Light Source: Hang 'Em High! Location Rigging (page 2)
Contributing Editor Jim Stinson is the author of the book Video Communication and Production.
Sidebar: Accessories
- Gaffer tape (plus cheap regular duct tape for non-stickup uses).
- Spun-glass diffusion sheets.
- Clothes pins (a.k.a. "C47s") for clipping gels and diffusion to barn doors.
- Two or more large (about 24 x 36 inches) white foam core boards.
- Oven-size aluminum foil roll for making reflectors as needed.
- Two, 25-foot, 12-gauge, grounded, single-outlet extension cords (a.k.a. "stingers").
- Heavy work gloves (lights get hot).
- Heavy plastic workshop-type spring clamps.
- Blue daylight conversion gel sheets.
- Water weights for light stands (use plastic jugs).
Sidebar: Light Kit Comparison
Professional Light Kit (Price Estimate: >$1,000)
- Two 500-watt spots with four-way barn doors and stands.
- One mini-spot, similarly accessorized.
- Two soft boxes (or umbrellas) for use on the large spots.
- One 500-watt broad, with two-way barn doors and stand.
- Two wall plates with light-mounting studs.
- Two alligator clamps with mounting studs.
- Two century stands.
- A rugged carrying case.
- Two 500-watt twin-headed halogen work lights on stands.
- Two 150-watt single-headed work lights on alligator clamps.
- Two homemade wall plates.
