Grammar of the Shot, Motion Picture and Video Lighting, and Cinematography Bundle: Motion Picture and Video Lighting (Volume 3) Second Edition

Motion Picture and Video Lighting , Second Edition, is the indispensable guide to film and video lighting. Written by the author of the industry bible Cinematography , this book explores technical, aesthetic, and practical aspects of lighting for film and video. It will show you not only how to light, but why. Written by an experienced professional, this comprehensive book explores light and color theory, equipment, and techniques to make every scene look its best. Now in full color, Motion Picture and Video Lighting is heavily illustrated with photos and diagrams throughout. This new edition also includes the ultimate 'behind the scenes' DVD that takes you directly on a professional shoot and demonstrates technical procedures and equipment. In addition, 20 video clips include lighting demonstrations, technical tests, fundamentals of lighting demos, and short scenes illustrating different styles of lighting. * The definitive book on film and video lighting * Now in full color, with hundreds of illustrations and diagrams * NEW ultimate DVD including ''behind-the-scenes'' video, lighting demonstrations, technical tests, fundamentals of lighting demos and so much more Motion Picture and Video Lighting, Second Edition 4 Copyright Page 5 Table of Contents 8 The History of Lighting 16 Controllable Light 17 Early Film Production 18 Introduction of Tungsten Lighting 20 The Technicolor Era 21 HMI, Xenon, Fluorescent, and LED Sources 23 Kino Flo and LED 24 Lighting Sources 25 Fresnels 25 Tungsten Fresnels 26 The 10K and 20K 26 The 5K 26 Juniors 27 1K 27 650, Betweenie, and InBetweenie 27 Inkie 27 HMI Units 27 12K and 18K 27 6K and 8K 28 4K and 2.5K 29 Smaller HMIs 29 When an HMI Fails to Fire 29 Xenons 30 Brute Arc 31 Open-Face Lights 32 Skypan 33 2K Open Face 33 1000-/600-/650-Watt Open Face 33 PAR 64 34 PAR Groups 35 Dino, Moleeno, and Wendy 35 MaxiBrute 35 FAYs 36 Ruby 7 36 HMI PARs 36 Soft Lights 37 Studio Softs (8K, 4K, and 1K) 37 Cone Lights 37 Space Lights 38 Fluorescent Rigs 39 Color-Correct Fluorescent Units 39 Color-Correct Bulbs 40 Cycs, Strips, Nooks, and Broads 40 Miscellaneous 44 Chinese Lanterns 44 Crane-Mounted Lights 44 Source Fours 44 Sunguns 45 Softboxes 45 Jokers 46 LED Panels 46 Dedo Lights 46 Balloon Lights 47 Barger Baglight 48 Scrims and Barndoors 48 Spacelights and Chicken Coops 49 Fundamentals of Lighting 50 What Do We Expect Lighting to Do for Us? 50 Mood and Tone 51 Full Range of Tones 51 Color Control and Color Balance 52 Adding Shape, Depth, and Dimension to a Scene 53 Shape 53 Separation 53 Depth 53 Texture 53 Exposure 54 Directing the Eye 55 The Lighting Process 55 The Process 55 What Are the Requirements? 55 What Tools Do You Have? 57 What's the Schedule? 57 What Are the Opportunities 58 How to Be Fast 59 Lighting Fundamentals 59 The Basic Elements 59 Quality of Light 63 Hard/Soft 64 Other Qualities of Light 67 Direction Relative to Subject 67 Altitude 67 High Key/Low Key (Fill Ratio) 68 Specular/Ambient 68 Relative Size of Radiating Source and Lens 68 Modulation/Texture 69 Movement 69 Subject/Texture 69 Basic Scene Lighting 73 Medieval Knights Around a Campfire 74 The Plan 75 Flicker Effect 76 Group Scene with Fire 77 Science Fiction Scene 79 Film Noir Scene 79 Aces and Eights 82 Detective Scene 82 Young Inventor 82 Miscellaneous Scenes 85 Potter 85 Beauty Shot 86 Pool Room 86 Pool Room CU 87 Intimate Room Scene 87 Black Cross Keys (Sitcom Lighting) 88 Reality Show Set 88 In or Out 88 Day Exterior 