I'm glad you like it!! THANKS!
I wanted to say a couple more things on the lighting!
Ville, mostly we use "Dedolight" lights. We have a couple of 150W and a couple of 400W lights. Since our setups are always quite complicated we usually rent more of them.
As you noticed it's good to light a person from behind to get some separation from the background. In the production diary Dino called that "kontra-light" since we in Croatia use a german term "kontralicht". In english though, the correct term would be "back light".
We like that look very much so we use it pretty often, but it's not - a must. In fact, you don't see it that often in Blade Runner, interestingly. The light comes from only one source for 90% of the time and it's from the side, not from the back. I guess if you have great set design everything looks great, we however rely on lighting a bit more.
Also, pretty important factor in making the shots look cool is fog, not only in exterior scenes, but also interior. Rooms are not normally foggy in real life of course, but it looks great. Aesthetics before logic is our mantra! :lol
Before deciding on lighting Dino experiments with different color gels to see what would look best. In this picture you can see a couple of test frames we shot with different color gels.
You can see we started with three different colors but it seemed too colorful so we gradually reduced it to only one.
My point being you don't just come on the spot and start shooting, but actually it's lots of testing until you get the final image.
We actually filmed the whole noodle bar scene a couple of times before we shot it for real. We do it to solve things like camera and actor positions, and to get a feel of the scene early on. That way you can see potential problems while you are still in the sketching phase.
1. First test was shot outside in front of garage, since we didn't start building the bar yet.
2. A couple of tests were shot during the building phase, to test the lighting and so..
3. And this is a final shot, minus the post production.
We're slowly preparing the toilet scene so in the next few days I'll try to post some progress on the street cop costume and so..
See you soon!