FILM LIGHTING
Airstar revolutionizes Film lighting since 1994. Inventor of the lighting balloon as a light source on film sets and photo shootings, many movies have already used Airstar technology: Titanic, Pirates of the Caribbean, Mission Impossible… to name just a few. Every day, at least one film set in the world uses Airstar lighting balloons.
Thanks to a unique textile know-how and a soft and recognizable light among all, Airstar offers lighting balloons with light powers, shapes and sizes varied to the delight of technicians in the world of cinema, television or photography.
Airstar is also the only company to offer a solution that enables to manage daylight thanks to our “sun tamer” Cloud.
“In fact it’s close to midnight… With Airstar I make it high noon”
OUR RANGE OF LIGHTING BALLOONS FOR FILMING
List of our products available for sale. For rental, please contact us
NEW LED LIGHTING BALLOON!
NeoPad LED
- LED RGBAwWcW
- CRI 96 > 98
- Can be mounted anywhere in less than 15 minutes
- Flicker-free, soft light
- Dimensions:
- 190 x 130 x 15 cm
- 6 x 4 x 8 0.6 ft
- Accessories: Skirt, Diffuser,
SnapGrid by DOP Choice
Ellipse
- The most versatile lighting balloon if its range
- LED lighting
- 1.8 kW: Ø 3.45 m, h 2.70 m – Ø 11 ft, h 8 ft
- 3.6 kW: Ø 4.70 m, h 3.60 m – Ø 15 ft, h 12 ft
- Hybrid
- 1800 W and 3600 W: 4300 K
- 2 x 900 W: from 2700 K to 6500 K
- 2 x 1800 W: from 2700 K to 6500 K
- In option: Warm White (3200 K) and Cold White (5600 K)
- Bulb lighting
- HMI Daylight: 2.4 kW, 5 kW, 8 kW
- Hybrid: 8.4 kW
Tube
- A must-have from the cinema range
- LED lighting
- 1.8 kW: Ø 2.20 m, L 4 m – Ø 7.2 ft, L 13 ft
- 3.6 kW: Ø 2.85 m, L 5 m – Ø 9.3 ft, L 16 ft
- Hybrid
- 1800 W and 3600 W: 4300 K
- 2 x 900 W: from 2700 K to 6500 K
- 2 x 1800 W: from 2700 K to 6500 K
- In option: Warm White (3200 K) and Cold White (5600 K)
Pad
- The easiest of our cinema products
- LED lighting
- 1.8 kW: 3.50 x 3.50 m, h 1.30 m – 11 x 11 ft, h 4 ft
- Hybrid
- 1800 W: 4300 K
- 2 x 900 W: from 2700 K to 6500 K
- In option: Warm White (3200 K) and Cold White (5600 K)
Sphere
- Airstar’s bestseller!
- LED lighting
- 3.6 kW
- Ø 4.20 m – 13.7 ft
- Hybrid
- 3600 W: 4300 K
- 2 x 1800 W: from 2700 K to 6500 K
- In option: Warm White (3200 K) and Cold White (5600 K)
- Bulb lighting
- HMI Daylight: 4.8 kW
Neo Film LED
- Available in 3 sizes (ø 20 cm – 7.87 in):
- 1.20 m – 3.9 ft
- 2.20 m – 7.2 ft
- 4.40 m – 14.4 ft
- Super light
- Can be mounted anywhere in less than 5 minutes
- Flicker-free, soft light
- From 2,200 K to 6,500 K dimmable
- Many accessories available
The CloudTM
- The Cloud™ is the world’s first grip balloon
- 6 x 6 m or 20 x 20ft is the starting point. From this square, you have the ability to attach numeral units for a better area coverage
- Its primary use is to diffuse sunlight
- It is the only air-born diffusion that needs neither suspension nor ground support
- Versatile
- Fast to operate
- Less intrusive
Film lighting balloons catalogue
products for sale
ALL FILM LIGHTING APPLICATIONS
Our lighting balloon range meet a wide range of applications, both indoor and outdoor.
Cinema
Commercials
Photography Shooting
Broadcasted Events
STRENGTHS OF AIRSTAR LIGHTING BALLOONS
- Indoor and outdoor
- All lighting sources
- Fully quiet
- Flicker-free
- Fully dimmable
- Helium or air-inflated
- Many combination of power available
- Many shapes
- Flexibility
- Mobility
- Lightweight
Airstar know-how in film and TV
Behind every Airstar product is a world of expertise and support designed to deliver you more than just high quality. Whether it’s a Hollywood blockbuster, a low budget independent film or a fast-moving television documentary, our products deliver the speed, flexibility and efficiency needed for today’s production schedules, without sacrificing quality.
Airstar received an OSCAR Academy Technical Award® for the introduction of balloons with internal light sources to provide set lighting for the motion picture industry.
References
- The Great Wall
- Narcos
- Paddington 2
- Johnny English 3
- Victoria & Abdul
- The Crown
- Harry Styles music video
- Titanic
- Mr & Mrs Smith
- Pirates of the Caribbean I, II, III
- Mission: Impossible
- Ocean’s 11, 12 & 13
- Charlie & the Chocolate Factory
- National Treasure
- La Môme
- La vie en rose
- Hancock
- Hulk
- Da Vinci Code
- Angels & Demons
- Holiday
- OSS 117
- Neverland
- 24
- CSI
- Cold Case
- Bones
- House
- TV Record
- Prison Break
- Ghostwhisperer
- Fast & Furious
- The Italian Job
- La Marche de l’Empereur
- Largo Winch
- Blueberry
- Disturbia
- Rush Hour 1, 2 & 3
- American Gangster
- Bedtime Stories
- Catwoman
- Harry Potter & the Half-Blood Prince
- Nutcrackers
- Wolfman
- G.I. Joe
- The Last Samurai
- The Crimson rivers II
- Le Petit Poucet
- etc.