Q&A: how to light a dark place at night for a movie with a zero dollar budget.?

Question by Ed G: how to light a dark place at night for a movie with a zero dollar budget.?
im making a student movie, one scene takes place on a golf course at night. it is way too dark. all we have is a bunch of flash lights and were having trouble picking up the characters. any tips to how we can get better lighting with only about 8 flash lights? also, can we make it brighter in editing? were using Sony Vegas for editing.

Best answer:

Answer by Brownetown
Turn up the gain on the camera. It will degrade the quality though. Using bounce boards (mirrors or light colored posterboard to bounce light at a surface) might help too, but probably not much. flashlights simply won’t cut it to light a scene. They are too directional and not powerful.

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