File puptcrit/puptcrit.0609, message 208


From: "Robert Rogers" <robertrogers-AT-frontiernet.net>
To: <puptcrit-AT-lists.driftline.org>
Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2006 08:29:34 -0400
Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] Is glossy that bad on film???


Mathieu,

Sometimes when I photograph my puppets, which I know I've painted with flat 
paint, there are still spots that appear glossy.  I use dulling spray.  You 
can find it at any decent photography supply store.  One spritz does it.

Robert Rogers
www.robertrogerspuppets.com

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mathieu René" <creaturiste-AT-magma.ca>
To: <puptcrit-AT-lists.driftline.org>
Sent: Friday, September 15, 2006 5:38 AM
Subject: [Puptcrit] Is glossy that bad on film???


Hi all.

The puppet movie's director has just told me that my puppets are too glossy 
for the film, according to the light technician.

Can you help me with some knowledge, to try to understand, or make them 
understand, if they are wrong???


IT is hard to believe that my puppets are too glossy, since more matte than 
they are, they would be equivalent to plaster of paris in powder form! I am 
so proud of the matteness I achieved recently!
They say they are even more glossy then human skin, while I see clearly that 
they are about the same as an unglazed terra-cotta flower pot!


Which leads me to three possible explanations for now:
1) either the lighting guy is a total amateur (which wouldn't surprise me 
one bit, considering the budget we have left)

2)or he uses standard "safe" rules and never tries anything to adjust. Which 
I am inclined to believe, since the only way to make them look glossy is to 
BLAST god-powered light onto them directly.


I'm really worried about this, since we built our sets with gloomyness and 
darkness in mnind, and already I see three HUGE spots at a thousand watts 
each.
The set deisnger and I are having a great time taking pictures of our work 
with only the small 15 watt lights we have installed inside the set. If it 
works for digital photogrpahy, why not for digital film in HD?


Is it possible that digital film in high definition really needs that much 
light to truly film at the right intensity?
Can post-production steps really make a bleached bright image look like 
nightime?

Thanks for any pointers!



Mathieu René Créaturiste
Marionnettes, Masques, Etcetera...
Puppets, Masks, Etcetera...
www.creaturiste.com
creaturiste-AT-magma.ca
(514) 274-8027
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