute to figure out what was going on. :) This is definitely worth checking out.
I am so grateful for these! Very few places on youtube for professional gaffers!
I just play one on TV🙂
Luke, another cracking video, looks like you sorted the multi cam too, I am going down this route, with CRLS starter kit and then some Dedo it, their parallel beam adaptors for existing Dedo users is excellent, some of their adaptors on a DLED 7 or 4, increase light output by 230 to 300% This is really significant, I hope it all arrives before lockdown ends so I can get used to it, Manfrotto magic arms will be the way forward me thinks, all the best. James
Looking forward to hearing more from you adventures!
Thank you for the help with the switcher, but that episode was still cut the old fashioned way, recording in cam:) I’m not quite there yet with the switch and recording, but it helps a lot in lining up the cameras! I think it will be useful for RUclips Live as well, but I haven’t had the guts to attempt that quite yet.
All the best.
yes, it is a great idea, the one other point at 11:13 he is trying to make (I presume) is also you save POWER, as only one light, so if using a generator, or house circuits (60A only) you don't blow the whole neighborhood's power, as you can't overload the breaker.
I tried the Dedolight system in a workshop. Amazing...! This system is the future of lighting with broad opportunities, small to big, from commercial to cinematic work. Also faster and practical to set up. It is very open to evolve and shape a new way of creative lighting mindset in the industry. Less clutter, more freedom.
I love your enthusiasm! I’m looking forward to working with the systems soon. Thank you for responding.
@@meetthegaffer You have a really great content to follow up. Very hands-on and genuinely informative... Not recently posted, but you might want to take a look at this one, too:
ruclips.net/video/YijzdzWQAKQ/видео.html
Looking forward to your take on the subject, Luke.
also great video Freddie!
Woah, never thought I'd see a DogCatManVan and Luke Seerveld collab!! So cool
I've also been really interested in the Light Bridge panels for a couple years now and saw them at NAB last year, but I wasn't sure how effective they were without a parabolic source. This was some good info
Super interesting video!
The gaffer Jakob Ballinger does weekly Instagram live-videos right now (@thelightbridge) and explains the system in depth by showing how they used it in movies like "By the sea". You can also rewatch the live videos after a while on IGTV.
Yes, the available videos are very informative and well done.
Nice info. Need more on crls.
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Thanks for this. I am definitely interested in trying this out.
I am too!
Great episode Luke and congrats on the 200!
I have been looking into this system for quite a bit now, it is really interesting, they have been developing it for some years now and they have reached te point of going comercial with it.
I haven’t have the chance to try it my self yet but y really want to do it since y like to bounce a lot. You should have a look to the lightbridge website and to those Instagram seminars, you’ll find there examples of bigger setups using the metod, also look “ By the sea” a film photographed by Christian Berger who is the inventor of this system and it’s lit entirely with it.
Thank you for the notes, Vladimir!
I have seen a few video demos of this mirror system and wondered about how practical it is. I can see how they would be helpful in tight locations, and would require a bit of practice to work out the angles of reflection. It’s a pity they cost so much and that my rental houses don’t carry them. Thanks for the video!
I am in the same situation. It was good to fill in some knowledge gaps:)
Luke Seerveld I wonder if a laser pointer might be useful for setting angles. How easy is it to swap out plates, so you can position with a hard plate and substitute the soft plate?
I believe that aspect is quite simple. Over the next month or so I hope to receive some examples to play with and perhaps a parallel beam adapter to see how that compares to ellipsoidal-ized units.
@@MarcosElMalo2 Having a good sense of Angle of Reflection and Angle of Incidence helps when setting your lamp to get the most out of the reflector. That being said it doesn't require absolute precision. I find the easiest thing is once your lamp is roughly set, is just to take the reflector in your hand, before setting anything, and then move it around in the beam until you find what's working, and then set it. It becomes a very intuitive way of working. The rigging makes it very quick to swap out if you want to change the diffusion number. I live the set of reflectors, in their bags, on the stands, like a scrim bag to make quick changes.
The panels damage easily unfortunately: not very renter friendly.
Am I missing something here? As usual, another great episode! BUT... what happened to episode #200?! What a momentous milestone, and somehow it’s just... not there..?? You’ve gotta be making that one separately and posting it later, right? Regardless, congratulations on reaching episode 200.. or 201.. I don’t know what to call this. Amazing! I absolutely love your content (been watching and rewatching since, I dunno, episode 40-something maybe), and find your attitude and energy to be beyond admirable. You inspire integrity in the industry and are an asset to all of us trying to learn and practice. I’m not much of a commenter, but I wanted to share my appreciation. Thanks so much, Luke.
