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Comprehensive Guide to Motion Picture and Video Lighting Techniques, 2nd Edition

"Motion Picture & Video Lighting" by Blain Brown offers an extensive exploration of lighting in film and video, covering its history, techniques, and technologies. The second edition delves into advancements from tungsten lighting to modern LED sources. Learn about lighting fundamentals, scene lighting specifics, exposure theory, and color control to achieve professional results. Essential for filmmakers, videographers, and lighting technicians, this guide serves as a crucial resource for mastering the art of visual storytelling through effective lighting design.

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Comprehensive Guide to Motion Picture and Video Lighting Techniques, 2nd Edition

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  1. Text Outline Motion Picture & Video Lighting, 2nd Edition By Blain Brown Focal Press 2008

  2. 1 The History of Lighting • Controllable Light • Early Film Production • Introduction of Tungsten Lighting • The Technicolor Era • HMI, Xenon, Fluorescent, and LED Sources • Kino Flo and LED

  3. 2 Lighting Sources • Fresnels • Tungsten Fresnels • The 10K and 20K • The 5K • Juniors • 1K • 650, Betweenie and inBetweenie • Inkie

  4. HMI Units • 12K and 18K • 6K and 8K • 4K and 2.5K • Smaller HMIs • When an HMI Fails to Fire • Xenons • Brute Arc

  5. Open-Face Lights • Skypan • 2K Open Face • 1000-/600-/650-Watt Open Face • PAR 64 • PAR Groups • Dino, Moleeno, and Wendy • Maxibrute • FAYs • Ruby 7 • HMI PARs

  6. Soft Lights • Studio Softs (8K, 4K, and 1K) • Cone Lights • Space Lighs • Fluorescent Rigs • Color-Correct Fluorescent Units • Color-Correct Bulbs • Cycs, Strips, Nooks, and Broads

  7. Miscellaneous • Chinese Lanterns • Crane-Mounted Lights • Source Fours • Sunguns • Softboxes • Jokers • LED Panels • Dedo Lights • Balloon Lights • Barger Baglight • Scrime and Barndoors • Spacelights and Chicken Coops

  8. 3 Fundamentals of Lighting p 35 • What Do We Expect Lighting to Do for Us? • Mood and Tone • Full Range of Tones • Color Control and Color Balance • Adding Shape, Depth, and Dimension to a Scene • Shape • Separation • Depth • Texture • Exposure • Directing the Eye

  9. The Lighting Process • The Process • What Are the Requirements? • What Tools Do You Have? • What’s the Schedule? • What Are the Opportunities? • How to Be Fast • Lighting Fundamental • The Basic Elements • Quality of Light • Hard/Soft

  10. Other Qualities of Light • Direction Relative to Subject • Altitude • High Key/Low Key (Fill Ratio) • Specular/Ambient • Relative Size of Radiating Source and Lens • Modulation/Texture • Movement • Subject/Texture

  11. 4 Basic Scene Lighting p 58 • Medieval Knights Around a Campfire • The Plan • Flicker Effect • Group Scene with Fire • Science Fiction Scene • Film Noir Scene • Aces and Eights • Detective Scene • Young Inventor

  12. Miscellaneous Scenes • Potter • Beauty Shot • Pool Room • Pool Room CU • Intimate Room Scene • Black Cross Keys (Sitcom Lighting) • Reality Show Set • In or Out

  13. Day Exterior • From Under the Floor • Ambient from Above • Confessions: Training Scene • Confessions of a Dangerous Mind: Alley • Creating an Exterior in the Studio • X-Men Plastic Prison • Stage Rigging • Large Night Exterior • Complex Stage Set

  14. 5 Lighting HD, DV, & SD Video p 86 • The Video Engineer and DIT • The Waveform Monitor • The Vectorscope • Iris Control • Electronic Pushing • White Balance • Transferring Film to Video • Lighting for Multiple Cameras

  15. Monitor Setup • Monitor Setup Procedure • The PLUGE • Camera White Balance • Establishing a Baseline • The Test Chart

  16. 6 Exposure Theory p 99 • The Bucket • F/Stop • Exposure, ISO, and LightingRelationships • Lighting Source Distance • ISO/ASA Speeds • Chemistry of Film • Film’s Response to Light • The Latent Image

