Motion Picture and Video Lighting Second Edition

Motion Picture and Video Lighting Second Edition

“Written by a professional in the field, this comprehensive book reveals inside information based on years of experience and explores the challenges faced by cinematographers, lighting directors, gaffers and grips. Whether the reader is professional or a student, this book will be a useful
reference.” - Lighting and Sound International

“…book has made the biggest impact on my career of all the resources I used to get where I am. And while I have
absorbed many, many books, tapes and met several of my heros who have helped me, I credit your book with giving me the confidence to “just do it” these last few years and reach this level. Furthermore, your book is the one book that I recommend to young, aspiring people who want to learn our craft…” - Dane Lawing, DP

User Ratings and Reviews

5 Stars Great for anyone who is ready to take video and film seriously
Book covers all the elements in lighting. I found myself ready to skip a few chapters, electricity for example, but read through the chapters. Glad I did, I learned something new in every single chapter. So don’t skip a page, no matter how skilled you may believe you are.

I did wish I had a little more detail or examples on creating and shaping light as another review suggested, or at least on the DVD. Either way, this book is a must for every anyone serious about putting out a quality video production.

Some of the images and info direction was a little clumsy, but you will figure it out as you continue to read through.

Well worth the value. I just began reading Blain Brown’s other book “Cinematography” and also loving it.

4 Stars motion picture and video lighting
I felt it was helpful, this is the first book on lighting that I am reading so I don’t have anything to compare it against. Some of the chapters I skipped reading because it was too much into the electrical side (i.e. electrical power distribution) but that may be what someone else needs to know, I just wanted a ground floor introduction on How to light for film making. The DvD was useful.

5 Stars super techy
I bought this book to learn about cinematography. It’s very well informed and up to date. It’s very techy in language so a bit hard to read. This book has all sort of resources on what industry professionals do and use on independent/studio films, commercials, and music videos. It’s a book that you can always reference if you need to know about cinematography related subjects. I got a chance to work with the author, Blain Brown, on a couple of sets and this man is very knowledgeable. Have fun making films and stay away from Hollywood because you will end up being a slave to the industry rather than making your own films.

3 Stars Mostly About Film rather than Video
There is a lot of good background information in this book, and the accompanying video DVD provides excellent examples of the technical lessons in the text. The text includes deep technical details about many things (mostly related to film, including still photography). The only criticism I have about the book is that it may be mis-titled in the respect that much of the technical discussion in this book is specifically about still photography and film, some of it applicable in many ways to motion picture film, and some of it explicitly specific to still photography. My guess is that the author’s background is mostly in film, including still portrait photography, rather than video, as the book has a very strong bias toward film and relatively less detail applicable to video.

5 Stars Great book with a very usefull DVD
It’s quite simply written..easy to understand..and even has a DVD which is most usefull..BUY IT

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