Reddit mentions of Painting With Light

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  Lighting Design
  
  
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Painting with light: http://www.amazon.com/Painting-With-Light-John-Alton/dp/0520275845 first published in 1949. He DPd a lot of noir stuff. His writing style is very nice.

Great minds think alike.
https://www.amazon.com/Painting-Light-John-Alton/dp/0520275845/ref=nodl_

yep, that's sound advice. One of the best books on lighting has nothing to do with CG.

http://www.amazon.com/Painting-With-Light-John-Alton/dp/0520275845

http://www.theasc.com/blog/2013/10/07/john-alton-cinematographys-outlier-part-one/

There are so many great books on the subject. I love the very dated, but simply amazing first book on Cinematography Painting With Light written by John Alton back in the 40's.

I know how to make my links pretty :-).

Like guy above said. Do the on rails shooter. You'll learn most of what you need to know and much more. To meet your 4 month deadline, get through them ASAP. You have no time to Spare. Priority One: Get something moving. Your idea looks very art heavy and you still have to learn Level Design. Do level design next, visit World of Level Design he's mostly UDK but the concepts transfer over. His pre-production book is worth note. Then get really comfortable with your 3d package and art concepts. Don't afraid to cheat using textures on flat planes. Do learn everything about edgeflow and topology.


You'll need Curvy from the Unitystore or a similar solution to align your boat to a path made in editor. You'll want ProBuilder and Prosnap to use like UDK's BSP brushes for broad prototyping. Proper scale and lighting will help greatly. For scale I would use real world measurements to the best of your ability in your 3d package. It does make a difference. I reccomend Painting with Light by John Alton for lighting and he covers atmosphere and color theory briefly as well as composition from a film makers perspective.

I got you fam.

American Cinematographer Manual

Camera Assistants Handbook

Painting with Light

As for magazines, I'd recommend ICG.

Painting with Light by John Alton covers the stylistic and artistic choices and theory of light.

and

Set Lighting Technician's Handbook by Harry C. Box is a technical guide about lighting, from the stands and fixtures, to power distribution and knot tying.

http://www.amazon.com/Painting-With-Light-John-Alton/dp/0520275845

The lighting limits the ability to create depth in this short. Shadows help to create what you're referring too. If you haven't read it, read this:

http://www.amazon.com/Painting-With-Light-John-Alton/dp/0520275845

It will teach you far more than I could ever hope to. The Kindle edition is a great deal too, or you could probably find a used copy on half.com for far cheaper.

This article also should come in handy: http://filmmakermagazine.com/50411-alex-buono-on-cinematography/#.UxVmWuKmVRA