Los Angeles-based gaffer Yiming Pan is making a name for herself with her strong foundation in lighting design and extensive experience across various cinematic projects. From feature films and short ...

Replay: If your idea of a budget is whether you can afford a bacon sandwich for the crew, you probably can't afford a proper soft light. So here's some suggestions about what you can do, true ...

Film is a two-dimensional medium that demands a three-dimensional look. Cinematic lighting techniques can give your shots depth, and none are more creatively interesting than chiaroscuro lighting.

No one applauds the lighting designer. Theater audiences are regularly dazzled by the costumes and sets, stirred by a writer’s words, an actor’s sweat and tears, enthralled by a director’s coup de ...

All too often in film and TV, rape is used as a plot device – a way for cable dramas to display their grittiness, a pretext for a campaign of vengeance, a hazily recollected backstory – but rarely is ...