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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.

1.3 mGuest1.3 mHost35mmWide cam2.2 m · SBKey A / rim B2.2 m · SBKey B / rim AFlagFlag1 m
  • Guest2.5 m × 2.5 m
  • Host4.5 m × 2.5 m
  • Wide cam3.5 m × 4.6 m
  • Key A / rim B40°5600K5.6 m × 1.2 m
  • Key B / rim A40°5600K1.4 m × 1.2 m
  • Flag· Keeps key A off the far wall5.0 m × 2.0 m
  • Flag· Keeps key B off the near wall2.0 m × 2.0 m

The packing list this plan writes

  • Key A / rim B · Keylighting
  • Key B / rim A · Keylighting
  • Flag · Keeps key A off the far walllighting
  • Flag · Keeps key B off the near walllighting
  • Softbox · from the lighting plans×2 · grip