When shooting PJ scheduling limitations forced us to shoot most of the nightime scenes during the day.  While much of the film occurs indoors this still presented some creative and logistical problems.

I enjoy using the concept of strong moonlight when using creative nightime lighting.  Especially HMI light which has such a sharp beautiful quality.  Since a lot of the film occurs in Dr. Shearson's office we had office blinds to work with as a concept.  The easiest option would have been to close the blinds and locked out the outside light.  However, this would creatively limit us to lighting with interior lighting. 

This led to a daily task that the grips on set learned to dread.  We had to create a lighting tent outside the window to block out the daytime light and allow us to put up a 1200 watt HMI far enough and high enough from the window to create a nice moonlight effect.  Normally we could create the tent with duvytene and frames.  But we actually were at a shortage of these materials and ended up having to build it from material, stands, frames and anything else we had on hand.  Moreover we had to build this everyday and take it down at night in case of high wind.  This took about an hour on each end at first but then by the end could be accomplished in a half hour.

Having the right materials would have made this easier.  Even easier would have been to have shot night for night but alas that schedule was not possible at the location.  But in the end the moonlight through the blinds added a great moody look to the office scenes.