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This program focus on lighting and how a cinematographer and lighting engineer work together to showcase what is put before the camera. Lighting is a crucial component to filmmaking because it enables the director to say, Look here, not there, or to light up an entire scene so we can peruse what's in the film's frame. Without light we are left with this 'LIGHTS OFF' nothing. We need light to see the film and we need lighting engineers to handle and control the lighting so the director can attain the look they want. Quite often what makes an average production exceptional is the lighting. This program discusses what tools are used to create different lighting set-ups and uses a number of examples to illustrate how this important element is decided. Lighting design falls into two categories, High-Key lighting and Low-Key lighting. High-Key lighting provides relatively bright, even illumination of the film frame or scene, the kind the director and producer of a big-scale musical productions may choose to showcase 60 dancers and 20 chorus singers and their elaborate costumes. Low-key lighting is focused lighting with strong contrast. Low-key lighting creates fast fall-off, which means that the image goes from light to dark very quickly, falling off into shadows or darkness. Low-key lighting works well in horror films, or any film in which a director wishes to create suspense or keep you guessing what is in the dark, inky shadows on the outskirts of the frame. This program discusses the following films and the lighting of each Royal Wedding (musical) the scene is brightly lit throughout in both, wide and medium shots. Night of the Living Dead (horror) to enhance the suspense, the lighting creates shadows which heighten the mystery. Flying Deuces (comedy) like a musical, relies on a high-key lighting set-up, eliminating almost all shadows.
This program gives you tips on setting up a studio, how to cleverly light products, how to light car interiors, ways to get over the challenge of lighting at night, and how to hide your fixtures when shooting a wide shot. Using this knowledge, you should be able to light scenes that look as good as those in the movies! Lighting controls the way we see the world. It can also cause the difference between a great looking image and a mediocre one. Teaches: Setting up a Studio, Studio Lighting, Product Lighting, Lighting Car Interiors, Lighting Night Scenes, Lighting Wide Shots.
Teaches advanced tricks on the best way to work with light and shadow in your production. As an extra bonus, this disc has some of our best associated articles for viewing this DVD on a computer.
Teaches:
~ An Overview of Video Lighting Equipment
~ Cheap Video Lighting Solutions
~ Three-point Lighting
~ Video Lighting Safety Tips
~ On-camera Video Lights
~ Casting Shadow with Cookies
~ Green Screen Lighting
~ Mood Lighting Effects
~ Specialty Lighting Tricks
Focuses on Gels and Lighting Modifiers with Joel Svendsen from Rosco Gels. Pro crew rely on color gels for correcting instruments or creating a mood. But it's complex. Which type of gel do you use? How much color temperature correction is necessary? Do you match an HMI instrument with the window or the other tungsten instruments? How does gelling an instrument differ from Digital HD to Film? How do you safely use gels? What options are there in color and and mood? Both Straw and Amber gels cause a mathematical warming shift in the color temperature, so why are there two different types?
Teaches: Correction Gels, Film vs. Video Intensities, Color Effect Gels, Modifiers for Stage Lights, Daylight Balance Gels, Tungsten Balance Gels and much more.
10 complete sections devoted to Pro lighting. Matching your lighting to fire-light, Christmas lights, uncorrected fluorescents, flashlights, candles with light and dark skin tones, work lamps, window lights, office interview, lighting chrome weapons, keying and groups of actors at a card table scene. When you finish the last DVD of this series you will never watch movies the same way again, knowing that the "Natural Sunset" light inside an apartment is actually tungsten light off a gold reflector and that there is a reason why directors move the actors in specific axes.
Focuses on Pedestals, Jibs, and Camera Lights with David Butler from Ste-Man (Cartoni and PAG). Dollies get you closer to the subject in a more dynamic smooth manner. But a jib maintains that movement vertically when you need to rise up with an actor getting out of a chair or car, or going upstairs. Learn about jibs, axes of motion and use techniques. Teaches use of on-camera battery operated lights in low interior illumination situations when you can't raise ambient light level or use studio lights. Learn filter accessories and battery systems and chemistries to match. Covers the ease of use of a studio pedestal with a vertical pneumatic lift. Learn bleeding excess pressure, maneuvering and operation. In an underwater or part water shot, learn how to use an underwater bag. Finally, with the use of body-mounted camera support offering a full range of motion when you don't need or can't afford a full steadicam, learn how to mount and operate the popular PAG Orbitor body mounted system.
Teaches: Studio Pedestals, Compact Jibs, On-Camera Lights, Dichroic Filters, Diffusing Eye-Lights, 3-Wheel Dollies, Battery Chemistry, Underwater Bags, Body mounted systems and much more.
