ABSTRACT
This book has advocated it is possible to design lighting for a show, presentation, or event that works effectively and creatively for the camera and the viewer, as well as for the live audience in the venue. The adaptation of a show originally designed only for a live audience will typically require lighting adjustments to intensities, colors, and angles to create the most pleasing compositions for those viewing only on a display device of some kind. This topic has become relevant, considering the large number of popular productions that are transformed from their live version to one that is modified to be shown on television or online. Lighting for the captured version takes sensitivity and a thorough understanding of the original show’s design objectives in order to maintain them in the adapted version. The camera tells the same story in a different way. This chapter will explore the techniques and checklist items to be examined during the adaptation. We hear from two respected television lighting designers—Bob Barnhart and Bernie Davis—who describe their reasoning and processes of adapting another designer’s lighting to optimize it for the camera.
