Light A White Cyc Wall

Light the background separately from the subject.

Light a white cyc wall. 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. It allows the most camera angles and movement as well as utilizing the white walls to bounce light back. By far the most ideal white cyc rental would be known as a 3 wall white cyc. When you re lighting a white cyc wall it can very easily turn into a flat image without any contrast.

I am shooting a yoga video and need some advice on how to light a white cyc wall. Youll see the talents en. The concept is that the talent is performing yoga in the middle of a white sweep. I want to bring the entire background and floor to a nice white and light the talent in a high key type way.

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. Some of these larger studios can accommodate items as large as a semi truck with a trailer. 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.

Your cyc is white and want a nice smooth transition on. However by adding contrast back into the image through lighting you can help lift the scene.