Apparatus and method for recording a scene using two alternating lighting setups so as to concurrently record motion picture footage for each lighting setup

An apparatus for recording a scene using two alternating lighting setups so as to concurrently produce motion picture footage of the same scene for each lighting setup of the scene, the motion picture footage having minimized motion offset with respect to each other, the apparatus comprising:

• a plurality of light sources, each light source configured to illuminate the scene;
• a first lighting setup selected from the plurality of light sources;
• a second lighting setup selected from the plurality of light sources, the second lighting setup being different from the first lighting setup;
• a camera configured to capture a sequence of frames, each one of the frames showing the scene illuminated by first lighting setup or by the second lighting setup, in alternating relationship, the camera also configured to provide a frame boundary signal at a beginning and at an end of each frame;
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• a controller configured to actuate the two lighting setups in alternation in accordance with the frame boundary signal such that a first lighting setup is actuated just prior to an end of a frame, and a second lighting setup is actuated just after a beginning of an immediately following frame.

A method for recording a scene using two alternating lighting setups so as to concurrently produce motion picture footage of the scene for each lighting setup of the scene, the motion picture footage having minimized motion offset with respect to each other, the method comprising:

• selecting a plurality of light sources, each light source configured to illuminate the scene;
• selecting a first lighting setup from the plurality of light sources;
• selecting a second lighting setup from the plurality of light sources, the second lighting setup selected being different from the first lighting setup;
• actuating the first lighting setup and the second lighting setup in alternation in accordance with a timing signal, including actuating the first lighting setup just prior to an end of a frame, and actuating the second lighting setup just after a beginning of an immediately subsequent frame;
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• capturing a sequence of frames using a camera, each one of the frames showing the scene illuminated by one of the two lighting setups in alternation.