Method and system for filming

摘要

This invention concerns a method of filming a subjected to be projected as a Pepper's Ghost image. The method may comprise filming a subject under a lighting arrangement having one or more front lights for illuminating a front of a subject and one or more backlights. The lights may be controlled such that the total brightness of the one or more front lights, as measured of the subject, is less than or approximately the same as the total brightness of the one or more backlights, as measured at the subject. The subject may be located directly above one or more floor lights such the subject is illuminated from below by the one or more floor lights. The lights may comprise one or more LEDs. A drop-off distance of the front lights may be less than a distance between the front lights and a backscreen. The invention further concerns a lighting control system comprising an input device for receiving inputs on characteristics of the subject to be filmed and a controller arranged to determine from the inputs a required configuration for the lamps and send control signals to at least one of the lamps to cause the lamps to adjust to the required configuration. The lighting system may comprise a controller connected to a data link providing data on a lighting environment at a location where the film of the subject is being projected as a Pepper's Ghost image, the controller controlling the lamps to adjust configuration during filming in response to data on changes in the lighting environment.

主权项

1. A method of filming a subject to produce film suitable for projecting in a manner that creates a Pepper's Ghost of the subject, the filming being carried out in a studio, the method comprising:
filming a subject under a lighting arrangement having one of more front lights for illuminating a front of the subject and one or more back lights, the one or more front lights and one or more back lights to provide significant illumination of the subject wherein the lights are controlled such that the total brightness of the one or more front lights, as measured at the subject, is less than or approximately the same as the total brightness of the one or more back lights, as measured at the subject to create a rim of light around the subject to sharpen an outline of the subject, wherein the studio further comprises a back screen; wherein the front lights are angled such that a majority of light emitted by the front lights is not reflected by the back screen back to an image capture device; and wherein a floor supporting the subject is reflective and light reflected from the subject during the filming is captured such that captured images corresponding to the light reflected from the floor are displayed during projection of the Pepper's Ghost of the subject.