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.
- Driver4.0 m × 2.5 m
- Passenger5.0 m × 2.5 m
- Through the windscreen4.5 m × 4.4 m
- Dash90°3000K25%· Taped under the dash top4.5 m × 3.0 m
- The light they parked under35°4300K· Raking through the windscreen2.5 m × 1.0 m
- Door tube120°3200K20%3.3 m × 2.2 m
- Door tube120°3200K20%5.7 m × 2.2 m
- Dash · Taped under the dash top
- The light they parked under · Raking through the windscreen
- Door tube · Fill