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Cool Lights: DIY Fluorescent Video Lighting Vol. 1

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Description

Making video is a pleasure in a cooler studio but you can only do that with Cool Lights. This DVD video shows you how to make and use your own professional level fluorescent studio lighting for video, film and photography use. Start with simple, off-the-shelf solutions and progress to more complex, build-it-yourself ones that allow more control. Host Richard Andrewski dispels the conventional wisdom on using fluorescent lights for video and film use. New ballasts and corrected color temperature bulbs make fluorescent a pleasure to use once you change some of your lighting habits. Find most of what you need in a home improvement store! Learn how to convert a halogen work light to a fluorescent video light with barndoors. See a bulb that draws 200 watts and puts out an equivalent of 800 watts in a choice of tungsten or daylight type color temperatures. Create a versatile fixture with a slide-on soft light hood and barndoors so you can use it in any of three different configurations. See a 7-bulb fixture that fits in a standard softbox and speedmount ring setup and puts out an equivalent of 1200 watts of light for drawing only 300 watts! After you get comfortable with the ideas and techniques Richard is introducing, you can add your own variations.

Format: AC-3, Color, Full Screen, Multiple Formats, NTSC


Contributor: Richard Andrewski


Runtime: 1 hour and 29 minutes


Number Of Discs: 1


Manufacturer: Creative Expression Group


MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ G (General Audience)


Package Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.1 x 5.42 x 0.58 inches; 2.93 ounces


Director ‏ : ‎ Richard Andrewski


Media Format ‏ : ‎ AC-3, Color, Full Screen, Multiple Formats, NTSC


Run time ‏ : ‎ 1 hour and 29 minutes


Release date ‏ : ‎ April 2, 2006


Actors ‏ : ‎ Richard Andrewski


Studio ‏ : ‎ Creative Expression Group


Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1


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  • Low quality, little information
To start, a video on lighting gear should have good lighting... this does not. It looks like bad 1990 community access video. The information is terrible, and while the presenter keep talking about getting more information later in the video or on the web site... neither has the information. I expected a detailed parts list, plans for the light boxes, etc. You get none of that with this video. Stay away, you can get better information off a google search. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on February 13, 2007 by Chris A. Breshears

  • Amateur videographer with How-To Video
I found the information to be very informative on how to build flourescent lighting kits but the quality of Mr. Andrewski's video I would have to rate as a ZERO. The author charges WAY too much for this amateur attempt at this do-it-youreslf video. I was however able to build one of the simpler lighting kits with a little difficulty with the sheet metal but after the enclosure was done, it was relatively easy. If the author is reading this he might want to modify the price of this video down to the sub $10 range. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on March 4, 2007 by Friensider

  • So easy a grandma can do it!
This is a great video for learning how to build your own very cool lights for video with materials available at your local hardware store. Not only are they useful, but but most of my video biography clients will never know I didn't spend hundreds (or even thousands) of dollars on the lights I now use, because they look very much like the lights the pros use. I am also not frying the wonderful older folks I shoot who have in the past complained about hot lights. GREAT job! ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on July 21, 2006 by Girlskin

  • Cool Lights DVD
Richard Andrewski has made the DVD entitled -- Cool Lights: DIY Fluorescent Video Lighting Vol. 1. He also makes versions of his lights for use on video and film production. Movie lights are a specialty item made specifically for the motion picture industry and thus are typically pricy. So, to invent a series of lights that are useful and not expensive is very helpful indeed. With the Apple iPod video and video on Apple iTunes, and with iChat AV videoconferencing now built right in to the new Apple iMac as well -- affordable, simple lighting gear is going to be very useful in the years ahead. Richard Andrewski has figured it all out. His lighting set-ups are ingenious, often with off-the-shelf items from Home Depot like low watt fluorescent light bulbs and work-type light stands that he uses now for film and video lighting. Amazing. Affordable. Simple. The lights work very well. JOHN LONGENECKER, DGA - Hollywood, California USA - JLVideoUSA.com - sell also: CoolLightsUSA.com ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on April 2, 2006 by John Longenecker

  • Do It Like The Pros
If there is one thing that separates an amateur movie from a professional movie, it's the lighting. Richard Andrewski's Cool Lights: DIY Fluorescent Video Lighting Vol. 1 gives you step by step instructions on how to build your own pro lights on a budget. Buy this dvd and get control of what your movie looks like. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on September 6, 2006 by R. F. Hilbun

  • Excellent Tutorial
This is an excellent tutorial on building great looking, cost effective fluorescent lights for your video projects. I couldn't recommend it more highly.
Reviewed in the United States on June 11, 2006 by MightyMouse

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