Here’s a hypnotic video showing the importance of film lighting. Watch as this woman — yes, this is just one woman — finds her features altered as the lighting shifts around her. The plans of her face ...

To set the mood of a scene in a movie, TV show or video, filmmakers give the audience plenty of nonverbal clues — in the locale, the props, the soundtrack, even the camera angles. But one important ...

In a warehouse in Kandivali in Mumbai, there are rows upon rows of packed light equipment. It is Mulchand Dedhia’s empire that perhaps will not have an inheritor, even though his youngest daughter, ...

Murdoch Campbell has worked in the Washington film industry for more than 30 years, and he has a simple way of defining his strangely titled job: "A gaffer's job is to make light." In addition to ...

Innovative filmmaker and inventor Ross Lowell, best known for inventing gaffer tape, has died at the age of 92. The announcement was made by his wife, Marilyn Shapiro Lowell. Lowell, who worked on ...

Lighting a film set used to be a man’s world in Bollywood. This was until Hetal Dedhia entered the scene. Daughter of renowned gaffer Mulchand Dedhia, Hetal knew what she wanted right from her school ...

Looking for a skilled crew member to combine lighting (gaffer) and camera assistant (1st AC) duties. Responsibilities include setting up lights, managing camera equipment, supporting the director of ...

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Will work closely with the DP and Director to help shape both naturalistic and stylized looks starting with a large, nighttime swinger party scene involving LED and red light setups. Future scenes ...