We decided to build our own lighting stage in the office in order to shoot some DVDs for Sport Science Lab.  Check out the setup in the first photo.  Three 1000W Work Lights difused through some semi-opaque sheets positioned about 6 or 7 feet from the subject.  We were able to find the backdrop at a store up here in oceanside called "Photo Backdrops".  Who would have thought they carried backdrops!

How did it work you ask?  We got plenty of light on the front of the subject.  Perhaps a bit too much on his right side.  We ran out of lights (there are a couple of office lights above him) so we had nothing to light the backdrop with--resulting in fairly apparent shadows when he jumps.  All in all though, pretty successful for our first attempt at building our own lighting stage.  We're planning to reshoot the footage we captured on this shoot, next time with some color-gel equipped lights lighting the ground and backdrop to help us minimize moving shadows.  We're all looking forward to round two of the experiment--all in a day's work at the Enemy of Good Enough.