Location lighting for television
The first book of its kind to introduce the problems of location lighting for single camera operators and provide an insight into the technology and techniques required to solve those problems. The approach is of a basic and introductory nature, geared toward the student and trainee cameraman. Profe...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam ; Boston :
Focal Press
2003.
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| Edición: | 1st edition |
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009627398606719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; Location Lighting for Television; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; 1.1 Overview; 1.2 The need for lighting on location; 2. Lighting basics; 2.1 Psychology of perception; 2.2 Light units; 2.3 Inverse square law - Nature's law; 2.4 Cosine law - or you don't get something for nothing!; 2.5 Reflection of light - direct/diffuse; 2.6 Reflection of light - glare reflection; 3. Television camera basics; 3.1 The television signal; 3.2 Tonal reproduction and gamma; 3.3 Tonal reproduction, dynamic range and knee; 3.4 Camera sensors - CCD basics
- 3.5 Features of CCD processing; 4. Television optics; 4.1 Focal length; 4.2 Angle of view (horizontal); 4.3 Lens aperture (f-number or f-stop); 4.4 Depth of field; 5. Colour television; 5.1 Principles; 5.2 Camera overview; 6. Colour temperature/ND filters; 6.1 Colour temperature - defining white; 6.2 Colour temperature correction; 6.3 MIRED; 6.4 Change of camera white point; 6.5 Colour temperature measurement; 6.6 Correlated colour temperature and colour compensating filters; 6.7 Neutral density filters; 7. Camera sensitivity - how much light do we need?; 7.1 Defining sensitivity
- 7.2 Factors affecting sensitivity; 7.3 ASA rating and video cameras; 8. Light sources; 8.1 Choice of light source; 8.2 Tungsten and tungsten halogen sources; 8.3 Discharge sources - general; 8.4 Discharge sources - operating practices and safety; 8.5 Discharge sources - xenon; 8.6 Discharge sources - CDM; 8.7 Discharge sources - fluorescent sources; 9. Luminaires; 9.1 Luminaires - general; 9.2 The Fresnel spotlight or soft-edged spotlight; 9.3 Luminaire performance; 9.4 Control of beam shape; 9.5 Control of light intensity on location; 9.6 Softlights - general principles
- 9.7 Softlights - bounce; 9.8 Use of diffusion; 9.9 Softlights in practice; 9.10 Softlights - specials; 9.11 Open-faced Iuminaires; 9.12 Hard-edged projectors; 9.13 Broad sources/cyclorama units and ground rows; 9.14 PAR lights; 9.15 Scrollers and dowsers; 9.16 Special lights - Dedolight; 9.17 Fluorescent luminaires (coldlights); 9.18 On-camera and battery lighting; 9.19 Specials; 9.20 Moving lights - intelligent lights; 10. Dimmers on location; 10.1 Dimmers; 10.2 Dimmer law; 10.3 Control of dimmers - DMX/512 (Digital Multiplex/512); 11. Lighting grip equipment; 11.1 Basics
- 11.2 Stand accessories; 11.3 Super-clamps and telescopic poles; 11.4 Clamps; 11.5 Scaffolding, trussing and scissor lifts; 12. Electrical essentials; 12.1 Electrical mains supplies - basics; 12.2 Installations; 12.3 Electrical safety; 12.4 Use of generator; 13. Safety; 14. Basic lighting on location; 14.1 Basic lighting kit; 14.2 Effect of light - not just illumination!; 14.3 Basic portraiture - 'creating a good likeness'; 14.4 Keylight - practicalities; 14.5 Fill-light, fill or filler; 14.6 Control of light - use of inverse square law; 14.7 The backlight; 14.8 Background light; 14.9 Kicker; 14.10 Lighting the offset presenter