  17. Chemical Processing • Color Negative • Additive vs. Subtractive Color • The H&D Curve • The Log E Axis • What is a Log? • Brightness Perception • Contrast • “Correct” Exposure • Brightness Range in a Scene

  18. Determining Exposure • The Tools • The Incident Meter • The Reflectance Meter • The Zone System • Zones in a Scene • The Grayscale • Why 18%? • Place and Fall • Reading Exposure with Ultraviolet • The Shutter

  19. 7 Theory & Control of Color p 128 • The Nature of Light • Color Perception • The Tristimulus Theory • The Purkinje Effect and Movie Moonlight • Light and Color • Additive and Subtractive Color • Qualities of Light • Hue • Value • Chroma • Color Temperature

  20. The Color Wheel • Color Mixing • Film and Video Colorspace • Color Harmonies and Interaction of Color • Interaction of Color and Visual Phenomena • The Laws of Simultaneous Contrast • Metamerism • The CIE Color System • Standard Light Sources in CIE • Digital and Electronic Color • Control of Color • What is White? • Color Temperature • Color Meters

  21. Color Balance of Film • Color Balance with Camera Filters • Conversion Filters • Light-Balancing Filters • Correcting Color Balance • CTO • Tungsten to Daylight • Fluorescent Lighting • Correcting Off-Color Lights • Arcs • HMI • Industrial Lamps • Stylistic Choices in Color Control

  22. 8 Electricity p 149 • Measurement of Electricity • Potential • Paper Amps • Electrical Supply Systems • Three-Phase • Single-Phase • Power Sources • Stage Service • Generators • Generator Operation • Tie-ins • Tie-in Safety

  23. Determining KVA • Wall Plugging • Batteries • Battery Capacity • Lead Acid • Heavy Antimony • Nicads • Li-Ion and NiMh • Load Calculation and Paper Amps • Ampacity • Color Coding

  24. The Neutral • Distribution Equipment • Tie-ins • Busbar Lugs • Connectors • Bullswitches • Feeder Cable • Wire Types • Distribution Boxes • Lunch Boxes, Snake Bites, Gangboxers, and Four-Ways • Extensions • Planning a Distribution System

  25. Working with AC and DC • Calculating Voltage Drop • VCR • Electrical Safety • Wet Work • HMI Safety • Grounding Safety

  26. 9 Gripology p 173 • Light Controls • Reflectors • Operating Reflectors • Flags and Cutters • Flag Tricks • Nets • Net Tricks • Cuculoris • Diffusers • Butterflies and Overheads • Griffs

  27. Holding • Grip Heads • Clamps • Studded C-Clamps • Miscellaneous

  28. 10 The Team & Set Operations p 190 • The DP • The Team • The Gaffer • The Best Boy • Third Electric and Electricians • The Key Grip • Grips

  29. Other Crews • Set Operations • The Process • Rough-in • Blocking • Light • Rehearsal • Shooting • Procedures

  30. 11 Lamps & Sockets p 203 • Types of Radiating Sources • Carbon Arc • Tungsten • Tungsten-Halogen • Enclosed Arc: HMI • Household and Practical Bulbs • Practical Bulbs • Fluorescent Tubes • Dichroics

  31. 12 Technical Issues p 213 • Shooting with HMI Units • The Power Supply • Flicker-Free HMIs • Dimmers • Dimmer Systems on the Set • Working with Strobes • Strobe Exposure • Exposure for Macrophotography • Depth-of-Field in Closeup Work • Lighting for Extreme Closeups • Underwater Filming

  32. Effects • Rain • Smoke • Fire • TV and Projector Effects • Day-for-Night • Moonlight Effects • Water Effects • Lightning

  33. Using Daylight • Lighting for Process Photography • Chroma Key • Greenscreen • Lighting for Process Photography • Greenscreen/Bluescreen Tips

  34. Appendix p 232 • Brute Arc Operation • International Plug and Socket Types • Building Your Own Hand Squeezer • Typical Lighting Order for a Small Independent Film • Lighting Order for a Large Studio Film

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