Florescent lighting problem

jmpatrick wrote on 3/10/2003, 8:18 PM
Hello again,
I've got a job that I'm working on in V4. The video is a 2-camera shoot of a stand-up comedy routine that was shot in a room that had nothing but florescent lighting. Of course, everything looks a bit blue/green. Does anyone have experience with color correcting this sort of problem?

Any suggestions would be much appreciated.

jp

Comments

xgenei wrote on 3/13/2003, 5:13 PM
For other lookers, there are a variety of "problems" associated with fluorescents and dimmers. Generally classed into electrical noise, audio noise, color, flicker, brightness, and glare. I came up with a quasi-professional but bottom dollar engineered lighting solution for studio-type facilities. The cost per 8' of linear lighting (actually 2x 4') came out to $300, not including labor. This gets you electrically noise-free dimming, photographic color (or your choice), lowest-power, no heat, no audible noise, no glare (adjustable), and quasi-architectural look. The look is the only minor downside since it uses standardard (cheap) fixtures. Real architectural fixtures don't look a whole lot better and are $800 per section and up without dimming. This took 100+ hours to ferret as the information is tightly held. There are a lot of ways to make a mistake. You need key parts (ballasts and dimmers), that you need to order and install in the fixtures. You'll also need matching DC signal dimmer(s) (low voltage), hangers, and fixture covers and lighting masks. Let me know if you're interested and I'll get the numbers.
vernman wrote on 3/13/2003, 9:26 PM
By all means, please post what you have.
rextilleon wrote on 3/13/2003, 9:29 PM
It would help to know what cameras you shot with and whether you auto-white balanced or did it manually?
maylee wrote on 3/13/2003, 10:23 PM
I'm in the process of rebuilding my studio (I moved) and I would appreciate you sharing your information
TIA
musicvid10 wrote on 3/14/2003, 12:10 AM
You know what they say about hindsight, but shooting a few sec. of a grayscale at the beginning of a location job will save a multitude of headaches down the line ...
xgenei wrote on 3/19/2003, 1:59 AM
pending . . .