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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eBook - ePub

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

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Information

Publisher
Bloomsbury Academic
Year
2014
Print ISBN
9781628926927
eBook ISBN
9781628924749
Edition
1
Topic
Media & Performing Arts
Subtopic
Film & Video

Table of contents

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