Excerpt of Cool Lights Review from Moviescope Magazine -- Fall 2006 Issue

Excerpt of Cool Lights DIY Fluorescent Video Lighting Volume One DVD Review from

Moviescope Magazine -- Fall 2006 Issue

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As any filmmaker knows, lighting is not only all-important, it can also be extremely expensive. Buying pro lighting gear can cost you a large portion of your equipment budget and while what you get will likely be wonderful, you’ll also have to deal with expensive bulb replacements and—worst of all—heat that will turn your set into an oven in a very short time.

by Robert Gregory Browne

GADGET GEEK

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Some filmmakers have turned to fluorescent fixtures, which have virtually no heat. Unfortunately, most of these kits are way out of the average Joe’s price range. Until now. A video guy by the name of Richard Andrewski (www.coollights.biz ) has spent a lot of time in his workshop coming up with ingenious ways to take household light fixtures and turn them into useful, versatile, inexpensive pro-level video and moviemaking light kits. This alone is a wonderful thing. But Andrewski has taken it further by creating a step-by-step DVD on how to build these terrific lighting kits yourself. For a meager $89—a price well worth the admission—Cool Lights: DIY Fluorescent Video Lighting will show you how to make a variety of kits, from turning a small, inexpensive halogen work lamp into a fluorescent video light with barndoors, to a studio monster using large workshop fixtures. Not only do these lights run cool, they all look cool. Believe me, if you follow Andrewski’s instructions, you won’t be embarrassed to have these useful do-it-yourselfers in your pro studio. Andrewski’s DVD is professionally produced, extremely informative—not just about building lights, but also electrical safety—and makes a fine addition to any DIY filmmaker’s library.