Chapter 10 (12th ed.)

Chapter 11 (11th ed.)

LIGHTING

Small opportunities are

often the beginning of

great enterprises.

Demosthenes

Chapter 10 (12th ed.)

Chapter 11 (11th ed.)

LIGHTING

I. Objectives Of Television

Lighting*

A. To Fulfill Technical

Requirements

B. To Provide a Three-

Dimensional Perspective

C. To Direct Attention to

Important Elements

D. To Establish the Mood

E. To Fix the Time

F. To Contribute to Aesthetic

Composition

II. Studio Lighting Instruments

A. Spotlights

1. Fresnel spotlight

2. Ellipsoidal spotlight

a. cucoloris (cookie*

or kook*)

b. gobo*

3. Follow spot*

4. Lensless*

B. Floodlights

1. Scoop

2. Softlight and broad

a. softlight

b. broad (pans)

3. Fluorescent floodlight

bank

4. Strip, or cyc, light

III. Field Lighting Instruments

A. Portable Spotlights

1. Spotlights with lenses

2. Open-face spotlights

3. Internal reflector spot

B. Portable Floodlights

1. V-light

2. Soft-box

3. Chinese lantern

4. Portable fluorescent

bank

5. LED light

C. Diffusing Portable Spotlights

1. Bouncing the light

2. Attaching a scrim

3. Using a diffusion umbrella

4. Attaching a soft-box

D. Camera Lights

IV. Lighting Control Equipment

A. Mounting Devices

1. Pipe grid and counterweight batten

2. C-clamp

3. Sliding rod and pantograph

4. Floor stands

B. Directional Controls

1. Barn doors

2. Flags

3. Reflectors

C. Intensity Controls: Instrument Size,

Distance, and Beam

1. Instrument size

2. Distance (inverse square law*)

3. Beam

4. Diffusers (scrims, frosted gels,

screens)*

D. Basic Principle of Electronic Dimmers

1. Manual dimmers

2. Computerized dimmers

3. Patchboard

V. Light Intensity

A. Foot-candles and Lux

B. Incident light

C. Reflected light

D. Instrument of measurement*

VI. Calculating Light Intensity

(Inverse Square Law)

VII. Operating Light Level: Baselight

A. Baselight Levels

1. Not enough baselight

2. Too much baselight

B. Color Temperature and White-Balancing

1. Color Temperature (Kelvin scale)

2. White-Balancing

a. matching light sources

b. how to white-balance

VIII. Types of Lamps

A. Incandescent

B. Quartz or Tungsten-Halogen*

C. Fluorescent

D. HMI

E. LED

F. Sunlight*

1. Sunny day*

2. Cloudy day*

IX. Color Media

A. How to Use Color Media

B. Mixing Color Gels