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Cinematography Masterclass: Video Production, Videography+
Rating: 4.3 out of 5(17 ratings)
1,096 students

Cinematography Masterclass: Video Production, Videography+

Learn lighting techniques from a working Hollywood A.S.C cinematographer. Take you film & video production to next level
Created byIFH Courses, Suki Medencevic A.S.C.
Last updated 6/2022
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What you'll learn

  • Basic and Advanced Cinematography
  • Lighting Gear
  • Lighting Techniques
  • How to Light a Human Face

Course content

3 sections • 19 lectures • 2h 16m total length

  • Introduction1:54

    Learn to light a face with a single source, understand light functions and emotion, and use minimal setups to shape mood and support performance on camera.

  • Single Light Bulb6:14

    Learn how a single household light bulb, as a hard light source, changes the face with different positions: Rembrandt, cross, frontal, and top lighting, highlighting drama and screen tests.

  • Small LED Panel5:01

    Explore how a small led panel offers a compact, energy-efficient, color-tunable light with diffusion and gels to shape Rembrandt and beauty lighting with soft shadows.

  • Large LED Panel2:57

    Shows how a large LED panel with diffusion and bounce creates soft, even lighting, subtle falloff, Rembrandt lighting, and glamorous eye sparkle in close-up portraits.

  • Small Paper Lantern9:26

    Master soft, flattering light with paper lanterns by adjusting distance and lantern size to create smooth falloff, subtle shadows, and Rembrandt or three-quarter lighting on the face.

  • Ring Light1:32

    The ring light delivers a beauty wash with no facial shadows. Distance controls the glow, from inches to two feet, with eye reflection, as Kino Flo Cameo demonstrates.

  • Kino Flo5:35

    Explore Kino Flo fluorescent tubes that color-match incandescent or daylight, delivering energy efficiency and versatility for location work; rotate them and use doors to shape light into Rembrandt or glamorous.

  • Flashlight1:42

    Explore how a single light source, like a flashlight, can produce dramatic hard light, shadows, lens flare, and even interrogation-style effects, while a book serves as a secondary light source.

  • iPad or Tablet0:40

    Use iPad, iPhone, or any panel as a light source to illuminate the face, creating believability through screen content and color or white light, for delicate and dramatic effects.

  • Christmas Lights1:51

    Explore how string of traditional christmas lights create unique lighting effects, shadows, and realism for photography, from candlelight simulation to creative, unusual lighting possibilities.

  • Open Face Source + Umbrella5:02

    Explore how a single open-face light and an umbrella create soft, directional lighting for close-ups, achieving a subtle Rembrandt triangle and controlled bounce for natural, three-dimensional faces.

  • Fresnel Light5:59

    Explore how the Fresnel light concentrates and shapes light with adjustable beam width and density via the lens, distance, and barn doors to control hard shadows, highlights, and mood.

  • Three Point Lighting13:47

    Master three point lighting with key, fill, and backlight to control contrast and subject depth, and learn how kicker, ambient, and negative fill options shape drama and glamour.

Requirements

  • Basic understanding of movies and cameras

Description

Join over 115,000+ students learning from our courses!

Have you ever wanted to learn lighting techniques from a master of the craft? Look no further. In this course you will learn from a Hollywood A.S.C. cinematographer who has been working in the business for over 30 years. This is a true masterclass in cinematography taught by a true master of the craft.

We take you from the basics of cinematography to advance techniques that only a few Hollywood insiders know. Also included are detailed lighting diagrams used in each lesson that you can download.

This workshop will walk you through how to light the most important and emotional subject you could put in front of your lens, the enigmatic face on any budget.

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What people are saying about our other courses: 

THIS COURSE IS AMAZING!!! I'm learning SO FREAKIN MUCH from it, and it's totally blowing my mind. Thanks so much to Gil and Alex for putting this course together. I'm a director working on my first horror film, which has a bit of action in it, and this course is totally giving me rocket boots. If you have more courses from Gil, please let me know and TAKE MY MONEY! - Colby R Rice

Excellent content. But you'd better pay attention or you will miss something. This course is packed with loads or useful and well explained stuff. - Mr Mick Farmer

Instructor is clearly in command of craft and engages with questions, simple explanations and familiar examples. Video and audio are excellent. - Bill Halford

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Meet Your Instructor:

Suki Medencevic, A.S.C has been lighting Hollywood films and television for over 25 years. Some of his work includes American Horror Story, Stuck in the Middle, and several high profile documentaries for Amazon Studios, Apple, Pixar, ILM, and Disney+ including The History of Imagineering for Disney Studios.

Suki has taught around the world to sold out crowds as well at USC Film School and New York Film Academy. He is also a member of the prestigious American Society of Cinematographers.

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So what are you waiting for? Whether you are fresh out of film school, a new videographer who wants to create his/her own content or a cinematographer who wants to learn from a master this course is for you. Join over 65,000 students that have already taken IFH filmmaking and screenwriting courses. 

If you've got the dream.

If you've got the drive.

If you've got the passion - but you're missing the knowledge and experience...this course will help you take your cinematography to the next level.

Enroll NOW and learn how to light a face and become a better videographer/cinematographer! Let's get started!

Who this course is for:

  • cinematopgrahers
  • videographers
  • filmmakers
  • film directors
  • gaffers
  • grips

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