CHAPTER 8 ESSENTIALS
Lighting for film is an art and a science, creating the illusion of three-dimensional space on a flat screen.-
Exposure is governed by luminance, light intensity, the right exposure index, and the latitude of your image-capture medium—as well as your creative choice about the best f-stop.
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White light comes in two varieties: sunlight, which has a color temperature of 5500 K, and indoor light, which has a color temperature of 3200 K. When you set your white balance, you ensure that what you see as white light will look white on-screen and that the colors will be accurate.
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As a cinematographer, you have many lighting tools to choose from, whether you are outdoors or indoors, as well as different media to change or modify the lighting result.
KEY TERMS
| Barn doors |
Exposure |
Luminance |
| Baselight |
Exposure index (EI) |
Lux |
| Boom arms |
Falloff |
Reflected-light meters |
| Color |
Filters |
Reflectors |
| Colored gels |
Floodlights |
Safety chain |
| Color temperature |
Foot-candle |
Softlights |
| Contrast |
Fresnel spotlight |
Spot meter |
| Cookies |
Incident-light meter |
Tungsten lamps |
| Diffused lighting |
Latitude |
Vectorscope |
| Diffusion materials |
Light meter |
White balance |
| Directional lighting |
Light stands |
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