Are you asking how to power your lights or what lights to use or where to place the lights?

I guess kind of everything. What type of lights should I buy to do this (shoot at night). Where do I place them? How do I power them? How do I light the inside of a car?

Thanks

A simple lighting kit can include a work light and three or four scoop lights from any hardware store, a couple of paper lanterns from Ikea, a roll of "black wrap" you can get on line and some white foam core from any art supply shop.

If you are far away from a power source a generator may be necessary. Standard construction gennys are too loud so you'll need one designed for film production. Some people have suggested batteries - but I have no experience with that way or powering lights.

If the car is moving you can use a florescent tube or a couple of those scoop lights. These can be powered from the car battery. Get some diffusion gels on line or at any local theater or just bounce the light by putting a piece of foam core on the actors lap.

Lighting a car at night is easy - don't have the car actually traveling. Set up lights outside the car and have crew members shake the car. A couple of scoop lights attached to a 2X4 behind the car can look like another car. Have a crew member quickly pan a light along the side of the car - it gives the illusion that the car is passing street lamps.

Good advice above, you could also try high power torches with some diffuser, you can buy these monster hand held "million candle power" torches, tape some white paper to the front which diffuses it so you don't get those patterns and lines you always get from a torch.

Consider shooting around ambient light sources; street lamps for example, or shop signs, or for the car scene shoot it in a lit tunnel or against a bright background so you can see the silhouettes of the actors.

Steve Piper
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