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INDEXOn-set power source... in the middle of nowhere.
10 years ago - Connor Pearce
Hello all!
Soon I'll be shooting in a forest in the midlands and haven't really decided what the most efficient on set power source is...
The vast majority of kit is battery powered, but I'm just worried about the simple things like hot water urns etc.
Can anyone with experience with this is issue advise me on what they've found is a good solution please?
Many thanks! x
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10 years ago - Paddy Robinson-Griffin
Talk to your gaffer, whilst not their direct remit, they should at least be electricians.
Urn will require LOTS of electricity, it simply cannot be done with batteries, so that means a Genny and that means Genny noise. Or have a campfire. Or gas stove.
Response from 10 years ago - Paddy Robinson-Griffin SHOW
10 years ago - Karel Bata
Presumably you're not straying too far from the road - how else would get an urn full of water to your shoot?
In which case you might consider what I did once - park a cherry picker with a huge light (HMI PAR?) and genny or run a lead to a house (what we did), and you have yourself a nice moon. You could be far enough away for the genny to be inaudible and the forest should absorb sound. This way you get to throw some light on to foliage in the background and give the shots some depth.
This beast will be available soon in the UK http://www.freewiretech.com/mobi-gen/ Basically a huge battery. Maybe a bit too huge, but smaller versions will emerge. These will transform night shoots.
But of more use to you now are the current crop of highly sensitive cameras. This was shot on an A7 using moonlight: http://nofilmschool.com/2015/06/epic-sci-fi-short-was-lit-entirely-moonlight
With a camera like that you could light with LED torches without the noise.
Your biggest challenge is lighting the wides. Closer you can use torches. A FS7 with a Canon 50mm f1.2 and a Metabones speed-booster will give you a 35mm lens assembly at f0.9 with an ASA of 2000. More if you push the gain. Little DOF though!
And forget the urn. Buy a few thermoses and have someone do runs to a nearby friendly house with a kettle.
Response from 10 years ago - Karel Bata SHOW
10 years ago - Marlom Tander
Thread full of info https://shootingpeople.org/ask/view/d7c5178758ee59650d3eab27
If the urn is for drinks, then ditch it in favour of camping gas rings and get your scout on.
DO NOT light a campfire. Rule one of camp fires is that the smoke will go exactly where you don't want.
Response from 10 years ago - Marlom Tander SHOW
10 years ago - Connor Pearce
Thanks so much for all your advice guys, I really appreciate it.
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