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/

哈裏•C•博剋斯（Harry C. Box），好萊塢資深掌機和燈光師，在影視業界摸爬滾打三十年，從事過從照明電工到攝影指導的攝影組各個工種，在電影、電視劇集、電視節目、紀錄片、MV、廣告等領域均有豐富經驗，曾於2004年獲國際電影攝影師工會（International Cinematographers Guild）新興攝影師大奬。主要作品有劇集《英雄》（Heroes）、《 兄 弟 姐 妹 》（Brothers and Sisters）和《人人都恨剋裏斯》（Everybody Hates Chris），電影《逃亡樂隊》（The Runaways）等。

李銘，北京電影學院影視技術係教授級高工，有著多年影視技術教學、實踐經驗，著有《視覺原理》，翻譯瞭《視效閤成進階教程》，編寫瞭《數字時代的影像製作》《影視技術概論（修訂版）》等。