Includes index

Preface -- Companion web site -- Acknowledgments -- Set basics: your first barbecue -- Preproduction planning: lighting package, expendables, and personal tools -- Light fixtures: the basic tungsten arsenal -- Stands and rigging -- Lighting objectives and methods -- Manipulating light: tools, techniques, and the behavior of light -- Electrician's set protocol -- Light fixtures: the HMI arsenal -- Fluorescent lights -- Led lights -- Lighting control: control networks, moving lights, advanced devices, and computer applications in lighting -- Electricity -- Distribution and dimming equipment -- Working with electrical power -- Electrical rigging -- Power sources -- Special circumstances and practices -- Specialty lighting equipment -- Appendix A. Photometric calculations and tables -- Appendix B. Lamp tables -- Appendix C. Flicker-free frame rates -- Appendix D. Electrical tables -- Appendix E. IP and NEMA equipment ratings -- Appendix F. Equipment suppliers and manufacturers -- Appendix G. Lighting equipment order checklist -- Appendix I. Gels and diffusions -- Glossary -- Index

A hands-on manual covering the day-to-day practices, equipment, and tricks of the trade essential to anyone doing motion picture lighting, including the lamp operator, rigging crew, gaffer, best boy, or director of photography. This handbook offers a wealth of practical technical information, useful techniques, as well as aesthetic discussions. -- from publisher description

"The Set Lighting Technician's Handbook is a friendly, hands-on manual covering lighting and rigging equipment, day-to-day practices, and tricks of the trade essential to anyone doing motion picture lighting. The book delves into every aspect of lighting: from lighting design decisions to set protocol and teamwork, from rigging safety to equipment troubleshooting, and from basic electricity to advanced electrical systems planning. Whether you're a lamp operator, best boy, rigger, gaffer, or director of photography, this trusted, longtime industry favorite covers what's important on the set."--Back cover