Lighting for Television

Chapter One: WHY A BOOK ON TELEVISION LIGHTING? = 11 The Need For This Book. = 11 The Approach. = 12 Chapter Two: LIGHTING WITH ONE LIGHT. = 15 One Light Travels Around the Model. = 18 Now It's a Key Light = 19 It Becomes a Backlight. = 23 Chapter Three: LIGHTING A FACE. = 27 Basic Lighting Instruments. = 27 The Nose Shadow and Bright Eyes. = 28 The Fill Light. = 31 Fill Ratio. = 31 The Backlight. = 32 The Double Key. = 34 Basic Make-up. = 35 Chapter Four: LIGHTING INSTRUMENTS: HOW TO AIM AND SET: THE USE OF DIFFUSION MATERIAL. = 37 Spotlights. = 37 Procedure In Setting a Spotlight. = 42 Barn Doors. = 46 What Does Diffusion Do? = 47 Tuf-Spun. = 48 The Metal Screens. = 49 Fill Light for the Stage. = 51 Backlights and Flares. = 52 Chapter Five: THE PLOT PLAN; LIGHTING ACTORS IN A SET. = 53 The Plot Plan. = 53 Director Plots the Action. = 54 Upstage-Downstage. = 56 A Typical Set. = 58 The Boom Shadow. = 58 Key-light Is Also the Backlight. = 61 Lighting At the Doorway and the Mantle. = 63 The Cutter. = 66 Chapter Six: LIGHTING A TYPICAL NEWS SET. = 67 Three Camera Viewpoints. = 67 Setting the Key-lights. = 69 Sports and Special Features Reporters. = 71 The Weatherman. pg = 72 The Telepromptor. = 73 Chapter Seven: PRODUCING A MUSIC VIDEO, OR A TAPE TO PROMOTE A PRODUCT FOR A SMALL BUSINESS. = 75 Plan Your Action. = 75 Do You Rent a Studio? = 76 Shoot it with a Light Kit. = 77 The "Look". = 78 Shoot a Music Video. = 78 Chapter Eight: LIGHTING ON LOCATION. = 81 Sunlight Is the Key. = 81 The Foil Reflector. = 83 The H.M.I. = 84 Bright Backgrounds. = 86 The Desert Landing Strip. = 87 Outdoor Boxing. = 88 The Two Person Interview. = 89 Screen Direction and the Reverse Shot. = 90 A Group of People. = 92 Chapter Nine: THE STAGE AND LIGHTING HARDWARE. = 93 The Television Stage. = 93 Electricity and the Dimmer Board. = 94 Special Use Lighting Instruments. = 96 The Follow Spot. = 97 The Leco and the Cukaloris. = 98 Cutters and Gobos. = 102 Chapter Ten: SPECIAL EFFECTS, CHROMA KEY-ULTIMAT. = 103 Lightning. = 103 Day For Night. = 103 Ultimat and Chroma-Key. = 104 Chapter Eleven: LIGHTING MEASUREMENTS & COLOR CORRECTION. = 107 Measuring Light. = 107 Color Correction With Gel Material. = 108 Diffusion Material. = 108 Color Temperature; Kelvin. = 110 The "Chips." = 110 Chapter Twelve: ELEMENTARY ELECTRICITY. = 111 Watts. = 112 Amps. = 112 Volts. = 112 Chapter Thirteen: EXPERIMENTING WITH A TABLE TOP SET UP. = 113 A Drawing Board; the Stage. = 113 The Key-Light is a Pen Light. = 113 Chapter Fourteen: FURTHER READING. = 117 How To Make Good Pictures. = 117 The Film-makers Handbook. = 117 Take 22. = 117 American Film Now. = 117 INDEX = 118

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