Cheap Lighting Kit for In-Apartment Video?

Trying to start off my Oreo kitty Videos in my Apartment but the Lighting is just god awful. So i got roughly $300-$400 to spend on some Lighting. I don't need anything crazy, I was thinking two Lights with stands and Umbrellas. I've been looking around, A lot of the kits start at $200 and up. Any reccomendations would help.

There is a digital video board here. You might ask over there. Video lighting comes up here once in a while but I think you will get more help over there

I mean it is lighting related, just for video, not Pictures. I can't see how much different it can be but ok, ill try over there.

I just saw this today. It maybe of some use to you ... http://www.amazon.com …CC1&coliid=I121​11DMYU52JW

Scroll down to the 'Reviews' section. There's a video review there.

For the price, you can't go wrong, But i don't think its powerful enough. You have no idea how bad the Lighting in my Apartment is lol. to get a Proper Exposure, I have to use my 50mm 1.8 at 1.8 and ISO at 2500. That's how bad it is.

http://www.amazon.com …4&keywords=vide​o+lighting

Something like this will give you a good amount of light and not break the bank. Just don't break them down and set them up a lot, they aren't sturdy enough for that (or a lot of travel). But as a studio kit that will remain assembled, I think you'll be very happy with what your get.
With CFL kits, the more watt equivalent the better. For example: 3000w kit is better than a 2000w kit because of the nature of fluorescent light (its very soft already).

DJHaze596 wrote in post #14866304
I mean it is lighting related, just for video, not Pictures. I can't see how much different it can be but ok, ill try over there.

I am not saying you cannot ask here. Just in the past, video lighting questions do not get much help here.

DJHaze596 wrote in post #14866304
I mean it is lighting related, just for video, not Pictures. I can't see how much different it can be but ok, ill try over there.

Differences between video lighting and still lighting are verrRRRRRRYYYYYY different.

The key difference is that for video you're working with what is called 'hot lights' which get that term, because they get really REALLY HOT!

Strobes fire off a very short powerful burst of light every so often, while hot lights are constantly running and generally use large very powerful bulbs that also require alot of power. All of that together creates alot of heat generated as well as potential power issues.

Normally in the US, you don't want to run more than 3x 500w hot lights on a single circuit as you'll be dangerously close to blowing the circuit with that much power being drawn already. There are formulas to calculate this, but if you're just beginning with hot lights, figure no more than 500w of power on a single circuit.

http://www.calumetphot​o.com …t_with_barn_doo​rs/cf0102k

http://www.calumetphot​o.com …0_watt_broad_li​ght/sv3992

Those two lights combined with a couple modifiers *built for video hot light use* should get you started. The broad light is great to fill a wide space with light. This can be accomplished by direct lighting, bouncing off of a ceiling corner, bounced in an umbrella, etc... The spot is a bit more versatile as you can also place modifiers on the light, though its great for using as a key light with a tighter radius and finer control than the broadlight.

They are both relatively inexpensive and should give you some leeway to buy some modifiers to use with them as well.

just my .02c