Lighting for Cinematography
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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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  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
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.

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Information

Publisher
Bloomsbury Academic
Year
2014
Print ISBN
9781628926927
eBook ISBN
9781628923629
Edition
1
Topic
Media & Performing Arts
Subtopic
Film & Video
3
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

  1. Cover
  2. Half-titlle
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Contents
  6. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  7. INTRODUCTION: No Matter How Good a Camera, Good Lighting Is What Sells the Picture
  8. Chapter 1 THE MAGIC OF LIGHT: What Lighting Does and What We Can Make It Do
  9. Chapter 2 WHO AND WHAT MAKES LIGHT?: The Lighting Crew, Lighting Units, Basic Electricity
  10. Chapter 3 LIGHTING THE SUBJECT: Motivation and Three-Point Lighting
  11. Chapter 4 LIGHTING THE SHOT, NOT JUST THE SUBJECT: More than Three Lights, Three Planes of Lighting
  12. Chapter 5 COMMON PRACTICAL LIGHTING SETUPS: Cross Key, Chicken Coop, China Ball, Bathrooms
  13. Chapter 6 LIGHTING FOR MOVEMENT: Subject and Camera, Ambient Soft Lighting
  14. Chapter 7 DEALING WITH DAYLIGHT 1: Shooting Exteriors
  15. Chapter 8 DEALING WITH DAYLIGHT 2: Working with Windows
  16. Chapter 9 NIGHT LIGHT: Lighting Night Exteriors and Interiors
  17. Chapter 10 WORKING WITH COLOR: Using Color for Mood and Using Gels
  18. Chapter 11 LIGHT THE SCENE, NOT JUST THE SHOT: High Key, Low Key, Contrast Ratios, Exposure Choice, Chiaroscuro Lighting, Rembrandt, and Butterfly Lighting
  19. Chapter 12 SPECIAL LIGHTING CONSIDERATIONS AND EFFECTS: Fire, Water, Rain, Fog, Lightning, Poor Man’s Process Shot, Green Screen, and Product Shots
  20. Chapter 13 NONFICTION LIGHTING: Interview, Corporate, Newsmagazine, Documentary, Reality
  21. Chapter 14 INSPIRATION AND LIGHTING LOOKS
  22. Appendix 1 ADVICE FROM THE FIELD: Interviews with Cameramen and Gaffers
  23. Appendix 2 RESOURCES
  24. Glossary
  25. Index