A friend of mine was filming for the ABC Christmas special for Disney and I was able to watch the process. It all was exciting and fun to observe all of the professionals in their element. The one thing I noticed and found very interesting were the lights they used. I always knew "there was tv lighting", but also knew it differed based on location, indoors/outdoors etc. It was about 1pm during this shoot--middle of the day, and the interesting thing was that even though the sun was out, they still used so much light! I thought to myself "why would they be using SO much more light? Aren't the dancers going to look crazy white?" Sure even enough, 2 months later when we watched it on the television, they looked great. They had that "tv" glow that we never can capture while filming home videos--and thats why. I'm not sure what kind of lighting instruments they used exactly, but they resembled par cans. That would make sense because the Par cans have wider beams that give off so much energy needed for a television shoot. It was cool to be behind the scenes because I got to witness all of the professionals (sound, lighting, directing and etc) in their element. It was also exciting to see it all being put together on TV!
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