Patent ID: 7434966

Claim:
A front projection light device utilizing parabolic aluminized reflector (“par”) lamps, comprising: a lighting frame temporarily securably attachable to a removable fabric housing, said housing having an opaque outer shell, a back end and a front end; a primary filter holding element and a secondary filter holding element disposed at or near the front end of said housing; light generating means, comprising at least four forward-facing par lamps supported directly or indirectly by said lighting frame and arranged in a plurality of rows having at least two of said par lamps in each row, for providing light of sufficient intensity directed towards the front end of said housing and channeled thereby so as to create a deeply projected soft light when first and second filter elements comprising a light-diffusing material are mounted in said primary filter holding element and said secondary filter holding element respectively; wherein said par lamps are spaced apart and approximately evenly spaced within the side boundaries of the first filter element across each of said rows so that the light produced by said par lamps evenly fills the filter elements; and wherein said par lamps each comprise a parabolic reflector creating an extremely parallel beam of light of sufficient intensity to project through multiple filter elements to achieve deeply projected soft light suitable for use as a primary key light for image capture on a film or television set.