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.
- 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%
- Dash · Taped under the dash top
- The light they parked under · Raking through the windscreen
- Door tube · Fill
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In a production, this plan sits next to the shots it lights, and the packing list above lands on the gear list for the day.