Set Lighting Technician's Handbook

Film Lighting Equipment, Practice, and Electrical Distribution

Harry C. Box

582 pages, parution le 28/04/2003 (3^eme édition)

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Résumé

New to the expanded Third Edition:

More advanced, concise, and comprehensive than ever
Coverage of new lighting products and techniques for their use including Helium Lighting Balloons, Softsun 50k, 12k Pars, Beam Projectors, and more
User-friendly distribution equipment
Lighting for Matte Photography
Line loss, power factor, current harmonics-what they are and how to handle them
Aerial lift safety
Western Europe's electrical distribution system for out-of-country assignments
Expanded resources section: websites, unions, chat groups, bulletin boards, etc.
Many new illustrations and tables including photometrics for virtually every light we use

Comprehensive. Detailed. Practical. Set Lighting Technician's Handbook, Third 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, be they a lamp operator, best boy, rigging crew, gaffer, or director of photography. This handbook offers a wealth of practical technical information, useful techniques, as well as aesthetic discussions.

Set Lighting Technician's Handbook focuses on what is important when working on-set: troubleshooting, teamwork, set protocol, and safety. It describes tricks and techniques for operating a vast array of lighting equipment including follow spots, xenons, camera synchronous strobes, black lights, underwater lights, lighting effects units, in addition to all the standard tungsten and HMI lamps. Since its first edition, this handy on-set reference continues to be widely adopted as a training and reference manual by union training programs as well as top university film production programs.

Contents

Set Basics : Your First Barbecue
Preproduction Planning: Lighting Package, Expendables, and Personal Tools
Light Fixtures - The Basic Tungsten Arsenal
Light Fixtures - The Basic HMI Arsenal
Fluorescent Lights
Stands and Rigging
Lighting Objectives and Method
Manipulating Light: Tools, Techniques, and the Behaviror of Light
Electrician's Set Protocol and Aerial Lifts
Specialty Lighting
Electricity
Distribution Equipment, Rigging, and Dimmers
Power Sources
The Work World

Appendices
Glossary
Bibliography
Index

L'auteur - Harry C. Box

Hollywood-based gaffer and director of photography

Caractéristiques techniques

	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Focal Press
Auteur(s)	Harry C. Box
Parution	28/04/2003
Édition	3^eme édition
Nb. de pages	582
Format	15 x 23,5
Couverture	Broché
Poids	790g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780240804958
ISBN13	978-0-240-80495-8