Screen sirens have long since depended on good lighting to emphasise their best features, along with a generous helping of air brushing, but often the benefits of sophisticated lighting can be neglected among amateur filmmakers and directors. Not only can cleverly placed light fittings cast shadows and create a mood, they can also mean the difference between an encore or a box office disaster.
It seems rather amusing to imagine Fame being acted out in half shadow, or the perils faced by Joseph and his Technicolor dream coat, if acted out under a harsh halogen glare.
BLT Direct, the leading suppliers of light bulbs, light fittings and low energy light bulbs, are now offering those serious about special effects and lighting for a certain mood, with a huge selection of solutions to suit every budget.
Budding directors should make sure that they illuminate sections of the stage that the audience should be focusing their attention on, like the actors facial expressions. Gradations of brightness allow the director to create relative emphasis on some aspects of the on stage activity, for example the lead actor may be brightly lit, while the backing singers may be dimly lit.
Ranging from T Class theatre lamps used in the stage and theatre industry, to purpose specific 650 Watt studio lamps, BLT have every angle covered, providing customers with not only the highest levels of customer service, but extremely competitive delivery rates to various destinations worldwide.
For a comprehensive range of light bulbs, energy saving light bulbs in a variety of styles and brands plus lamp disposal advice, log on to: http://www.bltdirect.com.
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Wednesday, 27 May 2009
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Thursday, 14 May 2009
Mercury Lamps: A Comprehensive Guide
With so many energy efficient light bulbs on the market, it can be extremely difficult choosing one to suit your needs. Now
Also known as the mercury vapour lamp, this efficient lamp, uses mercury in an excited state to produce light. Usually confined to a small fused quartz arc tube mounted inside a glass bulb, this efficient light source can be either clear or coated in phosphor.
When a mercury lamp is first turned on, it produces a dark blue light partly down to the fact that only a small amount of mercury is ionized and the pressure in the arc tube is kept to a minimum level, usually inside the ultraviolet mercury bands. Once the gas has been left to heat up, it causes the mercury emission bands to broaden and the final effect is that the light produced is much whiter.
Offering the user with a long lasting solution to their lighting requirements, and an intense light, the mercury lamp is suitable for a number of applications including office lighting, lighting for public places, lighting for outdoor use or even for use in floodlights. Boasting benefits such as consistent quality, a low purchase price and maintenance fee, being easy to install and offering consistency of colour, there really is no reason to go back to the traditional light bulb.
Whether you require self-ballasted or blacklight lamps,
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Tuesday, 5 May 2009
The Light Bulb: A Short History
The invention of the incandescent light bulb marked the start of not only a lighting revelation but the journey to find a practical long term solution to lighting both the home and place of work, today that journey continues as manufacturers continue the battle to find energy saving alternatives at a much lower cost than previously achievable, but where will that journey end?
Developed in 1809 by an English chemist, the earliest form of the incandescent light was developed by Humphrey Davy, who used a high power battery to induce a current between two charcoal strips, which in turn produced a incandescent light known today as the arc lamp.
In 1820, Warren De la Rue took this knowledge to then make the first known attempt to produce an incandescent light bulb. He enclosed a platinum coil inside an evacuated tube and passed an electric current through it. Although this design was effective, the platinum coil was extremely expensive, making it impractical for mainstream use, so it was back to the drawing board!
It was then down to Thomas Alva Edison to turn this earliest invention into something the world would recognise as the very first light bulb in 1879. It was from here on that practical lighting was introduced to the world and homes throughout the world began to purchase this sought after invention.
Today that journey continues. With the phasing out of the traditional shaped bulb by British Government, comes a new wave of developments for this century’s most popular household accessory. Low energy light bulbs are today the bulb of choice and many leading supermarkets and independent retailers such as
Lighting is now used to be industry specific, to light up a garden area, create a certain mood or even given as a gift. Who would have thought that such a basic idea would revolutionize the way we would not only live our lives but view everything around us?
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