The Essential Guide to Lighting for Video. Join the experts as they examine the lighting techniques that will help turn your ideas into top quality, professional productions. Teaches: light theory, tools and terms of lighting, studio lighting, indoor/daytime light, outdoor/nighttimelight.
Ideal for college & high school design/production classes as well as introduction and appreciation courses.This new release clearly illustrates the creative process of 'conducting light' to the stage within the confines of limited space and budget. What does a stage lighting designer actually do? This "Experts in Action" program follows professional lighting designer David Lee Cuthbert through his design process from initial ideas to the final production at the award winning Sledgehammer Theatre in San Diego.
This program examines the craft of correcting the many different colors of light as it relates to shooting film and video. You'll see how to use color correction gels & filters to make your location lighting look its best. Learn to gel windows quickly, color correct for fluorescent and mercury vapor lights & much more.
Every shot has a background & too often the importance of backgrounds is overlooked. This program provides detailed lighting diagrams & dozens of images to demonstrate just how important background lighting can be. See the tools & techniques used to light both interior, exterior locations & studio sets. Light control techniques and background treatments are explored in depth.
A comprehensive look at the art of lighting people. Teaches how to control the size, distance & position of your light source, contrast control & ratios and how to use hard & soft light. Also teaches how to eliminate unwanted shadows, simple techniques for lighting different skin tones & how to light for baldness. Discover which type of lighting instruments will give you the look you want.
Lighting Interviews provides detailed information for lighting a variety of interviews, ranging from single-camera news & location set-ups to multi-camera studio programs. Learn to improve your ENG lighting, understand HMI (daylight balanced) lighting and discover how to make your studio interviews look their best.
This program follows the cinematographer through an interview shoot as he demonstrates a variety of options for creating a distinctive look with limited equipment. This is lighting you can do from the back of a van.
PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS: These programs follow a small crew through a location interview shoot, as they plan their strategy and solve dozens of typical field production problems. Clear dramatizations, humor and 3D animation make each point vivid and memorable.
This program was created for students in introductory and intermediate video courses and focuses on the properties of light and how to avoid potential lighting problems.
Created for students in introductory and intermediate video courses, this program focuses on building on the information from Lighting I and focuses on lighting instruments and technique.
Teach basic stage lighting without hauling tons of gear into the classroom. Host Michael Lamirand, Theater Director at Ball State University, examines common types of lighting units, reviews light boards and accessories, provides basic principles of electricity and shows how to lay out and read a light plot. Tricks and techniques are divulged which are used to achieve extremely difficult effects while maximizing the number of takes each day.
Ideal for video field production, film and photography courses. This fast-paced program covers the importance of light for quality images in any medium. Includes dozens of creative tips for using natural light, existing interior light, standard lighting fixtures and professional lighting equipment. Also covers the use of gels, reflectors, filters, and other tools to create interesting images and programs.
Interactively explore the world of theatrical lighting technology in this CD that teaches all about the basics and more! Learn at your own pace about the physics of light, how electricity works, how different lighting instruments are used to manipulate light, how to safely use electricity and even how to troubleshoot problems in your lighting system.
These DVDs are providing vital and accessiblestep-by-step education where often little or none exists.
Within two TV-quality programmes, Graham invites the viewer to join him as he goes through the process of how to light a show, illustrating methods, tips and tricks along the way.
The programmes show demonstrations of equipment and practices and are illustrated throughout with clear computer graphic illustrations and crib charts.
~ The purpose of lighting
~ Identifying the style and limitations
~ Creative Resources
~ Experimenting with scale models
~ The lighting designer's role in the production team
~ Assessing the set
~ Creating the section, acting area and blob plans
~ Colour - misconceptions and the effect on skin and pigment using dimming
~ Types of lights in use
~ A clear demonstration of spots, floods and fresnels
~ Gobos and diffusion
~ Rehearsals
~ A visit to the Theatre
~ Drawing up the final plan
These DVDs are providing vital and accessiblestep-by-step education where often little or none exists.
Within two TV-quality programmes, Graham invites the viewer to join him as he goes through the process of how to light a show, illustrating methods, tips and tricks along the way.
The programmes show demonstrations of equipment and practices and are illustrated throughout with clear computer graphic illustrations and crib charts.
~ Assessing the space
~ Meeting the chief electrician
~ Rigging and Focussing lanterns
~ Flashing through and creating the 'cheat sheet'
~ Types of plotting sessions
~ Manual and memory systems
~ Dimmer levels and their intensity
~ Demo plotting session
~ Plotting - Useful techniques
~ Use of the follow spot
~ The use of practicals on stage
~ Lighting projections
~ Split colour, gauze, smoke, effects wheels