Technical: Production Production Commentary will eventually go here. It will include such topics as: Lighting Framing Walking around Tripods and Braces Adhesive tape Checklists Interviews You can also check out Paper Tiger's Fiona Boneham's Handy Camcorder Hints        Light is crazy important. Your camera cannot do what your eyes and brain can do: namely, compensate when you've walked from a sunny day into a dark room. It gets confused by what colors it sees. And what can suffer is the video. Instead of fearing the lights and grumbling about the video later on, see if you can do it right the first time. Now, nothing is mandatory, but if you're going to choose to use only available light, it should be an educated choice that you made.        Video equipment is generally synonymous with Expensive, but with some smart planning, creative solutions, and robbing a couple liquor stores, you too can afford a lighting solution that get the job done. But before we can talk about what equipment we need, we need to understand what we need the light for. So let's turn to some textbooks. Light has five qualities. They are: The Light's Intensity (brightness), for this affects exposure. The Light's Quality, whether it is concentrated hard shadow-forming light, or diffuse soft shadowless light. Lighting Contrast; the relative brightness of the lightest and darkest areas in the shot. The Direction of the light relative to the camera's viewpoint, and the effect this has on the appearance of the subjects. The Light's Color Temperature, the luminant's overall color quality.        In addition, when you are