The role of digital transformation of television lighting devices in influencing the development of television program lighting methods outside the studio

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Dep. of photography, cinmea & Tv - faculty of applied arts - helwan university

2 Dep.photography, Cinema and TV- Faculty of Applied Arts-Helwan University.

Abstract

Before lighting devices turned to the digital form, external production on satellite television channels relied on lighting devices of the ARRI type. The lighting devices were divided into two basic types, the first of which was tungsten lighting devices, which were specified in lighting intensities (150-300-650-1000- 2000-5000) watts, and the second of these devices is daylight illumination devices (HMI), which were specified in lighting intensities (525-1250-2500-4000-8000-10000) watts. Although these devices served their purpose in producing episodes of television programs outside the studio, their conversion to the digital form and the emergence of new technologies helped in the emergence of companies producing lighting devices characterized by a smaller size and similar or greater light production than their traditional counterparts, allowing them to be placed in narrow corners in a place. Photography or hanging, which are advantages made possible by the lighter weight of this equipment. Digital lighting devices also provide the ability to control the color temperature in a digital way, which was achieved using gelatins, in addition to the availability of accessories for digital lighting devices that were not available for their traditional counterparts. All of these features helped photography directors to draw their television paintings in a more creative way, so it was necessary to study the features of and the capabilities of digital lighting devices used in external television production to know the impact of this digital transformation on the director of photography’s method of lighting the television episode outside the studio

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