___At the beginning of March I worked as a gaffer on a short called "Dogs of War." It was about a motorcycle gang and it featured some pretty cool locations. Day 1 we were at a night exterior location downtown near some abandoned railroad tracks. The location featured some cool brick buildings with some nice texture and it was surprisingly well lit with practicals. We used a 1.2 hmi through a full sick as a back light for the 3 main characters that walk down this back Ally. As they settle and stop to converse, there key comes from a diva light that I rigged to an 8 foot chain link fence. We also had a 1x1 LED panel that was held and moved with the subjects as they walked to provide a constant fill. There was also a very strong practical that was reading very warm in comparison to the lights we brought in, which actually made for an interesting color temp combination.
Another location that was really great was a metal scrap yard in the middle of nowhere. I don't even remember where it was, but it was cool. The main lighting set up there was in an "abandoned gang meeting house." It was basically a half finished small room with the wall frames exposed on the inside. It featured a few dirty windows which we half boarded up. These provided a great way to bring in a hard sunlight source. We punched 2 1.2HMIs with wide lenses straight in through both windows. This back lit 3 subjects and served as a key for the 4th that was tied to a chair in the center of the room. We also had a 400w joker that I rigged to the ceiling to provide a hard back light for the actor sitting in the chair. There was another "skinny man" Kino that we hid to provide more overall ambient light. There was one other "worklight" tungsten practical that would play as part of the scene. With a little bit of smoke added, the beams from the HMI's really popped and gave the scene a pretty cool look.
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