Lighting for Televised Live Events: Making Your Live Production Look Great for the Eye and the Camera from Focal Press unlocks the science, art, philosophies, and language of creating lighting for live entertainment and presentations that work for the television camera as well as for the live audience. The book explores how to retain the essence and excitement of a live production while assuring that the show looks its best on-camera for the millions of viewers that can only see it on their TV, computer, tablet, or mobile phone screen. Readers will learn how to adapt an existing stage show for the camera as well as how to design live entertainment or events specifically for TV.
Lighting for Televised Live Events is aimed at lighting design students as well as professional designers that are considering a career—or a career expansion—in television. It is an essential resource for any stage lighting designer whose show may be shot for a television special or a live webcast that is asked by their client to collaborate with the incoming video team.
- How exposure and color work for the camera
- How angle, visual balance, and composition can make people and backgrounds look their best, while preserving theatricality
- Information on camera equipment, screens, and projectors, as well as the control room environments that are found on a professional shoot
- The unique challenges of lighting for the IMAG video screens used at festivals and concerts
- 1. Introduction: Making Your Live Production Look Great for the Eye and the Camera
- 2. Exposure
- 3. Contrast in Lighting
- 4. Dynamic Range
- 5. Balance
- 6. Color and Color Temperature
Part 2: The Art
- 7. Angle
- 8. Composition
- 9. Depth of Field
- 10. Aesthetics: Style and Taste
Part 3: The Equipment
- 11. Contrast Ratios of Displays
- 12. Digital Cameras and Projectors
- 13. Projection Screens and LED Tiles
Part 4: The Production
- 14. Adapting the Live Show
- 15. Content Video
Jeff Ravitz is a lighting designer, lecturer, and writer specializing in live entertainment and events being captured for television broadcast and streaming. He was awarded the Primetime Emmy for his lighting of Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band: Live in New York City on HBO, and was previously nominated for Cher's Extravaganza: Live at the Mirage. He has also received ten regional Emmys and four Telly Awards for television designs, and was named a Parnelli Lighting Designer of the Year.