Book description
Skilful lighting involves a subtle blend of systematic mechanics and a sensitive visual imagination. It requires anticipation, perceptiveness, patience and know-how. But learning through practice alone can take a great deal of time. This book is a distillation of many years' experience, with advice and guidance that will bring successful results right from the start.Whether you are a student studying lighting techniques in the television, video and film media, or a professional lighting for the camera, this book will be an invaluable aid. Other members of the production team, including camera crews, designers and directors, will also find the information here interesting and useful.
The book concentrates primarily on the fundamental principles of lighting in studios, on location and display, as well as single-camera, small unit production, improvised and economy lighting, and working with limited facilities. Emphasis is also placed on the safety aspects of working with lighting equipment.
Lighting for Television and Film reflects the author's considerable experience of lighting techniques in BBC studios, his teaching and consultancy work.
Gerald Millerson's analytical writings spring from a lifetime's personal experience in the medium, and from his teaching and engineering background. During his career with the BBC, he was primarily associated with studio operations in the Television Service. His lecturing background included courses in TV production at a number of American universities.
His other books for Focal Press are Television Production, TV Scenic Design, Video Production Handbook and, in the Media Manuals series, Effective TV Production, Lighting for Video and Video Camera Techniques.
Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- Preface to the Third Edition
- Acknowledgements
- 1 An introduction
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2 The nature of light
- What is light?
- White light
- Light and shade
- Light intensity
- Surface brightness
- Gray scale (achromatic values)
- Tonal contrast and tonal gradation
- Contrast range/subject brightness range
- Tonal range and pictorial effect
- Tonal values and picture impact
- Detail
- Color
- Assessing color
- Color mixtures
- Color effect
- Color specification
- Tristimulus primaries
- CIE chromaticity diagram
- White light and color balance
- Color filters
- Polarization
- 3 The eye and perception
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4 The principles of lighting
- Perception and selection
- The way ahead
- Light quality
- Light direction
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Basic lighting principles
- Lighting a flat surface
- Three-point lighting
- The key light
- Fill light (filler)
- Diffuse lighting
- Back light
- Lighting balance
- Summarizing
- Shadows
- Shadow density
- Lighting opportunities
- What is the aim?
- Assessing the subject
- Directing attention
- Lighting and composition
- Visual continuity
- Technical limitations
- Lamp functions
- Distorting reality
- Lighting common materials
- 5 Lighting people
- 6 The production process
- 7 Lighting on location
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8 Atmospheric lighting
- The intangibility of lighting
- The gulf between
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Lighting styles
- Pictorial style
- Pictorial effect
- Tonal distribution
- Pictorial quality
- Pictorial treatment
- 'Natural' lighting
- Influential lighting
- Shadows
- Atmospheric treatment
- Darkness
- Moonlight
- Dawn and sunset
- Sunlight
- Multi-directional lighting
- Changing light in interiors
- Lighting changes
- Atmospheric changes
- Decorative lighting
- Animated lighting
- 9 Light sources
- 10 Lighting equipment
- 11 Color temperature
- 12 Filters
- 13 Picture control
- 14 Scenery
- 15 Visual effects
- 16 Safety!
- Appendix
- Further reading
- Index
Product information
- Title: Lighting for TV and Film, 3rd Edition
- Author(s):
- Release date: August 2013
- Publisher(s): Routledge
- ISBN: 9781136055218
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