Light A White Cyc Wall

The concept is that the talent is performing yoga in the middle of a white sweep.

Light a white cyc wall.

Youll see the talents en. I want to bring the entire background and floor to a nice white and light the talent in a high key type way. I am shooting a yoga video and need some advice on how to light a white cyc wall. However by adding contrast back into the image through lighting you can help lift the scene.

When you re lighting a white cyc wall it can very easily turn into a flat image without any contrast. Well and depending on your light source it determines what kind of light fixture you should use like for example for this about a 30 by 25 foot cyc. Our first instinct is to usually blast all the light we have onto the stage to see where it puts us. Many have one wall cyc as well and some larger sound stages have a true infinity wall where all four corners are curved.

It was popularized in the german theater of the 19th century and continues in common usage today in theaters throughout the world. We used led panels but the problem is led panels are this big they re one by one sized so we had to use one two three four five six seven eight nine to make it pure white. It should ideally appear that you are shooting in a big white ball. It allows the most camera angles and movement as well as utilizing the white walls to bounce light back.

In theater and film a cyclorama abbreviated cyc in the united states is a large curtain or wall often concave positioned at the back of the apse it often encircles or partially encloses the stage to form a background. Your cyc is white and want a nice smooth transition on.