Motion Picture and Video Lighting

by Blain Brown

Motion Picture and Video Lighting, Second Edition, is the indispensable guide to film and video lighting. Written by the author of the industry bible Cinematography, this book explores technical, aesthetic, and practical aspects of lighting for film and video. It will show you not only how to light, but why. Written by an experienced professional, this comprehensive book explores light and color theory; equipment, and techniques to make every scene look its best.

Now in full color, Motion Picture and Video Lighting is heavily illustrated with photos and diagrams throughout.

This new edition also includes the ultimate 'behind the scenes' DVD that takes you directly on a professional shoot and demonstrates technical procedures and equipment. In addition, 20 video clips include lighting demonstrations, technical tests, fundamentals of lighting demos, and short scenes illustrating different styles of lighting.

* The definitive book on film and video lighting
* Now in full color, with hundreds of illustrations and diagrams
* NEW ultimate DVD including "behind-the-scenes" video, lighting demonstrations, technical tests, fundamentals of lighting demos and so much more

Genres: Film, Nonfiction, Textbooks, Photography, School

210 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 1992

Reviews

[Patrick]

This is a good overview of lighting and cinematography, and, as one would expect, goes into more detail about the technical aspects of lighting than other cinematography books. As with Brown's Cinematography book, however, this volume could use a good editor. Too often material is repeated, perhaps with some slight variation, on different pages within a chapter, or one topic is split up over several pages with unrelated material in between (for example, "White Balance" is discussed on page 92, followed by sections on "Transferring Film to Video", "Lighting for Multiple Cameras", and "Monitor Setup", and then "Camera White Balance", which reintroduces the topic and adds a little information with regard to filters, but basically repeats what had been said earlier.)

[Rob]

Solid introduction to lighting for motion picture and video. The book covers the fundamentals of lighting, explains and describes basic equipment, and how to light for different effects. This book was great supplemental information for a semester-long lighting course.

[Łukasz Rudy]

Na duze produkcje i troche nieaktualna, czytac dla ciekawosci

[Ramesh]

great book to read to learn the nuances of lighting

[Sandesh N]

I'm interested in this book because I feel this book will help me improve my knowledge and skills

[Kate]

Niewiele jest książek o świetle w filmie. Tym bardziej niewiele w języku polskim. Dlatego bardzo boli fakt, iż tłumaczenie polskiej wersji pozostawia bardzo wieeele do życzenia [wydanie 1]. Nie miałam niestety możliwości przeczytać oryginału - Motion Picture and Video Lighting, ale zakładam, że wysokie oceny tej książki nie wzięły się znikąd. Poza literówkami i niekiedy błędnymi podpisami zdjeć [zdjęcie przedstawia co innego, podpis jest o czymś innym] jest też sporo błędów merytorycznych. A przecież wystarczyłoby zaprosić do współpracy dobrego mistrza oświetlenia, by pomógł rozwiać wątpliwości. Powyższy opis tyczy się wydania pierwszego książki. Być może w kolejnych wydaniach, błędy zostały usunięte. Tego już nie śledziłam.

Natomiast sama książka, jest dobra jako wstęp do wiedzy o świetle w kwestiach technicznych. Rodzaje lamp, moce, podłączenia. Oczywiście wszystko to z czasem i technologią się zmienia, dlatego książkę warto by odnawiać co kilka lat i dokładać nowości, które nie zostały ujęte w bieżącym wydaniu.

Ocena 2/5 dotyczy całokształtu polskiego wydania, dlatego dużo punktów na minus za błędy merytoryczne, które są kwintesencją tego zawodu. Czy możemy sobie wyobrazić błędy merytoryczne w literaturze medycznej?

[Morgan McGuire]

An accessible and straightforward discussion of all of the fundamentals of lighting, with emphasis on studio lighting. It is as relevant for the still photographer as for video. I chose this as the lighting textbook for my cinematography course.

It is time for a new edition. The second edition of this classic just squeaked into the digital age, and while a lot has stayed the same about lighting, a lot has also changed in lighting technology and digital capture. RED cameras, high-end DSLR video, VR, modern stereo 3D, LED lights, HDR and 4k displays, lighting for green screen, and recent prosumer tech all would be welcome topics for the 3rd edition.

[Jon Schiefer]

This is not for those who are idly wondering what it takes to light a scene. It's nearly a doctoral thesis on light and lighting.