How To Light A Cyc Wall

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How to light a cyc wall.

Cyc wall or cyclorama also known as infinite wall. 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. In this case you will need to light up the cyc to eliminate the shadow caused by the key light on the model. Commercial advertising photographers use a cyc wall for professional lighting and no horizon line.

Such constructions first were used in television and news. We used led panels but the problem is led panels are this big they re one by one sized so we had to use one two three four five six seven eight nine to make it pure white. How big you make the cove of the cyc will affect how evenly and smoothly the light will fall on it. While we currently don t have a cyc wall drywall video watch our how to drywall a cove ceiling video which is essentially the same thing but on a ceiling instead of the floor.

The concept is that the talent is performing yoga in the middle of a white sweep. It helps to create that infinity effect of the same tone. Drywalling a cyc wall is comprised of measuring the curvature cutting the drywall to the curvature forming and fastening in place. It is a construction with two planes smoothly merging horizontal and vertical.

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 was popularized in the german theater of the 19th century and continues in common usage today in theaters throughout the world. This article is about how to build a commercial photography studio cyclorama. Imagine being inside an empty egg.

In this article we will give you some useful tips on how to use and light the cyc wall. I want to bring the entire background and floor to a nice white and light the talent in a high key type way. There you are surrounded by white with no horizon in sight. Cyc wall is perfect for shooting e commerce since it can provide an evenly lit background or the feeling of no background at all.

Essentially the bigger the curve the easier it is to light. A demonstration with altman lighting and loyola marymount university. I am shooting a yoga video and need some advice on how to light a white cyc wall.