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

by Harry Box

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 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.

Genres: Film, Nonfiction, Reference, Photography, Technical

592 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.