The Light of the Moon /

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Film lighting talks with Hollywood's cinematographers and gaffer. by Malkiewicz, Kris

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Film lighting : talks with Hollywood's cinematographers and gaffer. by Malkiewicz, Kris

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Against the light / by Broggiato, Tiziano

Table of Contents: “…Intro; Title; Contents; Preface; Elogio della fuga -- Flight's Elegy; Elogio della fuga; Flight's Elegy; Parca lux -- Parca Lux; Il contagio di Celan; Celan's Affliction; Voce; A voice; 12 Maggio; May 12th; Visita a Treblinka; Visit to Treblinka; Lì; There; Nulla resta della tua fuga:; Nothing is left of your flight; È lo stesso tempo in bilico; It is the same time of uncertainty; Umbra sine spe; Umbra Sine Spe; Finestre -- The View Beyond; Finestra di grattacielo; Window of a Skyscraper; Centro di salute mentale; Mental Health Centre; Al di là dei vetri; Beyond these windows.…”
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Lighting for driving : roads, vehicles, signs, and signals / by Boyce, P. R.

Table of Contents: “…chapter 1 Driving and Accidents -- chapter 2 Light -- chapter 3 Sight -- chapter 4 Road Lighting -- chapter 5 Markings, Signs, and Traffic Signals -- chapter 6 Vehicle Forward Lighting -- chapter 7 Vehicle Signal Lighting -- chapter 8 Vehicle Interior Lighting -- chapter 9 The Interaction Between Road and Vehicle Lighting -- chapter 10 Special Locations -- chapter 11 Adverse Weather -- chapter 12 Human Factors -- chapter 13 Constraints -- chapter 14 Envisioning the Future.…”
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Shadow of light : photographs / by Brandt, Bill

Table of Contents: “…London in the 1930s -- Northern towns during the Depression of the 1930s -- Blackout nights of the London Blitz -- Interlude -- Portraits -- Landscapes -- Nudes.…”


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Light it Up : the Marine Eye for Battle in the War for Iraq / by Pettegrew, John, 1959-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: Force projection and the Marine eye for battle -- Shock and awe and air power -- Network-centric warfare, sensors and total situational awareness -- "Shock and awe: achieving rapid dominance" and the Iraq invasion -- Kill boxes, litening pods and the 3d aircraft wing -- "Keep your eyes out," fair fighting, and memories of killing -- Of war porn and pleasure in killing -- Pornography is the theory, and killing the practice -- Classic Hollywood combat films -- Marine Moto on YouTube -- The Iraq War on television -- Fallujah, first to fight, and Ludology -- Ender's Game and the rise of simulation in military training, 1995-2005 -- From combat films to video games -- The value added to military training -- Fighting in the digitized streets of Beirut -- Counterinsurgency and "turning off the killing switch" -- Empathy, General Mattis and the profound paradox of Marine humanitarianism -- Haditha, acute stress, and the excesses of occupying force -- USMC literary culture and warrior ethos -- "Which way would you run?" …”
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Lighting for cinematography : a practical guide to the art and craft of lighting for the moving image / by Landau, David, 1956-

Table of Contents: “…: the lighting crew, lighting units, basic electricity -- Lighting the subject: motivation and three-point lighting -- Lighting the shot, not just the subject: more than three lights, three planes of lighting -- Common practical lighting setups: cross key, chicken coop, China ball, bathrooms -- Lighting for movement: subject and camera, ambient soft lighting -- Dealing with daylight 1: shooting exteriors -- Dealing with daylight 2: working with windows -- Night light: lighting night exteriors and interiors -- Working with color: using color for mood and using gels -- Light the scene, not just the shot: high key, low key, contrast ratios, exposure choice, Chiaroscuro lighting, Rembrandt, and butterfly lighting -- Special lighting considerations and effects: fire, water, rain, fog, lightning, poor man's process shot, green screen, and product shots -- Nonfiction lighting: interview, corporate, newsmagazine, documentary, reality -- Inspiration and lighting looks -- Appendix 1: Advice from the field: interviews with cameramen and gaffers -- Appendix 2: Resources.…”


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Step lightly : poems for the journey /

Table of Contents: “…Merwin] -- All the warm nights [by Jacob Nibenegenasabe] -- Frau Bauman, Frau Schmidt, and Frau Schwartze [by Theodore Roethke] -- Go to bed first [by Mother Goose] -- Disillusionment of ten o'clock [by Wallace Stevens] -- Anyone lived in a pretty how town [by e.e. cummings] -- Joseph fell a-dreaming [by Eleanor Farjeon] -- Making light of it [by Philip Levine] -- Who is the east? …”


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Chanukah lights / by Rosen, Michael J., 1954-

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Painting with light / by Alton, John

Table of Contents: “…Hollywood photography -- Motion picture illumination -- Mystery lighting -- Special illumination -- The Hollywood close-up -- Outdoor photography -- Symphony in snow -- Ocean voyage -- Visual music -- The portrait studio -- The laboratory -- Day and night, ladies, watch your light -- Motion picture theatres -- The world is a huge television studio and we are all photographers.…”


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Ghost Light /

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Painting with light / by Alton, John

Table of Contents: “…Foreword -- Film noir's sorcerer of light : John Alton / by John Bailey -- Preface -- Through a lens darkly : the life and films of John Alton / by Todd McCarthy -- Filmography / by Todd McCarthy and Dennis Jakob -- Hollywood photography -- Motion picture illumination -- Mystery lighting -- Special illumination -- The Hollywood close-up -- Outdoor photography -- Symphony in snow -- Ocean voyage -- Visual music -- The portrait studio -- The laboratory -- Day and night, ladies, watch your light -- Motion picture theatres -- The world is a huge television studio and we are all photographers.…”


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Textures of light vision and touch in Irigaray, Levinas, and Merleau-Ponty / by Vasseleu, Cathryn, 1957-

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Let there be light : the story of light from atoms to galaxies / by Montwill, Alex

Table of Contents: “…Ch. 1. Introducing light. 1.1. The perception of light through the ages. 1.2. …”
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Beautiful light : religious meaning in film / by Anker, Roy M.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : Through wonder to veneration -- "Not all angels have wings" : wonder, light and love in M. Night Shyamalan's Wide Awake -- And the blind shall see : grasping the radiance of being in The Color of Paradise -- The education of a one-man preaching machine : the realization of love in The Apostle -- Love's pure light : moral light and reconciliation in Dead Man Walking -- When hope breaks out : love and redemption in The Shawshank Redemption -- "It's take me so long to find you" : search and rescue in Paul Schrader's American Gigolo -- "How high can I fly?" …”
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Ordinary light : a memoir / by Smith, Tracy K.

Table of Contents: “…MGM -- Little Feats of Daring -- Total Adventure -- Book a Big Band -- A Necessary Rite -- Humor -- III. Uninvisible -- The Night Stalker -- Hot & Fast -- Shame -- Mother -- Epistolary -- Positive -- IV. …”


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Night flight to death : the violent end of Dag Hammarskjöld /

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Night flight to Hanoi ; war diary with 11 poems. by Berrigan, Daniel

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