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Automated Lighting: The Art and Science of Moving Light in Theatre, Live Performance and Entertainment continues to be the most trusted text for working and aspiring lighting professionals. Now in its second edition, it has been fully updated to include new advances in lamp sources such as LEDs and plasma lamps, automated and programmable displays, updates for managing color, and new methods for using electronics. Its clear, easy-to-understand language also includes enough detailed information for the most experienced technician and engineer.
- Sales Rank: #120965 in eBooks
- Published on: 2013-05-20
- Released on: 2013-05-20
- Format: Kindle eBook
About the Author
Richard Cadena is the author of "Focus on Lighting Technology," technical editor for PLASA, former editor of Pro Lights and Staging News magazine, an Authorized WYSIWYG Trainer, and 20 year veteran of the entertainment lighting industry including stints with two of the world's largest automated lighting manufacturers. He has a background in electrical engineering and electronics, and he is a freelance lighting designer with a portfolio of several major lighting designs and installations and is proficient in WYSIWYG, LD Assistant, and Vectorworks. He has been an instructor of classes in automated lighting technology with the Show Training Network, and a moderator of several lighting panels and seminars at Pro Production and Inspiration trade shows.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful.
Enlightening, But Might Make You Feel that You're Not Too Bright
By R. Schultz
This is a beautifully produced book that includes a lot of clear, informative photos and graphs, and that covers a wide range of topics associated with the field of stage lighting. However, it doesn't live up to its subtitle, "The Art and Science of Moving Light..." This book is actually almost all science and very little "Art."
The author doesn't even broach the subject of lighting esthetics until Page 357, which starts a brief section including advice on such subjects as how to sculpt figures on stage with side and back lighting, how to make them stand out in 3-D, how to give the stage a central point of focus, and what colors provide maximum contrast. But even these few pages of basic artistic counsel soon plummet you back into some highly technical science. There are lengthy, complicated equations on how to calculate "illuminance," trim height, and throw distance. And you'll run afoul of sentences such as, "A `cosine distribution' or `mixing distribution' has a peaked beam profile, which, where overlapped at the 50% drop-off with a like fixture, produces the most uniform wash between the beams."
So many branches of science and so many fields of technology come into play in the job of stage lighting. This book attempts to give you a marathon run through each of these fields, and it's just too much to encompass in one text.
So, for example, the author attempts to present you with a whole course in electricity and electronics. He starts off on a basic level, giving the fundamentals of voltage, ohms, and amps. (Although even here, his explanation of the already universally perplexing subject of what convention to apply when trying to determine the direction of electron flow is made even more baffling than usual.) But in general, you feel you are progressing up the incline of knowledge on sure footing - for a while. Then before you know it, you'll be confronted with what might strike you as a brick wall, unless you are already well on your way to becoming an electronics engineer. You'll read, "The next stage is a high-frequency power switch typically operating in the range of 20 to 200 kHz using a high-current MOSFET transistor or an insulated gate bi-polar transistor (IGBT). The switch typically operates at a fixed frequency with a variable pulse width controlled by a logic circuit." Um, come again?
It's the same with computer programming. Since so many aspects of modern stage lighting now involve programming lighting consoles, using pre-programmed computer software, or synchronizing digital signals along their many and varied paths - the author attempts to give you a course in computer science. He starts you clearly enough with the basics of binary. But again, before you know it, you might be in over your head with, "The job of the PIA or PPI is to act as a buffer between the I/O signals and the processor, affording protection to the CPU and ensuring the proper voltage levels to operate reliably. On the other hand, a typical uC might have a variety of built-in I/O devices such as DACs, universal asynchronous receiver transmitters (UARTs), and a serial peripheral interface."
The chapter that outlines the working principles of the different kinds of lights - incandescent, arc, halogen, LED, etc. - comes the closest to staying on a basically helpful level. Even a novice will be able to follow along learning about the materials used in the manufacture of these various kinds of "luminaires," and how to maintain and troubleshoot them.
But there's not enough of that sort of entry level information. The book often goes from the delightfully comprehensible, such as how to tighten a screw using the "Lefty loosey, righty tighty" mnemonic) - to really abstruse considerations. In this 400-page book, there isn't room for enough of a bridge in between the two levels. A beginner might wish there would have been more space devoted to easy practicalities, something the equivalent of the aspiring chef's "How to Boil Water."
A glossary is essential in this kind of book and would help bridge the gap, especially since this field is rife with acronyms and technical terms. What's an SMPS again? What do MOSFET, LED, CAD, and DMX, stand for? What's the difference between an "open circuit" and a "short circuit?"
As it is, this book is an ambitious, very professionally written and produced text that presents material from every branch of knowledge touching on stage lighting. In its rich, glossy format, it's a pleasure to page through and own as reference. Even though the material often gets deep, beginners will probably find that they can understand more than they would initially think possible if they devote themselves to it and give it a chance.
However, you will probably want to supplement this material with additional course material from each of the individual fields of electronics, computer programming, optics, and stage design. And as is the case in so many fields, nothing can substitute for a practical, hands-on apprenticeship. Actual experience will probably free you from having to constantly calculate all the complexities presented here.
7 of 8 people found the following review helpful.
For those in the trade
By Scott FS
'Automated Lighting' appealed to me because although I like to shoot video (interviews, documentaries, cats playing with the keyboard) I don't know enough about lighting other than what three-point lighting arrangement is. I thought I might gain some solid knowledge about video and film lighting in this book.
Well, I got that, but this book more; it is chock full of information that is particular to the professional lighting person. The picture on the cover of the book kind of tells it all: it shows a rock band hitting a crescendo, with pyrotechnics, mad guitar playing, and a ceiling full of lights.
Well, gosh, I have about as much chance at being hired to do the lighting at Kiss' next concert as Tiger Woods has at getting a marriage counseling gig. There are chapters entitled 'DMX512 and DMX512-A', and 'V-Rated Tools'. Er, no, I don't think so. But wait! There it is! Chapter 22! 'Three-Point Lighting'!
This book isn't useless for totally ignorant (about lighting) people such as me. It's just WAY more than that. There are chapters on the physics of lighting, electromechanical systems, overcurrent protection, electricity and magnetism and the like. So it is a hugely in-depth look at lighting for pretty much all venues, live, theater, and film and video.
I don't need to know how to find the capacitive reactance of a load (p 108), but some people do; those would be the professional whose business it is to light up large, or small, performances in a safe, effective way.
And yes, I did learn more about what I was interested in, the lighting of video productions. But that's a small part of the book.
This is a wonderful and hugely valuable book for those in the trade. For them, I'd give this a solid '5'. For those of us who pick it up hoping to learn a bit more about effective lighting techniques on a small scale, it's a '4'. Recommended.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.
Automated Lighting: Second Edition
By DJ Deathwish
Incredibly comprehensive book! I picked this up for some friends of mine so I could help them add a light show to their live act. One member is fairly well versed in lighting as he is a rigger and I am definitely an amateur. I learned a lot as everything was laid out in a very practical manner that was easy to follow. As a professional, the member of the band picked up some very useful information as well and called the book "invaluable". Definitely a top notch guide on the subject matter and I highly recommend it.
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