The first corridor pass proved the key light worked, but the fill flattened the set too quickly.
2025-11-29 / 4 min
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The first full lighting pass on the corridor miniature was a baseline test, not a final style choice. I wanted to know if the build could hold up on camera before investing too much in decoration.
The key light falloff looked natural. At short camera distances, fast falloff gives miniatures the depth they need to feel real. Exposure stayed stable across multiple takes, and slow camera movement felt believable.
The fill spill killed the shadow detail on the back wall. I had the fill panel too close and too open, and the corridor went from mysterious sci-fi hallway to well-lit office corridor in about two stops of fill.
Next step is rebuilding the fill side with tighter flags, probably using negative fill instead of active fill, then repeating the same pass for a clean A/B comparison.
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