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David Landau teaches lighting and cinematography at Fairleigh Dickinson University, USA, where he also created the Cinematography track of study and received a Teacher of the Year Award from the University Film &Video Association. He has won six Telly Awards and a Cindy Award for his lighting and cinematography.

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An updated version of the how-to book on the art, craft, and practice of lighting for film and video for students and filmmakers that want to improve their lighting.

We can't shoot good pictures without good lighting, no matter how good the newest cameras are. Shooting under available light gives exposure, but lacks depth, contrast, contour, atmosphere, and often separation. The story could be the greatest in the world, but if the lighting is poor, viewers will assume it's amateurish and not take it seriously. Good lighting makes things look real, while real lighting often makes things look fake.

This book helps the reader create lighting that supports the emotional moment of the scene, contributes to the atmosphere of the story and can augment an artistic style. Well-crafted lighting helps establish the illusion of reality that is necessary for the viewer to forget they are watching a screen and get lost in the story. So, no matter how good a script, how good a director, how good the actors - the lighting needs to be as good, if not better.

This book is a practical hands-on lighting text for anyone who wants to learn to improve their lighting for video or film, based on the college lighting class that the author has taught for ten years, as well as his extensive professional work in the industry as a DP, Lighting Director, and union gaffer.

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Acknowledgements

Introduction: No Matter How Good a Camera Is, Good Lighting is What Sells the Picture

1. The Magic of Light: What Lighting Does and What We Can Do With It
2. Who and What Makes Light?: The Lighting Crew, Lighting Units, Basic Electricity
3. Lighting the Subject: Motivation and Three-Point Lighting
4. Light the Shot, Not Just the Subject: More than Three Lights, Three Plains of Lighting
5. Common Practical Lighting Set-Ups: Cross Key, Chicken Coop, China Ball, Bathrooms
6. Lighting for Movement: Subject and Camera, Ambient Soft Lighting
7. Dealing with Daylight 1: Shooting Exteriors
8. Dealing with Daylight 2: Working with Windows
9. Night Light: Lighting Night Exteriors & Interiors
10. Working with Color: Using Color for Mood, Gels
11. Light the Scene, Not Just the Shot: High Key/Low Key, Contrast Ratios, Chiaroscuro, Rembrandt, Butterfly, Selecting Exposure
12. Special Lighting Considerations & Effects: Fire, Water, Rain, Fog, Lightening, Poor Man's Process Shot, Green Screen, etc.
13. Lighting Non-fiction: Interview, Corporate, News Magazine, Documentary, Reality, Product Shots
14. Lighting for More than One Camera
15. Inspiration and Lighting Looks

Appendix 1: Advice from the Field: Interviews with Cinematographers and Gaffers
Appendix 2: Resources: Apps, Magazines, Books, Websites, Lighting Equipment Manufacturers
Appendix 3: Glossary
Index