Re: Green screen lighting questions

Mike,

My greenscreen lighting kit (for portraiture in front of screen) is all Kino Flo. This way I keep the "set" cool and am able to use practical power without worrying about blowing fuses. Assuming an 8x8 screen, I'll use 2 # 4'Two banks on the screen, left and right, another 4'Twobank over the screen as a backlight (this will seperate both the head and shoulders) and then a 4'Fourbank as key and another 4'Twoback as fill if necessary.

Obviously I prefer the 4' Kino's, especially for key as the large source size makes for a very soft light and by switching tubes on and off allows for total control of exposure and ratios.

The problem I have with Diva's is mixing them with the conventional Kino's, they burn at a different color and change color when they heat up. I prefer to keep everything the same color.

Now you could do essentially the same thing with 2' Banks, but remember that it takes a 2'Fourbank to equal the output of a 4'Twobank.

Good luck!

JS