I was wondering if you have any recommendations on lighting the talent on stage while they are standing 2 ft in front of a 100" rear projections screen. It seems to be a challenge trying to light them while not splashing a lot of ambient light all over the projection screen. So far I have done a fairly good job with minimal front lighting from a high point but still am getting a washout in the upper corners of my screen. Low lighting requires the cameras to have a high gain to have the talent show up on video. Have tried removing the front light and going with dimmable fluorescent barn door’ed side lighting at a 30 deg angle in front of the presenters which worked well for the screen but only to create shadows across the stage between the two presenters and facial shadowing I didn't have before.
So my point is I am looking for ideas on how to light up the stage and the talent without lighting up the screen. I have no room to move the talent forward away from the screen.
Click these links to see the screen with the upper corner washouts. Note the screen seems to be dark but much of that is from the flash from the still camera that took all these pictures. The flash also enhances or worsens the washouts in the upper corners. In reality with the stage lighting and the video cameras the screen is much brighter in its colors than what is shown in the still images. You will want to click on the left side page thumb nails to get the screen images. CC Shoud October 1, 2011 - Shaumbra Photos
CC Shoud May 7, 2011 - Shaumbra Photos
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My next idea is to put 4ft 2700K lumen soft tungsten color corrected fluorescent lights with barn doors to direct the light directly down thus shielding it away from the screen directly over the talent and then use the fluorescent side lights that worked well to see if this will eliminate the facial and talent shadowing issue I created.
So my point is I am looking for ideas on how to light up the stage and the talent without lighting up the screen. I have no room to move the talent forward away from the screen.
Click these links to see the screen with the upper corner washouts. Note the screen seems to be dark but much of that is from the flash from the still camera that took all these pictures. The flash also enhances or worsens the washouts in the upper corners. In reality with the stage lighting and the video cameras the screen is much brighter in its colors than what is shown in the still images. You will want to click on the left side page thumb nails to get the screen images. CC Shoud October 1, 2011 - Shaumbra Photos
CC Shoud May 7, 2011 - Shaumbra Photos
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My next idea is to put 4ft 2700K lumen soft tungsten color corrected fluorescent lights with barn doors to direct the light directly down thus shielding it away from the screen directly over the talent and then use the fluorescent side lights that worked well to see if this will eliminate the facial and talent shadowing issue I created.
