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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 car1.2 mDriver1.2 mPassenger32mmThrough the windscreen0.9 mDash3.8 mThe light they parked under1.1 mDoor tube1.1 mDoor tube

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

1 m
  • 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

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