MC advent calender light setup Nr. 1

As you can see on those bts pics there is a lot going on around the cyclorama, many lights prepared to be used. On a shoot like that I prefer to place and prepare all lights upfront, to have them quickly accessible if i want to change something in the picture and of course also inbetween sets to save time.
For the first set we had:

1- 1200D Aputure with 160cm octabox with grid to have a soft light on the model, but keep it on the model without spilling on the background. This light is placed on the side of the model and slightly in front of her to have a more even and beautiful light on her and the clothes.
2- 600c Aputure with a big fresnel mount to create a spot of light behind the model
3- 600x Aputure to create a backlight on the model to separate her a bit from the backgorund and give a light edge on her and also to hit the mirrored foil to create the reflection effect on the background.
4- 600c Aputure wit a standard reflector and barn doors, which was used to light up to the ceiling to have a shadow fill effect on the overall picture through light spilling from a big light surface (white ceiling). This light was turned on/off and also used rather low power, to have a contrasty picture still, so the background is still a bit darker and you can see the reflections effects.

About the reflections on the background - in the first set we tried to have an effect with some mirrored foil I often use for this effect, but we fixed it on both columns on the sides of the cyclorama as you can see in some pictures. The effect was very subtle, because the distance from light source to the foil was long and the power to low for that purpose and also the angle was difficult to hit for the right results. We tried also using single piece of foil on a boom arm from different angles but it didnt work well with a bright setup like that (better with darker setups, easier). We ended up building a 2x2meter reflecting frame with a simple lastolite 2x2m frame and mirrored foil taped on it to create a bigger reflecting surface.

The black vflat boards keep the contrast on the picture and reduce light spill.