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

by Harry Box

The Set Lighting Technician's Handbook is a friendly, hands-on manual covering the day-to-day practices, equipment, and tricks of the trade essential to the motion picture lighting technician. This handbook offers a wealth of practical technical information, simple techniques, as well as aesthetic discussions.

The Set Lighting Technician's Handbook focuses on what is important when working 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. This handy on-set reference has also been widely adopted as a training and reference manual by union training programs and top university film production programs.

New in the second
Revised and updated throughout
12 new appendices of handy reference tables
Over 180 illustrations and photographs
Lots of new topics and gadgets

Harry C. Box is a Hollywood-based gaffer and director of photography.

Genres: Film, Nonfiction, Reference, Photography, Technical

416 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1998

Reviews

[Svava Lovísa · Rating 3 out of 5]

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[Sita · Rating 3 out of 5]

I had to read this book for class. It was actually quite well written with some anecdotes thrown in to make it livelier. My aspiring DP friend practically made this book his bible and I had to prized it off his deathly grip. I just gave it 2 stars because I just use it as reference. DP friend would probably gave it a 5 since he actually carry it with him everywhere.

[Jonathan Clement · Rating 3 out of 5]

due to the way its written its not memorable but knowledge heavy great reference book

[Julius B]

lol took me forever as it’s a giant book but on spring break rn and managed to finish it all. What a fantastic read, very insightful, learned so much useful knowledge!

[Peter O'leary · Rating 5 out of 5]

If you work as a grip, electric or cinematographer this is required reading. Exhaustive reference book for equipment specs, knots, protocol and anything else you might encounter or need to know on set. Of no interest to anyone else.

[Kellista · Rating 5 out of 5]

Amazing and so useful...a must have for anyone interested in set lighting. Gives many diagrams, tricks of the trade, calculations, etc.

[sean newhouse · Rating 5 out of 5]

The bible of set lighting

[David Choo · Rating 5 out of 5]

A bible on film lighting.