Set lighting technician's handbook : film lighting equipment, practice, and electrical distribution / Harry C. Box.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Box, Harry C.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cinematography--Lighting--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Cinematography.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (616 p.)

Edition:

4th ed.

Other Title:

Film lighting equipment, practice, and electrical distribution

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Boston, MA : Focal Press, c2010.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Comprehensive. Detailed. Practical. Set Lighting Technician's Handbook, Fourth Edition, is a friendly, hands-on manual covering the day-to-day practices, equipment, and tricks of the trade essential to anyone doing motion picture lighting, including the lamp operator, rigging crew, gaffer, best boy, or director of photography. This handbook offers a wealth of practical technical information, useful techniques, as well as aesthetic discussions. The Set Lighting Technician's Handbook focuses on what is important when working on-set: trouble-shoot

Contents:

Set basics: your first barbecue

Preproduction planning: lighting package, expendables, and personal tools

Light fixtures: the basic tungsten arsenal

Stands and rigging

Lighting objectives and methods

Manipulating light: tools, techniques, and the behavior of light

Electrician's set protocol

Light fixtures: the HMI arsenal

Fluorescent lights

Led lights

Lighting control: control networks, moving lights, advanced devices, and computer applications in lighting

Electricity

Distribution and dimming equipment

Working with electrical power

Electrical rigging

Power sources

Special circumstances and practices

Specialty lighting equipment.

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

9786612878589

9781136046575

1136046577

9781136046582

1136046585

9781282878587

1282878581

9780080928081

0080928080

OCLC:

652754998