91 From Under the Floor 92 Ambient from Above 93 Confessions: Training Scene 94 Confessions of a Dangerous Mind: Alley 95 Creating an Exterior in the Studio 96 X-Men Plastic Prison 97 Stage Rigging 100 Large Night Exterior 100 Complex Stage Set 100 Lighting HD, DV, and SD Video 101 The Video Engineer and DIT 102 The Waveform Monitor 102 The Vectorscope 106 Iris Control 106 Electronic Pushing 107 White Balance 107 Transferring Film to Video 108 Lighting for Multiple Cameras 108 Monitor Setup 109 Monitor Setup Procedure 110 The PLUGE 110 Camera White Balance 112 Establishing a Baseline 112 The Test Chart 113 Exposure Theory 114 The Bucket 114 F/Stop 115 Exposure, ISO, and Lighting Relationships 115 Lighting Source Distance 116 ISO/ASA Speeds 117 Chemistry of Film 118 Film's Response to Light 119 The Latent Image 119 Chemical Processing 120 Color Negative 121 Additive vs. Subtractive Color 122 The H&D Curve 122 The Log E Axis 125 What Is a Log? 126 Brightness Perception 126 Contrast 127 "Correct" Exposure 129 Brightness Range in a Scene 131 Determining Exposure 131 The Tools 132 The Incident Meter 132 The Reflectance Meter 133 The Zone System 134 Zones in a Scene 135 The Grayscale 135 Why 18%? 135 Place and Fall 138 Reading Exposure with Ultraviolet 140 The Shutter 140 Theory and Control of Color 143 The Nature of Light 143 Color Perception 144 The Tristimulus Theory 144 The Purkinje Effect and Movie Moonlight 146 Light and Color 146 Additive and Subtractive Color 146 Qualities of Light 147 Hue 147 Value 147 Chroma 147 Color Temperature 147 The Color Wheel 148 Color Mixing 148 Film and Video Colorspace 149 Color Harmonies and Interaction of Color 149 Interaction of Color and Visual Phenomena 150 The Laws of Simultaneous Contrast 151 Metamerism 152 The CIE Color System 152 Standard Light Sources in CIE 152 Digital and Electronic Color 153 Control of Color 154 What Is White? 154 Color Temperature 154 Color Meters 157 Color Balance of Film 158 Color Balance with Camera Filters 158 Conversion Filters 159 Light-Balancing Filters 160 Correcting Light Balance 160 CTO 160 Tungsten to Daylight 161 Fluorescent Lighting 161 Correcting Off-Color Lights 162 Arcs 162 HMI 163 Industrial Lamps 163 Stylistic Choices in Color Control 163 Electricity 164 Measurement of Electricity 165 Potential 165 Paper Amps 166 Electrical Supply Systems 166 Three-Phase 166 Single-Phase 167 Power Sources 167 Stage Service 167 Generators 168 Generator Operation 169 Tie-ins 169 Tie-in Safety 170 Determining KVA 171 Wall Plugging 172 Batteries 173 Battery Capacity 173 Lead Acid 173 Heavy Antimony 173 Nicads 174 Li-Ion and NiMh 174 Load Calculations and Paper Amps 174 Ampacity 175 Color Coding 176 The Neutral 176 Distribution Equipment 176 Tie-ins 176 Busbar Lugs 177 Connectors 177 Bullswitches 178 Feeder Cable 178 Wire Types 178 Distribution Boxes 179 Lunch Boxes, Snake Bites, Gangboxers, and Four-Ways 179 Extensions 180 Planning a Distribution System 180 Working with AC and DC 183 Calculating Voltage Drop 184 VCR 184 Electrical Safety 185 Wet Work 186 HMI Safety 186 Grounding Safety 187 Gripology 188 Light Controls 189 Reflectors 189 Operating Reflectors 191 Flags and Cutters 191 Flag Tricks 192 Nets 193 Net Tricks 194 Cuculoris 194 Diffusers 195 Butterflies and Overheads 196 Griffs 198 Holding 199 Grip Heads 199 Clamps 200 Studded C-Clamps 200 Miscellaneous 204 The Team and Set Operations 205 The DP 205 The Team 207 The Gaffer 207 The Best Boy 208 Third Electric and Electricians 208 The Key Grip 210 Grips 211 Other Crews 212 Set Operations 212 The Process 213 Rough-In 213 Blocking 214 Light 215 