LED Fresnels from Litepanels' revolutionary Sola ENG Flight Kit were used to light locations with restricted space on Farzana Trejani's short film, The Other Woman, a co-production between Mandala Films and Beyond Mirrors Ltd.
Directed by and written by Farzana Tipurita and produced by Chris Carr, owner of Beyond Mirrors, the short film depicts a life-changing encounter at a beauty salon between a wife who's hiding her unhappiness behind Gucci shades, and a mistress who's concealing her frustrations behind a professional facade.
During the filming, DP Chris Moon used HMI lights with daylight conversion filters for the general lighting set up. However, for particular locations with limited space, notably scenes shot in a bedroom and a treatment room, gaffer Matthew Riley suggested smaller Litepanels LED Fresnels should be used. One benefit of the cool-running LEDs was they prevented the small set from becoming uncomfortably hot.
The daylight balanced Sola ENG provides controllability and single-shadow properties inherent in a Fresnel light, but uses just a fraction of the power of conventional fixtures. Like all Litepanels fixtures, Sola Fresnels feature smooth dimming from 100 per cent to 0 with no noticeable color shift, and offer beam control of 50 to 15 .
Gaffer Matthew Riley explained: We tried out the Litepanels Sola ENGs and one of the greatest benefits in using these heads was being able to match the daylight fixtures easily, and gel them up the same.
The Sola ENG fixtures have been designed for on-camera or stand mounting, providing manual focus and dimming control via camera-like ergonomic controls. Output from the LED fixture is fully flicker-free, and remains consistent even as the battery voltage goes down.
Riley continued: We mainly used the head as an eye light, and to back light some smoke on a few shots. We discovered that a Sola ENG, full spot, dimmed right down and with the soft box on, created a beautiful quality eye light. It provided a slightly larger source, with a soft drop off around the edges. On a couple of occasions we even used it to give us our key against daylight in tight spaces.
The Sola ENG fixture opened up a number of creative options on the shoot. We were really impressed with the quality of the flood and the spot, and the amount of punch the fixture had, like a lightweight pocket par. One outstanding feature is that the dimmer is integrated into the head, we actually used this for a gag in a shot as a door opening. It's a very handy little kit, and perfectly transportable as it all fits into a Pelican 1510 carrying case.
The Sola ENG Flight Kits are ideal for news and professional videography, designed for on-camera and portable use. Each kit weighs just 30 pounds so it can be easily transported and includes three Sola ENG LED Fresnel fixtures with a range of accessories including three stands, a softbox, power supplies, gels, barndoors and mounting accessories.
The Other Woman will be presented in the short film corner at this year's Cannes film festival. For more information see http://www.cannescourtmetrage.com/en/presentation
For more information on products from Litepanels, part of Vitec Videocom, a Vitec Group company, contact Litepanels, Inc., 16152 Saticoy Street, Van Nuys, CA 91406, Email: info@litepanels.com or http://www.litepanels.com
About Litepanels
Litepanels was founded in 2001 by 5 professional gaffers and engineers who saw the future and pioneered LED (light emitting diode) lighting for motion pictures, television and the audio-visual industry. Their Emmy award-winning technology has now been used on thousands of productions worldwide and is trusted by the world's leading broadcast organizations.
Backed by the Vitec Group's legacy of 100+ years in the broadcast and production industry, Litepanels continues to expand its suite of flicker free, color accurate, fully-dimmable soft lights that talent and Lighting Directors admire. These environmentally friendly fixtures practically pay for themselves with power savings and long life, setting a new standard in professional lighting. Along with other leading brands in the broadcast and professional videographer industry, Litepanels is part of Vitec Videocom, a Vitec Group company. For more information on Litepanels, visit http://www.litepanels.com
About Vitec Videocom
Vitec Videocom brings together some of the most respected, most innovative and most sought-after brands in the industry: Anton/Bauer, Autoscript, Camera Corps, Litepanels, OConnor, Petrol Bags, Sachtler, Vinten and Vinten Radamec. It acts as an endorsing brand for these market-leading broadcast, film and pro video products, encouraging multi-brand system sales and simplifying the way that customers worldwide do business.
Vitec Videocom is an operating division within the Vitec Group, an international business serving customers in the broadcast, photographic and military aerospace and government markets. Vitec is based on strong, well known, premium brands on which its customers rely on worldwide.
Vitec Videocom advancing the quality and science of media production.
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LED Fresnels from Litepanels' revolutionary Sola ENG Flight Kit were used to light locations with restricted space on Farzana Trejani's short film, The Other Woman, a co-production between Mandala Films and Beyond Mirrors Ltd.
