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Digital Cinematography: Lighting

Master the art of lighting in digital cinematography and discover how to create different moods, textures, and continuity in your storytelling. Unleash your creativity and learn techniques to compose shots, control exposure, and manipulate shadows and hot spots. Join us at DCTV and take your cinematography skills to new heights.

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  • 18 and older
  • $240
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  • 87 Lafayette St, New York, NY
  • 6 hours

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What you'll learn in this cinematography class:

In this workshop, you'll enhance your cinematography skills by mastering new lighting techniques to effectively tell your story. You'll understand the core concepts of lighting, such as light quality, direction, intensity, and color temperature, and how these elements influence the mood and atmosphere of your shots.

Gain experience in planning your lighting setup in advance and practice lighting various scenes to create different moods, textures, and continuity. You'll get hands-on experience with various lighting tools and accessories, including LED panels, softboxes, reflectors, and diffusers, and learn how to choose the right equipment for different scenarios. You'll understand how lighting interacts with digital camera sensors and how to optimize your lighting setup for camera settings and lenses. During the workshop you'll set up and experiment with lighting equipment in a controlled environment, ensuring you gain confidence and proficiency in your lighting techniques.

MaterialsWe provide all equipment and are committed to a 2:1 student to camera ratio. Personal equipment is not permitted.

Topics include:

  • Composition
  • Exposure and Depth of Field
  • Dramatic v. Natural Lighting
  • Shadows and Hot Spots
  • Accent Light
  • Lighting Diagrams
  • Lighting for Mood
  • Lighting Different Skin Tones
  • Practical Lighting and Motivated Illumination
  • Shooting Movie Dark

Refund Policy

If you register for a workshop and are unable to attend, we can offer the following compensation:

  • Full refund (less 5% cancellation fee):
    • If your cancellation is confirmed at least 6 full business days prior to workshop's start date.
  • Full credit (valid for 3 months) or a 50% refund:
    • If your cancellation is confirmed at least 3 full business days prior to workshop's start date.
  • You receive no compensation (neither refund nor credit):
    • If your cancellation is confirmed less than 3 full business days prior to workshop's start date.
    • No compensation (Neither Refund nor Credit) is available for cancellations less than 3 full business days prior to a workshop's start time or for non-attendance. For example, if you cancel your registration for a workshop that starts at 6:30pm on Monday, we must confirm your cancellation no later than 6:30pm the Thursday before for you to receive Credit.

There are absolutely no make-ups allowed for any missed session(s) of a workshop. It is not possible for students to make up a missed session of their Workshop by attending an equivalent session on another day. There are no refunds for missed sessions.

In any event where a customer wants to cancel their enrollment and is eligible for a full refund, a 5% processing fee will be deducted from the refund amount.

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  • Digital Cinematography: Lighting

    Reviewed by Jack D. on 12/9/2024
    This is a great course to learn about the technical and the artistic elements of film lighting. I'm very happy I took the class, and Patrick is a great instructor.
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