Rehearsal 216 Shooting 216 Procedures 217 Lamps and Sockets 218 Types of Radiating Sources 218 Carbon Arc 218 Tungsten 220 Tungsten鈥揌alogen 220 Enclosed Metal Arc: HMI 221 Household and Projector Bulbs 224 Practical Bulbs 224 Fluorescent Tubes 224 Dichroics 227 Technical Issues 228 Shooting with HMI Units 228 The Power Supply 230 Flicker-Free HMIs 231 Dimmers 231 Dimmer Systems On The Set 233 Working with Strobes 233 Strobe Exposure 234 Exposure for Macrophotography 235 Depth-of-Field in Closeup Work 236 Lighting for Extreme Closeups 236 Underwater Filming 237 Effects 238 Rain 238 Smoke 239 Fire 239 TV and Projector Effects 240 Day-for-Night 240 Moonlight Effects 241 Water Effects 241 Lightning 241 Using Daylight 241 Lighting for Process Photography 242 Chroma Key 242 Greenscreen 242 Lighting for Process Photography 245 Greenscreen/Bluescreen Tips 246 Appendix 247 Brute Arc Operation 247 International Plug and Socket Types 255 Building Your Own Hand Squeezer 256 Typical Lighting Order for a Small Independent Film 257 Lighting Order for a Large Studio Film 258 Acknowledgments 260 Special Thanks 261 About the Author 262 Index 264 A 264 B 264 C 264 D 265 E 265 F 266 G 266 H 266 I 266 K 267 L 267 M 268 N 268 O 268 P 268 R 269 S 269 T 269 U 269 V 269 W 269 Z 269 0240807634,9780240807638,0080551076,9780080551074 Motion Picture and Video Lighting, Second Edition......Page 4 Copyright Page......Page 5 Table of Contents......Page 8 The History of Lighting......Page 16 Controllable Light......Page 17 Early Film Production......Page 18 Introduction of Tungsten Lighting......Page 20 The Technicolor Era......Page 21 HMI, Xenon, Fluorescent, and LED Sources......Page 23 Kino Flo and LED......Page 24 Fresnels......Page 25 The 5K......Page 26 12K and 18K......Page 27 6K and 8K......Page 28 When an HMI Fails to Fire......Page 29 Xenons......Page 30 Brute Arc......Page 31 Open-Face Lights......Page 32 1000-/600-/650-Watt Open Face......Page 33 PAR 64......Page 34 MaxiBrute......Page 35 HMI PARs......Page 36 Cone Lights......Page 37 Space Lights......Page 38 Color-Correct Fluorescent Units......Page 39 Cycs, Strips, Nooks, and Broads......Page 40 Source Fours......Page 44 Softboxes......Page 45 Dedo Lights......Page 46 Balloon Lights......Page 47 Scrims and Barndoors......Page 48 Spacelights and Chicken Coops......Page 49 What Do We Expect Lighting to Do for Us?......Page 50 Full Range of Tones......Page 51 Color Control and Color Balance......Page 52 Texture......Page 53 Exposure......Page 54 What Are the Requirements?......Page 55 What's the Schedule?......Page 57 What Are the Opportunities......Page 58 The Basic Elements......Page 59 Quality of Light......Page 63 Hard/Soft......Page 64 Altitude......Page 67 Relative Size of Radiating Source and Lens......Page 68 Subject/Texture......Page 69 Basic Scene Lighting......Page 73 Medieval Knights Around a Campfire......Page 74 The Plan......Page 75 Flicker Effect......Page 76 Group Scene with Fire......Page 77 Film Noir Scene......Page 79 Young Inventor......Page 82 Potter......Page 85 Pool Room......Page 86 Intimate Room Scene......Page 87 In or Out......Page 88 Day Exterior......Page 91 From Under the Floor......Page 92 Ambient from Above......Page 93 Confessions: Training Scene......Page 94 Confessions of a Dangerous Mind: Alley......Page 95 Creating an Exterior in the Studio......Page 96 X-Men Plastic Prison......Page 97 Complex Stage Set......Page 100 Lighting HD, DV, and SD Video......Page 101 The Waveform Monitor......Page 102 Iris Control......Page 106 White Balance......Page 107 Lighting for Multiple Cameras......Page 108 