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This is a small problem Ive encountered, my current film project requires a shot in which the room is dark, however, the only light is coming in from the windows. The windows are quite large on top of that. Problem is, I have no idea how to successfully set the shot up and get the lighting like that.
Any suggestions would be appreciated, thanks.
I would say: treat your room/house to a nice removable roof and have your lamps (roughly) point at the windows. That way, light CAN only come in through the windows. You would have to take the roof on and off during animating, though.
Another possibility would be to "send your lamp to jail", meaning the lamp would sit in a cage with only one opening. This shouldn't be LEGO but you'd get quite far with cardboard, I'd say. Put a cardboard box (with a hole in it) over your lamp and light can only emenate through that hole.
What you can also experiment with is building the walls of your room/house (especially the back one where the windows are located) extremely high up so that light is prevented from reaching the interior of your house/room from the top or from the sides -> light can only come through the windows.
I hope this helps and is some inspiration for you.
Thanks, I did something similar to your idea and posted the results on flickr.
Linky if you wish to see: http://www.flickr.com/photos/58273463@N … hotostream
Wow!
That is great! 
This looks great! Is your project WWII themed?
Can't wait to see the film.
Stellar lighting!
This looks great! Is your project WWII themed?
Can't wait to see the film.
Nah, its not World War 2 themed, I just used those figures for the test shot haha.
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