The Art of Light: Lighting Aesthetics

Same rig, same budget: why one show is the one they remember

Two people light the same stage with the same rig, the same budget and the same amount of time. One of them produces something an audience remembers. The other produces something everybody can see by. Nothing in the equipment explains the difference.

Inside: An Honest Warning About This Subject - Why Light Is the Art - The Eye, and What It Actually Does - Training Your Eye - The Controllable Qualities - What Light Is For - Intensity, and the Range You Work In - Contrast - Direction - Shadow - Hard and Soft - Movement - Colour, and What It Is - Colour and Feeling - Saturation and Restraint - A Palette - Where the Eye Goes - Layers and Depth - Balance - The Idea Underneath - Research - Reading a Painting - Reading a Film Frame - Reading Daylight - Describing Light Out Loud - Serving Somebody Else's Idea - Lighting a Person - Judging Your Own Work - What the Rig Can Actually Do - Glossary.