Monitor Setup......Page 109 The PLUGE......Page 110 Establishing a Baseline......Page 112 The Test Chart......Page 113 The Bucket......Page 114 Exposure, ISO, and Lighting Relationships......Page 115 Lighting Source Distance......Page 116 ISO/ASA Speeds......Page 117 Chemistry of Film......Page 118 The Latent Image......Page 119 Chemical Processing......Page 120 Color Negative......Page 121 The H&D Curve......Page 122 The Log E Axis......Page 125 Brightness Perception......Page 126 Contrast......Page 127 "Correct" Exposure......Page 129 Determining Exposure......Page 131 The Incident Meter......Page 132 The Reflectance Meter......Page 133 The Zone System......Page 134 Why 18%?......Page 135 Place and Fall......Page 138 The Shutter......Page 140 The Nature of Light......Page 143 The Tristimulus Theory......Page 144 Additive and Subtractive Color......Page 146 Color Temperature......Page 147 Color Mixing......Page 148 Color Harmonies and Interaction of Color......Page 149 Interaction of Color and Visual Phenomena......Page 150 The Laws of Simultaneous Contrast......Page 151 Standard Light Sources in CIE......Page 152 Digital and Electronic Color......Page 153 Color Temperature......Page 154 Color Meters......Page 157 Color Balance with Camera Filters......Page 158 Conversion Filters......Page 159 CTO......Page 160 Fluorescent Lighting......Page 161 Arcs......Page 162 Stylistic Choices in Color Control......Page 163 Electricity......Page 164 Potential......Page 165 Three-Phase......Page 166 Stage Service......Page 167 Generators......Page 168 Tie-ins......Page 169 Tie-in Safety......Page 170 Determining KVA......Page 171 Wall Plugging......Page 172 Heavy Antimony......Page 173 Load Calculations and Paper Amps......Page 174 Ampacity......Page 175 Tie-ins......Page 176 Connectors......Page 177 Wire Types......Page 178 Lunch Boxes, Snake Bites, Gangboxers, and Four-Ways......Page 179 Planning a Distribution System......Page 180 Working with AC and DC......Page 183 VCR......Page 184 Electrical Safety......Page 185 HMI Safety......Page 186 Grounding Safety......Page 187 Gripology......Page 188 Reflectors......Page 189 Flags and Cutters......Page 191 Flag Tricks......Page 192 Nets......Page 193 Cuculoris......Page 194 Diffusers......Page 195 Butterflies and Overheads......Page 196 Griffs......Page 198 Grip Heads......Page 199 Studded C-Clamps......Page 200 Miscellaneous......Page 204 The DP......Page 205 The Gaffer......Page 207 Third Electric and Electricians......Page 208 The Key Grip......Page 210 Grips......Page 211 Set Operations......Page 212 Rough-In......Page 213 Blocking......Page 214 Light......Page 215 Shooting......Page 216 Procedures......Page 217 Carbon Arc......Page 218 Tungsten–Halogen......Page 220 Enclosed Metal Arc: HMI......Page 221 Fluorescent Tubes......Page 224 Dichroics......Page 227 Shooting with HMI Units......Page 228 The Power Supply......Page 230 Dimmers......Page 231 Working with Strobes......Page 233 Strobe Exposure......Page 234 Exposure for Macrophotography......Page 235 Lighting for Extreme Closeups......Page 236 Underwater Filming......Page 237 Rain......Page 238 Fire......Page 239 Day-for-Night......Page 240 Using Daylight......Page 241 Greenscreen......Page 242 Lighting for Process Photography......Page 245 Greenscreen/Bluescreen Tips......Page 246 Brute Arc Operation......Page 247 International Plug and Socket Types......Page 255 Building Your Own Hand Squeezer......Page 256 Typical Lighting Order for a Small Independent Film......Page 257 Lighting Order for a Large Studio Film......Page 258 Acknowledgments......Page 260 Special