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LIGHTING for Film and Television
Rating: 4.4 out of 5(687 ratings)
3,669 students

LIGHTING for Film and Television

Learn to tell stories with light in a 6-hour, immersive, funny course with sketch comedy and two complete short films
Created byWrightsville Beach Studios
Last updated 12/2013
English

What you'll learn

  • To teach you not only how to light like movie and TV pros, but why you do what you do, and how it supports the artistic goals of the project

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Course content

4 sections • 10 lectures • 5h 54m total length

  • INTRODUCTION/Common Misconceptions/The Three Things/How LIght Works41:18

    Introduction! A road map of the lessons ahead, common misconceptions and mistakes people make when they're first starting out, three simple things which will get you started making cinematic images, and some of the science of how light works.

  • EXPOSURE: The Right Amount Of Light35:53

    Understanding brightness -- how bright an image should be, the range of brightness cameras can resolve (dynamic range), and overviews of the tools to measure it -- markers, zebras, and waveform monitors.

  • SHADOWS: Giving Light Shape23:32

    Shadows are what give images depth, shape, light, character -- the art of cinematic lighting is the art of placing shadows. Creating shadows you want. Managing shadows you don't. Hard light, and soft light, and what they do for you.

  • LIGHTING: Basic Technique41:37

    This is it! Placing lights to create the looks you want! The nuts and bolts of lighting technique. Lighting motivation. Creating moods and characters with light and shadow! Lighting interiors. Lighting outside.

Requirements

  • A willingness to be entertained while you learn.

Description

A 6-hour, deeply immersive look into cinematic lighting, with parodies of programs such as Mythbusters, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and What Not to Wear. We cover common mistakes, hard and soft light, using shadows, proper exposure and exposure tools, lighting technique, creating a mood with light, all built around meeting the ARTISTIC GOALS of your film/video project. We then talk about all of the lighting and grip gear, have an interview with Levie Isaacks, A.S.C, and more. And then, we showcase two short films we made specifically for this set (watch them now, for free!), and sit down with the cinematographer and director in an hour-long, behind-the-scenes featurette breaking down everything that was done to light the films, and we show our lighting lessons as applied to in real-world film production settings -- with the results to show for it!

Who this course is for:

  • Beginners, intermediates who want to learn why instead of just how, and professionals for review and reference

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