Motion Picture and Video Lighting

Explores technical, aesthetic and practical aspects of lighting for film and video. It reveals inside information based on years of experience and explores the challenges faced by cinematographers and television lighting designers.

This book explores technical aesthetic and practical aspects of lighting for film and video. The diagrams, tables, charts and photographs emphasize a "hands-on" approach without losing sight of the powerful effect light plays in the medium of film. This book reveals inside information based on years of experience and explores the challenges faced by cinematographers and television lighting designers.

A brief history of lighting
physical light and perception
exposure
colour
lights
the elements of lighting
process
basic scene lighting
the team
electricity
lamps and sockets
basic gripology
video lighting
image control
technical issues.