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Lighting diagram for a car scene at night

A parked car and everything motivated: a warm dash glow low in front of the actors, a cool slash raking through the windscreen as the light they parked under, and a tube along each door frame lifting the faces a stop without a stand in shot. Everything is small, battery-powered and taped rather than rigged, which is the actual craft of car work. The plan is drawn around the car rather than a room, and the note says the one thing that ruins these scenes: turn the interior dome light off and replace it, never dim it.

Picture carDriver1.2 mPassenger1.2 mThrough the windscreen32mmDash0.9 mThe light they parked under3.8 mDoor tube1.1 mDoor tube1.1 m

Dome light off and replaced, never dimmed: the flicker reads on camera.

1 m
  • Driverat 4.0, 2.5 m
  • Passengerat 5.0, 2.5 m
  • Through the windscreenat 4.5, 4.4 m
  • Dashat 4.5, 3.0 m90°3000K25%Taped under the dash top
  • The light they parked underat 2.5, 1.0 m35°4300KRaking through the windscreen
  • Door tubeat 3.3, 2.2 m120°3200K20%
  • Door tubeat 5.7, 2.2 m120°3200K20%

The packing list this plan writes

  • Dash · Taped under the dash toplighting
  • The light they parked under · Raking through the windscreenlighting
  • Door tube · Fill×2 · lighting