Lighting for TV and Film

Cover
 Lighting for Television and Film
 Title Page
 Copyright Page
 Table of Contents
 Preface to the Third Edition
 Acknowledgements
 1 An introduction
 Why bother?
 Why do we need lighting techniques?
 What can lighting do?
 What is bad lighting?
 Learning to light
 2 The nature of light
 What is light?
 White light
 Light and shade
 Light intensity
 Surface brightness
 Gray scale (achromatic values)
 Tonal contrast and tonal gradation
 Contrast range/subject brightness range
 Tonal range and pictorial effect
 Tonal values and picture impact
 Detail
 Color
 Assessing color
 Color mixtures. Color effectColor specification
 Tristimulus primaries
 CIE chromaticity diagram
 White light and color balance
 Color filters
 Polarization
 3 The eye and perception
 The eye and the camera
 The camera always lies!
 The effect of the frame
 The critical eye
 The eye
 Brightness adaptation
 Color adaptation
 Constancy phenomena
 Color assessment
 Color and depth
 Color and detail
 Color and distance
 Color attraction
 Color harmony
 Color memory
 Color associations
 4 The principles of lighting
 Perception and selection
 The way ahead
 Light quality
 Hard light
 Texture
 Soft light. Light directionThe lighting angle is important
 Classifying direction
 From the camera's viewpoint
 Frontal lighting
 Angling the lamp
 Side light and edge lighting
 Back light
 Lamp height
 Basic lighting principles
 Lighting a flat surface
 Three-point lighting
 The key light
 Fill light (filler)
 Diffuse lighting
 Back light
 Lighting balance
 Summarizing
 Shadows
 Shadow density
 Lighting opportunities
 What is the aim?
 Assessing the subject
 Directing attention
 Lighting and composition
 Visual continuity
 Technical limitations
 Lamp functions
 Distorting reality. Lighting common materials5 Lighting people
 'Bad' lighting
 Styles of portraiture
 The 'ideal' portrait
 Lighting faces
 Begin by lighting yourself
 Lighting zones
 Classifying light directions
 The basic effects of lamp positions
 Fill light in portraiture
 Back light
 The realities of portraiture
 Portraiture dynamics
 Types of portraiture
 Corrective lighting
 Pitfalls in portrait lighting
 General maxims
 Lighting groups
 Two people
 Three people
 Panel group
 Large groups
 Lighting action
 The problem of movement
 6 The production process
 The hybrid arts
 Shooting conditions. Basic film mechanicsThe Lighting Cameraman
 Preliminary planning
 Lighting methods
 Shooting methods
 Retakes
 Discontinuous shooting
 Checking results
 Continuity problems
 Restrictions and opportunities
 Basic television mechanics
 The background of television production
 The Lighting Director
 Production planning
 What is going to happen?
 The realities of planning
 Planning approaches
 Regular planning
 Production planning meeting
 Lighting preliminaries
 Pre-rehearsal/outside rehearsal
 Check out the facilities
 Cogitation!
 Lighting approaches
 Systematic lighting.