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.
- 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
- 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