{"id":7543,"date":"2026-03-27T02:43:31","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T02:43:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/greenfilmshooting.net\/blog\/en\/?p=7543"},"modified":"2026-04-22T02:43:48","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T02:43:48","slug":"blow-up-on-set","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greenfilmshooting.net\/blog\/en\/2026\/03\/27\/blow-up-on-set\/","title":{"rendered":"Blow up on set"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"twoclick_social_bookmarks_post_7543 social_share_privacy clearfix 1.6.4 locale-en_US sprite-en_US\"><\/div><div class=\"twoclick-js\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\njQuery(document).ready(function($){if($('.twoclick_social_bookmarks_post_7543')){$('.twoclick_social_bookmarks_post_7543').socialSharePrivacy({\"txt_help\":\"Wenn Sie diese Felder durch einen Klick aktivieren, werden Informationen an Facebook, Twitter, Flattr, Xing, t3n, LinkedIn, Pinterest oder Google eventuell ins Ausland \\u00fcbertragen und unter Umst\\u00e4nden auch dort gespeichert. 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A lighter solution is inflatable LED lights, which gaffer Eduard Bochanov and engineer Evgenii Vetlugin developed with their Hamburg-based company<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pipelighting.com\/\"> Pipe Lighting<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/greenfilmshooting.net\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/04\/leuchte.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-7545\" src=\"http:\/\/greenfilmshooting.net\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/04\/leuchte-298x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"296\" height=\"298\" srcset=\"https:\/\/greenfilmshooting.net\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/04\/leuchte-298x300.jpg 298w, https:\/\/greenfilmshooting.net\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/04\/leuchte-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/greenfilmshooting.net\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/04\/leuchte-120x120.jpg 120w, https:\/\/greenfilmshooting.net\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/04\/leuchte.jpg 557w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 296px) 100vw, 296px\" \/><\/a> \u201cOur dream was to replace the lighting truck with a Smart car containing two tripods and two bags of lighting equipment\u201d, says Pipe Lighting CEO Eduard Bochanov. \u201cA small, compact package is all you need to produce soft, bright light with excellent light quality, authenticity, and a perfect color rendering index.\u201d The Hamburg-based startup Pipe Lighting offers inflatable light sources in various sizes, ranging from the 800 g lightweight Pipe Go to ColorPipes in different formats. All these lights can be battery- or household-power-outlet operated. The maximum power consumption of the largest light is 1,600 watts.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/greenfilmshooting.net\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/04\/bunt-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-7546 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/greenfilmshooting.net\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/04\/bunt-184x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"82\" height=\"133\" srcset=\"https:\/\/greenfilmshooting.net\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/04\/bunt-184x300.jpg 184w, https:\/\/greenfilmshooting.net\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/04\/bunt-627x1024.jpg 627w, https:\/\/greenfilmshooting.net\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/04\/bunt-768x1254.jpg 768w, https:\/\/greenfilmshooting.net\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/04\/bunt-941x1536.jpg 941w, https:\/\/greenfilmshooting.net\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/04\/bunt-1254x2048.jpg 1254w, https:\/\/greenfilmshooting.net\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/04\/bunt-630x1029.jpg 630w, https:\/\/greenfilmshooting.net\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/04\/bunt-scaled.jpg 1568w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 82px) 100vw, 82px\" \/><\/a>\u201cOur inflatable lights offer advantages for everyone\u201d, emphasizes Bochanov. \u201cThe producer saves money, the gaffer doesn\u2019t throw his back out, the DOP gets brilliant light, and no generator pollutes the environment.\u201d The bright, compact soft lights are perfect top-fill lights for atmospheric indoor scenes.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/greenfilmshooting.net\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/04\/Matraze.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-7547\" src=\"http:\/\/greenfilmshooting.net\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/04\/Matraze-238x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"262\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/greenfilmshooting.net\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/04\/Matraze-238x300.jpg 238w, https:\/\/greenfilmshooting.net\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/04\/Matraze.jpg 322w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 262px) 100vw, 262px\" \/><\/a>The premier class is a helium-filled surface light with RGBWW LEDs that can be controlled by a pixel controller. \u201cProgramming color gradients makes it possible to simulate effects such as floating clouds, fire, thunderstorms, or emergency lighting\u201d, explains the gaffer. By providing soft overhead lighting from a single source, the floating ColorPipeCloud 99 softlight replaces several conventional lights. This award-winning solution was used during the shooting of the second season of the Dutch royal series <em>M\u00e1xima<\/em> in the historic Nieuwe Kerk church in Amsterdam. \u201cBy using two 4.5 x 4.5 m x 1.20 m mattresses and a bicolor light, we lit the entire set, which had more than forty actors and 200 extras.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/greenfilmshooting.net\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/04\/auto.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-7548 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/greenfilmshooting.net\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/04\/auto-243x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"207\" height=\"256\" srcset=\"https:\/\/greenfilmshooting.net\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/04\/auto-243x300.jpg 243w, https:\/\/greenfilmshooting.net\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/04\/auto.jpg 490w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 207px) 100vw, 207px\" \/><\/a>Thanks to their IP 67 certification, the lights may also be used outdoors in the pouring<br \/>\nrain. The cover for the lamp head consists of a translucent TPU film, which is white on one<br \/>\nside and black on the other. \u201cWe source half of the components, such as films, valves, clamps, cables, aluminum tubes, and housings for the dimmers, from Europe\u201d, reports Bochanov. The entire production, as well as the repairs, is done in the Hamburg workshop.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/greenfilmshooting.net\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/04\/streifen-Kopie.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-7549\" src=\"http:\/\/greenfilmshooting.net\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/04\/streifen-Kopie.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"162\" height=\"181\" \/><\/a>All usable parts from defective devices are reused. If a 4&#215;8 foot light has a crack in its casing, the film covering is reused for a smaller light. \u201cWe use refurbished devices for rental or we donate them to film students or Global South countries.&quot; Meanwhile, Pipe Lighting\u2019s lights are available in over forty countries around the world. \u201cThanks to the light weight and packing size of the lights, their corresponding carbon footprint from transportation is low.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Photos: \u00a9 Pipe Lighting<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The atmospheric lighting used in film shoots has a dark side. In order to illuminate the subject perfectly, the crew often has to lug spotlights weighing several kilograms. A lighter solution is inflatable LED lights, which gaffer Eduard Bochanov and engineer Evgenii Vetlugin developed with their Hamburg-based company Pipe Lighting. &nbsp; \u201cOur dream was to \u2026 <a class=\"moretag\" href=\"https:\/\/greenfilmshooting.net\/blog\/en\/2026\/03\/27\/blow-up-on-set\/\">Read more<\/a>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":7544,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[38,31,19,33,17,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7543","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-energy-efficiency","category-innovation","category-lightening","category-recycling","category-series","category-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/greenfilmshooting.net\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7543","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/greenfilmshooting.net\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/greenfilmshooting.net\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/greenfilmshooting.net\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/greenfilmshooting.net\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7543"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/greenfilmshooting.net\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7543\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7552,"href":"https:\/\/greenfilmshooting.net\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7543\/revisions\/7552"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/greenfilmshooting.net\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7544"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/greenfilmshooting.net\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7543"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/greenfilmshooting.net\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7543"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/greenfilmshooting.net\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7543"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}