J_Barnes
Veteran
I'm biting off more then I can chew here, but here's my outline for a lighting guide i'm trying to tackle. A Gaffer's 101 was requested in response to a lot of recent electrical questions, so I'm trying to put that together within the context of this general lighting outline. Feel free to suggest any changes or gaps.
I intend to only tackle sections 2 and 3 for now.
Outline for Lighting Section
1) Overview of the Lighting Crew
a) Gaffer
b) Best Boy
c) Electric
d) Grip
e) Swing or Grip/Electric
f) Generator Operator
2) Power Management
a) The Basics of Single Phase Power
i) Basics
ii) Ohms law
iii) Grounding
iv) multimeters
b) Delivering Electricity by tying in
i) Tying In
ii) Feeder Cables
iii) Distro boxes
iv) Stinger cables
v) Lights
vi) Managing Electricity
(1) Understanding amp loads
(2) Measuring and Balancing loads
(3) Checking and maintaining
c) Delivering Electricity using the existing service
i) Inside the breaker box
ii) Mapping out the circuits
iii) Managing the loads
iv) Follow your nose
3) Electrical Safety
a) Maintaining grounds
b) Managing and balancing loads
c) Inclement weather techniques
4) The Basics of lighting
a) Color Temperature
b) Light Intensity
c) Light power
5) Light Sources
a) Tungsten light
b) HMI light
c) Fluorescent light
d) Carbon Arc
e) Xenon
f) Sodium/Mercury vapor
6) Lighting Instruments
a) Open faced lights
b) Fresnels
c) PAR lamps
d) Ellipsoidals
e) Fluorescents
f) Soft lights
g) Bare bulbs
h) Balloons
7) Lighting control equipment
a) Gels
b) Diffusion
c) Spuns
d) Snoots
e) Softboxes
f) Scrims
g) Chinese lanterns
h) Flags
i) Butterflies and overheads
8) Lighting Stands
a) Kit stands
b) Baby stands
c) Junior Stands
d) C Stands
e) Combo Stands
f) Roller stands
g) Crank-o-vators
9) Grip Equipment
a) Apple boxes
b) Clamps and grips
c) Rigging
d) Simple knots
10) Basic Lighting Techniques
a) Basic three point lighting
i) High and Low Key
ii) Reverse Key
iii) Fill lighting
iv) Back light
v) Accent lights
vi) Eye lights
vii) The “kicker”
b) Color temperature balancing
c) Techniques for outdoor daytime lighting
d) Techniques for shooting at night
I intend to only tackle sections 2 and 3 for now.
Outline for Lighting Section
1) Overview of the Lighting Crew
a) Gaffer
b) Best Boy
c) Electric
d) Grip
e) Swing or Grip/Electric
f) Generator Operator
2) Power Management
a) The Basics of Single Phase Power
i) Basics
ii) Ohms law
iii) Grounding
iv) multimeters
b) Delivering Electricity by tying in
i) Tying In
ii) Feeder Cables
iii) Distro boxes
iv) Stinger cables
v) Lights
vi) Managing Electricity
(1) Understanding amp loads
(2) Measuring and Balancing loads
(3) Checking and maintaining
c) Delivering Electricity using the existing service
i) Inside the breaker box
ii) Mapping out the circuits
iii) Managing the loads
iv) Follow your nose
3) Electrical Safety
a) Maintaining grounds
b) Managing and balancing loads
c) Inclement weather techniques
4) The Basics of lighting
a) Color Temperature
b) Light Intensity
c) Light power
5) Light Sources
a) Tungsten light
b) HMI light
c) Fluorescent light
d) Carbon Arc
e) Xenon
f) Sodium/Mercury vapor
6) Lighting Instruments
a) Open faced lights
b) Fresnels
c) PAR lamps
d) Ellipsoidals
e) Fluorescents
f) Soft lights
g) Bare bulbs
h) Balloons
7) Lighting control equipment
a) Gels
b) Diffusion
c) Spuns
d) Snoots
e) Softboxes
f) Scrims
g) Chinese lanterns
h) Flags
i) Butterflies and overheads
8) Lighting Stands
a) Kit stands
b) Baby stands
c) Junior Stands
d) C Stands
e) Combo Stands
f) Roller stands
g) Crank-o-vators
9) Grip Equipment
a) Apple boxes
b) Clamps and grips
c) Rigging
d) Simple knots
10) Basic Lighting Techniques
a) Basic three point lighting
i) High and Low Key
ii) Reverse Key
iii) Fill lighting
iv) Back light
v) Accent lights
vi) Eye lights
vii) The “kicker”
b) Color temperature balancing
c) Techniques for outdoor daytime lighting
d) Techniques for shooting at night
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