Thanks......Page 261 About the Author......Page 262 C......Page 264 E......Page 265 I......Page 266 L......Page 267 P......Page 268 Z......Page 269 motion Picture And Video Lighting, Second Edition, Is The Indispensable Guide To Film And Video Lighting. Written By The Author Of The Industry Bible cinematography, This Book Explores Technical, Aesthetic, And Practical Aspects Of Lighting For Film And Video. It Will Show You Not Only How To Light, But Why. Written By An Experienced Professional, This Comprehensive Book Explores Light And Color Theory, Equipment, And Techniques To Make Every Scene Look Its Best.

now In Full Color, motion Picture And Video Lighting Is Heavily Illustrated With Photos And Diagrams Throughout.

this New Edition Also Includes The Ultimate 'behind The Scenes' Dvd That Takes You Directly On A Professional Shoot And Demonstrates Technical Procedures And Equipment. In Addition, 20 Video Clips Include Lighting Demonstrations, Technical Tests, Fundamentals Of Lighting Demos, And Short Scenes Illustrating Different Styles Of Lighting.

motion Picture And Video Lighting Explores The Technical, Aesthetic And Practical Aspects Of Lighting For Film And Video. Written By A Professional In The Field, This Comprehensive Book Reveals Inside Information Based On Years Of Experience And Thoroughly Explores The Challenges Faced By Cinematographers, Lighting Directors, Gaffers And Grips.

Motion Picture and Video Lighting, Second Edition, is the indispensable guide to film and video lighting. Written by the author of the industry bible Cinematography, this book explores technical, aesthetic, and practical aspects of lighting for film and video. It will show you not only how to light, but why. Written by an experienced professional, this comprehensive book explores light and color theory, equipment, and techniques to make every scene look its best. Now in full color, Motion Picture and Video Lighting is heavily illustrated with photos and diagrams throughout. This new edition also includes the ultimate 'behind the scenes' DVD that takes you directly on a professional shoot and demonstrates technical procedures and equipment. In addition, 20 video clips include lighting demonstrations, technical tests, fundamentals of lighting demos, and short scenes illustrating different styles of lighting. - Publisher. Motion Picture and Video Lighting, Second Edition, is your indispensable guide to film and video lighting. Written by the author of the industry bible Cinematography, this book explores technical, aesthetic, and practical aspects of lighting for film and video. It will show you not only how to light, but why. Written by a professional in the field, this comprehensive book explores light and color theory; equipment; and techniques to make every scene look its best. Now in full color, Motion Picture and Video Lighting is heavily illustrated with photos and diagrams throughout. This new edition also includes the ultimate 'behind the scenes' DVD that takes you directly on a professional shoot and demonstrates technical procedures and equipment. In addition, 20 video clips include: lighting demonstrations, technical tests, fundamentals of lighting demos, and short scenes illustrating different styles of lighting [Pt. 1] Book. The History of Lighting Lighting Sources Fundamentals of Lighting Basic Scene Lighting Lighting HD, DV, ad SD Video Exposure Theory Theory and Control of Color Electricity Gripology The Team and Set Operations Lamps and Sockets Technical Issues [Pt. 2] DVD. Lighting fundamentals Lighting technical Scene test/demo Seven methods On the set