11 Lighting for video cameras
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Roger Singleton-Turner
Abstract
Lighting Directors are highly skilled people and highly paid. This chapter presents a very basic introduction for the non-specialist. In order to record a pleasing picture, the readers will have to manipulate even ambient light to use it creatively. Sometimes, the best way of disguising a small, moving boom shadow might be to create a larger, static shadow, as though there is a building or tree just out of shot. The chapter relates mainly to locations and is relevant to multi-camera working when the readers are on location with an outside broadcast unit. To a camera that has been white-balanced in daylight, tungsten light tends to look orange; if the camera is balanced for tungsten, daylight tends to look blue. Some understanding of the term 'colour temperature' is essential to anyone dealing with lighting for cameras.
Abstract
Lighting Directors are highly skilled people and highly paid. This chapter presents a very basic introduction for the non-specialist. In order to record a pleasing picture, the readers will have to manipulate even ambient light to use it creatively. Sometimes, the best way of disguising a small, moving boom shadow might be to create a larger, static shadow, as though there is a building or tree just out of shot. The chapter relates mainly to locations and is relevant to multi-camera working when the readers are on location with an outside broadcast unit. To a camera that has been white-balanced in daylight, tungsten light tends to look orange; if the camera is balanced for tungsten, daylight tends to look blue. Some understanding of the term 'colour temperature' is essential to anyone dealing with lighting for cameras.
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Front matter i
- Contents v
- List of illustrations xi
- List of tables xvii
- Preface xix
- Acknowledgements xxi
- List of abbreviations xxiii
- 1 Introduction xxvii
- Part I: Safety and Good Practice 1
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PART II: INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDIO
- 2 Basics 19
- 3 Working with cameras 29
- 4 Lenses and shooting conventions 49
- 5 The studio production team 62
- 6 Technical jobs in the studio 81
- 7 Design and sets 103
- 8 The job of Script Supervisor and multi-camera paperwork 120
- 9 Camera scripts, camera cards etc. and creating them in MS Word (with a note on Autocue) 134
- 10 In the studio 160
- 11 Lighting for video cameras 172
- 12 Microphones and sound 199
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PART III: CONTENT
- 13 Interviews, discussion and chat 217
- 14 Demonstrations and movement 251
- 15 Having ideas 265
- Part IV: Applying the Principles 287
- 16 Getting it all together 293
- 17 Drama 325
- 18 Music 367
- 19 Shooting action 387
- 20 Afterword 398
- Appendix I 400
- Appendix II 408
- Select videography 412
- Bibliography and references 428
- Suggested further reading 433
- Index 434
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Front matter i
- Contents v
- List of illustrations xi
- List of tables xvii
- Preface xix
- Acknowledgements xxi
- List of abbreviations xxiii
- 1 Introduction xxvii
- Part I: Safety and Good Practice 1
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PART II: INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDIO
- 2 Basics 19
- 3 Working with cameras 29
- 4 Lenses and shooting conventions 49
- 5 The studio production team 62
- 6 Technical jobs in the studio 81
- 7 Design and sets 103
- 8 The job of Script Supervisor and multi-camera paperwork 120
- 9 Camera scripts, camera cards etc. and creating them in MS Word (with a note on Autocue) 134
- 10 In the studio 160
- 11 Lighting for video cameras 172
- 12 Microphones and sound 199
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PART III: CONTENT
- 13 Interviews, discussion and chat 217
- 14 Demonstrations and movement 251
- 15 Having ideas 265
- Part IV: Applying the Principles 287
- 16 Getting it all together 293
- 17 Drama 325
- 18 Music 367
- 19 Shooting action 387
- 20 Afterword 398
- Appendix I 400
- Appendix II 408
- Select videography 412
- Bibliography and references 428
- Suggested further reading 433
- Index 434
