CHAPTER 9Studio Lighting
Much of the lighting that is covered in this book is temporary location lighting: mobile stands and stingers are used to mount instruments on location or on a temporary set. But of course many things are shot in television studios where a permanent light grid is installed, special HVAC (heating/ventilation/air conditioning) provides quiet cooling, and cameras on studio pedestals are wired into a control room. Lighting principles remain the same in a studio, but the installation is different.
Studios are a more controllable environment than locations and so are essential for situations that are more permanent, the most common local application being news sets. But just like sound stages in the film world, studios are ...
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