An indispensable on-the-job reference for tens of thousands of film lighting technicians. Includes professional-level procedures that save time and promote safety and efficiency. Written by a lighting technology expert with 20 years of experience as a gaffer and director of photography.

Comprehensive. Detailed. Practical. Set Lighting Technician's Handbook, Fourth Edition, is a friendly, 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.

The Set Lighting Technician's Handbook focuses on what is important when working on-set: trouble-shooting, teamwork, set protocol, and safety. It describes tricks and techniques for operating a vast array of lighting equipment including LEDs, xenons, camera synchronous strobes, black lights, underwater units, lighting effects units, and many others. Since its first edition, this handy on-set reference continues to be widely adopted as a training and reference manual by union training programs as well as top university film production programs.

New to the fourth edition:

* More coverage of the aesthetics of lighting * Detailed information on LED technology and gear * Material is harmonized with industry safety and skills training curriculum * More coverage than ever before about setting up and running DMX512 networks and DMX512 enabled devices, including wireless DMX512 networks * Completely revised and updated sections of HMIs, tungsten light fixtures, and fluorescent technologies * Additional information on dealing with current harmonics, working with portable generators. * New section on using 480V power * In addition to previsualization software, new material provides a primer on creating professional light plots and using computer aided design software * New additions to the arsenal of electrical distribution equipment that make our sets safer and easier to power * More rigging tricks and techniques * Written in the same friendly, easy-to-read style that has made this book so popular * Companion Web site contains exclusive articles written by the author, illustrations, and an indispensable resource center with key industry links. Please visit http://www.booksite.focalpress.com/box/setlighting/

哈里•C•博克斯（Harry C. Box），好莱坞资深掌机和灯光师，在影视业界摸爬滚打三十年，从事过从照明电工到摄影指导的摄影组各个工种，在电影、电视剧集、电视节目、纪录片、MV、广告等领域均有丰富经验，曾于2004年获国际电影摄影师工会（International Cinematographers Guild）新兴摄影师大奖。主要作品有剧集《英雄》（Heroes）、《 兄 弟 姐 妹 》（Brothers and Sisters）和《人人都恨克里斯》（Everybody Hates Chris），电影《逃亡乐队》（The Runaways）等。

李铭，北京电影学院影视技术系教授级高工，有着多年影视技术教学、实践经验，著有《视觉原理》，翻译了《视效合成进阶教程》，编写了《数字时代的影像制作》《影视技术概论（修订版）》等。