Lighting diagram for a two-person interview
Cross keys: each person's key is the other's rim, set just far enough behind each eyeline that neither throws a shadow on the other's face. It is the cheapest two-person setup that cuts together, because both singles share the same lighting logic and the wide does not give the trick away. The discipline is in the flags: each key wants to spill onto the opposite background, and the pair of solids is what keeps the two sides feeling like one room instead of two setups.
- Guestat 2.5, 2.5 m
- Hostat 4.5, 2.5 m
- Wide camat 3.5, 4.6 m
- Key A / rim Bat 5.6, 1.2 m40°5600K
- Key B / rim Aat 1.4, 1.2 m40°5600K
- Flagat 5.0, 2.0 mKeeps key A off the far wall
- Flagat 2.0, 2.0 mKeeps key B off the near wall
- Key A / rim B · Key
- Key B / rim A · Key
- Flag · Keeps key A off the far wall
- Flag · Keeps key B off the near wall
- Softbox · from the lighting plans
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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.