Hi Adam, yes, I’m holding off with #200 as I get it together. You’d think I would have plenty of time to do whatever, but these remote interviews are more time consuming than I thought they would be, incorporating more cameras and sources to keep the visuals interesting. #200 will happen, but it may be a minute:)
Good episode, Luke..and thanks for sharing the short. Was it released in "Smell-O-Vision®"?
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It seems like if you are a person who likes Haze, then your secret beams crisscrossing the set would be revealed. Please tell me this is an understood phenomenon as people consider this system.
The old Lowel tota flectors are an inexpensive way to try this method.
I have been glancing on these systems for quiet a while. I wonder how they are for the actors. I mean purely on the experience on eye strain compaired to a softbox.
Good question. I would imagine it’s similar to a regular unit, so probable best to keep somewhat elevated out of direct eyeline.
It depends on what level of diffusion you're using. The #4 is almost never a problem to look at directly. The punchier ones (#1 and #2 specifically) are a little harder to look at directly.
The reflectors will reflect as much light as you put into them so it depends on what light source the reflector is catching for the eyelight. I find Number 3's, catching just ambience, work really well for eye light. They have a much higher degree or aim than white card or foam core and you can get it just in the eye area without lifting the face too much.
Interesting ... going to try 4'x8' ( or 4' x 4' or 2' x 2' ) insulating foam board (Home Depot) with white one side and silver refl on other side
A good place to start...
Tape it to a 4x4 sheet of foamcore and you have yourself a bead board. The styrofoam is the soft side and the foamcore is the hard side. I like to use the hard side to “focus” the reflected light, and when I know the position, I flip the board over. An essential piece of grip equipment to compliment this is a “platypus” to hold the board and attach it to a grip arm or grip head.
If you want a really hard, mirror like surface, try silver (or gold) mylar and spray adhesive to affix it to the foamcore side. Because of the relative low cost of the materials, you could experiment with a lot of different reflective surfaces to find on you like.
The one caveat is to take care when using outdoors, because these lightweight surfaces will catch wind. They’re still better than the folding cloth reflector disks, and if you have extra bodies, you can have someone Hollywood it.
Interesting
What if there's fog/mist/dust/smoke in the air?
It can work if you have shafts of light coming from outside, but if you are doing multiple bounces in a room the shafts may be distracting:)
It's a fascinating system but I feel its too gimmacky to use - how practical is this set-up? For every light source and stand you'll also need to rig up a reflector - I just feel that this would result in double the clutter on set. It could be useful for product shoots where there's no talent but It feels like the law of diminishing returns. The price is also excessive - for what looks like a plate of aluminium.
From my experience it takes a few setups to get used to this kind of work. I bought the starter kit two years ago and used it as an addition to my usual setups until I started to understand how to best implement it into my workflow. I am still using a mixture of lights and reflectors but the reflectors are becoming more and more the center since I upgraded the kit. They reflect around 97% of the light which makes them very efficient. And you can actually de-clutter the set because you can use the different diffusion strengths of the reflectors to keep the light off of a wall for instance without using flags. You can watch really good in-depth videos on Instagramm @thelightbridge. Jakob Ballinger explains the system in depth and you can rewatch the weekly live-session on IGTV.
@@jaycowski Thanks for the info. I'll keep an open mind :) However I'm moving away from flat panel light sources to more spherical sources as they wrap better on faces. I would definitely like to try the big reflector to replicate sunlight bouncing into a window and maybe for some stylistic shots. I will definitely have a play should the opportunity arise.
I think this is how most of us approach this system (with skepticism), because it requires a slight shift in conceptualizing and workflow. I’ve also heard from a grip who works on episodics who says he loves them because it minimizes grip forests, especially in tight quarters.
1:21 - It looks like Dedo and the LightBridge had some connection with inventing the reflector system as you can see here: ruclips.net/video/19nAwZhHeAQ/видео.html
Had the opportunity to talk with Jakob Ballinger about this last year at Cinegear. CRLS was started by him, and he approached Dedo to do production and distribution. Unfortunately, he was was less then stellar about Dedo's manufacturing of the product, specifically the coatings of the surfaces, so he ended the partnership. Through that initial contract though they are somehow permitted to distribute their own version of the the product, but according to Jakob the surface is sub par,
@@KevinWilling very interesting
Right. I have no insight into this as I have not personally used either system.
Thanks for doing this Luke! And Hi everyone else! I've been using this system for a little while now and it plays on almost every job I do. I'm starting to produce BTS and content utilizing the system. You can check it out here: ruclips.net/video/TaChSh---kc/видео.html. Happy to answer any questions people might have!