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Lighting for Cinematography
A Practical Guide to the Art and Craft of Lighting for the Moving Image
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eBook - PDF
Lighting for Cinematography
A Practical Guide to the Art and Craft of Lighting for the Moving Image
About this book
We can't shoot good pictures without good lighting, no matter how good the newest cameras are. Shooting under available light gives exposure, but lacks depth, contrast, contour, atmosphere and often separation. The story could be the greatest in the world, but if the lighting is poor viewers will assume it's amateurish and not take it seriously. Feature films and TV shows, commercials and industrial videos, reality TV and documentaries, even event and wedding videos tell stories. Good lighting can make them look real, while real lighting often makes them look fake.
Lighting for Cinematography, the first volume in the new CineTech Guides to the Film Crafts series, is the indispensable guide for film and video lighting. Written by veteran gaffer and cinematographer David Landau, the book helps the reader create lighting that supports the emotional moment of the scene, contributes to the atmosphere of the story and augments an artistic style. Structured to mimic a 14 week semester, the chapters cover such things as lighting for movement, working with windows, night lighting, lighting the three plains of action and non-fiction lighting. Every chapter includes stills, lighting diagrams and key advice from professionals in the field, as well as lighting exercises to help the reader put into practice what was covered.
www.lightingforcinematography.com
Lighting for Cinematography, the first volume in the new CineTech Guides to the Film Crafts series, is the indispensable guide for film and video lighting. Written by veteran gaffer and cinematographer David Landau, the book helps the reader create lighting that supports the emotional moment of the scene, contributes to the atmosphere of the story and augments an artistic style. Structured to mimic a 14 week semester, the chapters cover such things as lighting for movement, working with windows, night lighting, lighting the three plains of action and non-fiction lighting. Every chapter includes stills, lighting diagrams and key advice from professionals in the field, as well as lighting exercises to help the reader put into practice what was covered.
www.lightingforcinematography.com
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Before
we
can
sculpt
with
light,
we
need
to
understand
it.
What
is
light?
What
can
we
do
with
it?
What
can
it
do
for
us
when
we
are
photographing
moving
images?
Light
is
life-giving,
mood-setting,
body-tanning,
but
it
is
in
itself
invisible.
It
is
radiant
energy
that
is
all
around
us
and
is
taken
for
granted.
Light
is
also
an
international,
transcultural
language
that
we
can
use
to
help
tell
a
story.
Light
is
an
emotional
language—it
evokes
a
common
response
by
all
who
see
it.
How
we
light
something
is
the
mechanical
craft.
It
is
in
the
“why”
we
light
something
the
way
we
do
that
the
art
of
lighting
lies.
1
THE
MAGIC
OF
LIGHT:
What
Lighting
Does
and
What
We
Can
Make
It
Do
Table of contents
- Cover
- Half-titlle
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- INTRODUCTION: No Matter How Good a Camera, Good Lighting Is What Sells the Picture
- Chapter 1 THE MAGIC OF LIGHT: What Lighting Does and What We Can Make It Do
- Chapter 2 WHO AND WHAT MAKES LIGHT?: The Lighting Crew, Lighting Units, Basic Electricity
- Chapter 3 LIGHTING THE SUBJECT: Motivation and Three-Point Lighting
- Chapter 4 LIGHTING THE SHOT, NOT JUST THE SUBJECT: More than Three Lights, Three Planes of Lighting
- Chapter 5 COMMON PRACTICAL LIGHTING SETUPS: Cross Key, Chicken Coop, China Ball, Bathrooms
- Chapter 6 LIGHTING FOR MOVEMENT: Subject and Camera, Ambient Soft Lighting
- Chapter 7 DEALING WITH DAYLIGHT 1: Shooting Exteriors
- Chapter 8 DEALING WITH DAYLIGHT 2: Working with Windows
- Chapter 9 NIGHT LIGHT: Lighting Night Exteriors and Interiors
- Chapter 10 WORKING WITH COLOR: Using Color for Mood and Using Gels
- Chapter 11 LIGHT THE SCENE, NOT JUST THE SHOT: High Key, Low Key, Contrast Ratios, Exposure Choice, Chiaroscuro Lighting, Rembrandt, and Butterfly Lighting
- Chapter 12 SPECIAL LIGHTING CONSIDERATIONS AND EFFECTS: Fire, Water, Rain, Fog, Lightning, Poor Man’s Process Shot, Green Screen, and Product Shots
- Chapter 13 NONFICTION LIGHTING: Interview, Corporate, Newsmagazine, Documentary, Reality
- Chapter 14 INSPIRATION AND LIGHTING LOOKS
- Appendix 1 ADVICE FROM THE FIELD: Interviews with Cameramen and Gaffers
- Appendix 2 RESOURCES
- Glossary
- Index