Recent content by david landau

You did some nice stuff with the candles on the steps and such in the walking test. In the girl reading test there wasn't much definition in the background. Everything in lighting should be to support the scene - the emotional moment and the story being told. Just because it might be cool to...

Lighting is all about storytelling. Sometimes you may not need anything other than a bounce card - other times you'll need 8 lights. With today's cameras lighting is no longer for exposure - its for mood, depth, selective focus, supporting the story and art. The only rule about lighting is...

It looks like beadboard. There are several things we use to bounce light. Showcards are simple art cards, white on one side and black on the other. The next thickness up is foamcore - both of these are available from art supply stores in small sizes. Film supply places sell them in 4'x8' sheets...

Every example you posted was lit with hard lights rather than soft lights. We certainly shot with softlights back then - a lot in fact. I worked on Tv commercials in the 80s and we even brought in 8k studio softlghts on one shoot - what a pain. But that was commercials which were much prettier...

Hell All, I am an IATSE local 52 gaffer and an indie low-budget cinematographer. I have taught lighting for over 12 years at Fairleigh Dickinson university and never found a book that was geared towards low budget production. So I wrote one myself. "Lighting for Cinematography: a practical...