David Landau has over thirty years of professional lighting experience working on feature films, TV shows, sit-coms, game shows, commercials, documentaries, industrial films, music videos and direct-to-consumer DVDs. Landau teaches lighting and cinematography at Fairleigh Dickinson University, US, where he also created the Cinematography track of study, but continues to work in the lighting industry, shooting low budget features and corporate videos, designing lights for theatre and working as one of the gaffers on the TV series Project Runway. A five-time Telly Award winner for lighting and cinematography, Landau is a member of IATSE Local 52, the University Film & Video Association and Media Communications Association International.

It's dense, detailed, thoughtful, simply written and highly educational. Lighting for Cinematography: A Practical Guide to the Art and Craft of Lighting for the Moving Image might have been created as a practicum for a 14-week course in cinematography, but David Landau's study of the art and craft of lighting has something for everyone, from the neophyte to the veteran.

• ContentsAcknowledgementsIntroduction: No matter how good a camera, good lighting is what sells the pictureChapter 1: The Magic of Light – What lighting does for the image and what light is.Chapter 2: Who and What Makes Light- the lighting crew, lighting units, basic electricityChapter 3: Lighting the Subject - motivated and three point lightingChapter 4: Light the shot, not just the subject – three plains of lightingChapter 5: Common Practical Lighting Set-ups - cross key, chicken coop, china ball, bathroomsChapter 6: Lighting for Movement – subject & camera, ambient soft light Chapter 7: Dealing with Daylight 1: Shooting Exteriors Chapter 8: Dealing with Daylight 2: Working with windowsChapter 9: Night Light- lighting night exteriors & interiors Chapter 10: Working with Color - using color for mood, gels Chapter 11: Light the scene, not just the shot – High Key, Low Key, contrast ratios, exposure choice, Chiaroscuro lighting, Rembrandt, Butterfly lightingChapter 12: Special Lighting Considerations & Effects– fire, water, rain, fog, lightening, poor man's process shot, green screen, product shots, etc Chapter 13: Lighting Non-fiction – Interview, Corporate, News Magazine, Documentary, RealityChapter 14: Inspiration and Lighting LooksAppendix 1: Tales from the Trade – interviews with professional gaffers, LDs & CinematographersAppendix 2: Resources – Apps, books, magazines, websites, etc.Glossary Index

David Landau has over thirty years of professional lighting experience working on feature films, TV shows, sit-coms, game shows, commercials, documentaries, industrial films, music videos and direct-to-consumer DVDs. Landau teaches lighting and cinematography at Fairleigh Dickinson University, US, where he also created the Cinematography track of study, but continues to work in the lighting industry, shooting low budget features and corporate videos, designing lights for theatre and working as one of the gaffers on the TV series Project Runway. A five-time Telly Award winner for lighting and cinematography, Landau is a member of IATSE Local 52, the University Film & Video Association and Media Communications Association International.

It's dense, detailed, thoughtful, simply written and highly educational. Lighting for Cinematography: A Practical Guide to the Art and Craft of Lighting for the Moving Image might have been created as a practicum for a 14-week course in cinematography, but David Landau's study of the art and craft of lighting has something for everyone, from the neophyte to the veteran.

• ContentsAcknowledgementsIntroduction: No matter how good a camera, good lighting is what sells the pictureChapter 1: The Magic of Light – What lighting does for the image and what light is.Chapter 2: Who and What Makes Light- the lighting crew, lighting units, basic electricityChapter 3: Lighting the Subject - motivated and three point lightingChapter 4: Light the shot, not just the subject – three plains of lightingChapter 5: Common Practical Lighting Set-ups - cross key, chicken coop, china ball, bathroomsChapter 6: Lighting for Movement – subject & camera, ambient soft light Chapter 7: Dealing with Daylight 1: Shooting Exteriors Chapter 8: Dealing with Daylight 2: Working with windowsChapter 9: Night Light- lighting night exteriors & interiors Chapter 10: Working with Color - using color for mood, gels Chapter 11: Light the scene, not just the shot – High Key, Low Key, contrast ratios, exposure choice, Chiaroscuro lighting, Rembrandt, Butterfly lightingChapter 12: Special Lighting Considerations & Effects– fire, water, rain, fog, lightening, poor man's process shot, green screen, product shots, etc Chapter 13: Lighting Non-fiction – Interview, Corporate, News Magazine, Documentary, RealityChapter 14: Inspiration and Lighting LooksAppendix 1: Tales from the Trade – interviews with professional gaffers, LDs & CinematographersAppendix 2: Resources – Apps, books, magazines, websites, etc.Glossary Index