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Lighting for Digital Video and Television
Digital video students and enthusiasts must learn lighting fundamentals and techniques to enhance the visual quality of their work. Moreover, since lighting specifications for digital video differ significantly from those for analog video or film, professional videographers and cinematographers must learn how to adapt their lighting skills for this new digital medium to ensure that the final product meets broadcast standards.
This complete course in digital video and television lighting begins with how the human eye and the camera process light and color, progresses through the basics of equipment and setups, and culminates with practical lessons on how to solve common problems. It features clear illustrations and real-world examples that demonstrate proper equipment use, safety issues, and staging techniques. Detailed diagrams, figures, and photos illustrate techniques that enable novices to complete basic lighting setups. This new edition also features a 16-page color insert and new chapters on interview setups and lighting for low budgets.
This complete course in digital video and television lighting begins with how the human eye and the camera process light and color, progresses through the basics of equipment and setups, and culminates with practical lessons on how to solve common problems. It features clear illustrations and real-world examples that demonstrate proper equipment use, safety issues, and staging techniques. Detailed diagrams, figures, and photos illustrate techniques that enable novices to complete basic lighting setups. This new edition also features a 16-page color insert and new chapters on interview setups and lighting for low budgets.
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278 pages, Paperback
First published June 30, 2002
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About the author
John Jackman
4 books1 followerJohn Jackman is an award-winning independent director and producer who has been involved in dramatic and video production since the mid-seventies. Widely regarded as an authority on digital production techniques, John has been a contributing editor to DV Magazine, and has taught workshops for NAB, the American Film Institute (AFI), Digital Video Expo, the Library of Congress, along with various film schools, colleges, and university programs.
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December 22, 2022
Great ideas if you are into exposure
When you are in business, you will want to cut through the fluff and get a more technical reference such as this book. I look for a technical book for any discipline I am interested in. "Lighting for Digital Video and Television" was meant to be practical. I use it however as a supplement to "Making Movies Work: Thinking Like a Filmmaker". It is also useful as a supplement to AutoCAD when you are rendering a three-dimensional object or making a walkthrough of an AutoCAD virtual structure. I have just recently started to dabble with Screen Plays. My first is a monster movie called "Chicken of the Sea" I am looking forward to adding lighting to the script.
When you are in business, you will want to cut through the fluff and get a more technical reference such as this book. I look for a technical book for any discipline I am interested in. "Lighting for Digital Video and Television" was meant to be practical. I use it however as a supplement to "Making Movies Work: Thinking Like a Filmmaker". It is also useful as a supplement to AutoCAD when you are rendering a three-dimensional object or making a walkthrough of an AutoCAD virtual structure. I have just recently started to dabble with Screen Plays. My first is a monster movie called "Chicken of the Sea" I am looking forward to adding lighting to the script.
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