The Black Room

The Black Room was the set we used to get the cluse ups of the entire band when they are solo'd out. This set had to be constructed by hand due to the fact that no one has a room thats completely black. We used a fairly small room near the back of my house because it worked nicely and had good control of external light aswell as having very reflective, cream walls.

Shown below is the room as it was being built:

 Here is what it looked like from the side:

As you can see the lights are postined far enough away for the light emmitted to propogate in the space required but are both positioned differently to allow for more fuller and defined lighting on the actor. These lights were not to be moved at any cost to allow for consistency in shadows. The black foam at the back is standard insulation foam that is found at most home diy shops, it is very large and very matte while being very light so it is ideal for a lighting set. We attache it to the wall by use of a wooden beam. This beam was only wedged between the opposing walls to preserve the integrity of the room as well making it easy to move, this is because Becky and Eddie are considerably shorter than Luke, Elliott and I, so keeping them at same level will show the cream wall behind them underneath.

Here is an overhead few of the room. here you can clearly see how the two cameras are positioned differently. The idea was to bounce the emitted light off of the reflective cream walls to allow the light to disperse and create a more fuller effect rather than a harsh 'Flash' looking light. This reflection trick is a common technique used in interviews and photoshoots, hence why the umbrellas usually. You can also clearly see here how we made the cross bar for the light strong enough to support the camera so that we could have a steady, stationary shot throughout.