Set Lighting Technician's Handbook, Third Edition: Film Lighting Equipment, Practice, and Electrical Distribution

Set Lighting Technician's Handbook, Third Edition: Film Lighting Equipment, Practice, and Electrical Distribution
by Harry Box

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Author: Harry Box
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2003-03-31
ISBN: 0240804953
Number of pages: 556
Publisher: Focal Press

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Book Review: Great for those already in the industry
Summary: 4 Stars

This book is great for those people already involved in the industry who want to really refine their skills and get to know in DETAIL all of the different lights and their uses on the day of shooting. I don't think this a really good book for beginner's because a lot of information is thrown at you at once. Box, goes in-depth with his explanantions and I found myself getting bored when reading about all the different lights and such. Even in the language that Box uses to explain certain terms, I found other terms within those explanations that needed explaining as well. It's not really a production style book, more a gaffer's book, hence SET LIGHTING TECHNICIAN'S guide...

But, all in all this guy knows his stuff and can definitely be trusted when it comes to his knowledge of lighting.

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Summary of Set Lighting Technician's Handbook, Third Edition: Film Lighting Equipment, Practice, and Electrical Distribution

Comprehensive. Detailed. Practical. Set Lighting Technician's Handbook, Third Edition is a friendly, hands-on manual covering the day-to-day practices, equipment, and tricks of the trade essential to anyone doing motion picture lighting. This handbook offers a wealth of practical technical information, useful techniques, as well as aesthetic discussions.

The Set Lighting Technician's Handbook focuses on what is important when working on-set: trouble-shooting, teamwork, set protocol, and safety. It describes tricks and techniques for operating a vast array of lighting equipment including xenons, camera synchronous strobes, black lights, underwater units, lighting effects units, and many others. Since its first edition, this handy on-set reference continues to be widely adopted as a training and reference manual by union training programs as well as top university film production programs. New in the third edition is an expanded resource section, new illustrations and tables, and coverage of new lighting products and techniques for how to use them.

Expanded resources section: websites, unions, chat groups, bulletin boards, etc, plus new illustrations and tables
More advanced, concise, and comprehensive than ever
Coverage of new lighting products and techniques to help you use them

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