Advanced Cinematography Techniques
Light conditions
A course by David Curto , Cinematographer
Learn lighting techniques to be able to develop the look of any audiovisual project in a professional way
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About the video: Light conditions
Overview
“The time has come to see how light behaves, what we can do with it and what are its uses. To do this, we are going to see practical examples of different diffusions, distances and directions in which we can play with the lights. In addition, we will also add colors to create different examples of how it behaves on objects and skins.”
In this video lesson David Curto addresses the topic: Light conditions, which is part of the Domestika online course: Advanced Cinematography Techniques. Learn lighting techniques to be able to develop the look of any audiovisual project in a professional way.
Partial transcription of the video
“Light conditions When it comes to working with light we have three conditions which are the most important and in this case, we are going to see those three. It would be the texture, the direction and the color. To see the texture of the light what we will do first of all will put the light source directly on the character. Then, we will apply different textures of broadcasts we have chosen. In this case, we will see the White Diffusion room or also called 251, what it does is create a little diffusion but keeping the direction of the shadow. Then we will use a quarter of Grid Cloth that is...”
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Course summary for: Advanced Cinematography Techniques
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Category
Photography & Video -
Areas
Film, Film, Video & TV, Lighting Design, Photographic Lighting
A course by David Curto
David Curto is in love with cinema and photography. He studied at the Higher School of Cinema and Audiovisual of Catalonia (ESCAC). A native of Spain, in 2010 he moved to Colombia, where he lived for 8 years. He currently divides his time between the two countries.
He has worked for brands such as Motorola, Honda, Ford, Avianca, Nestlé, and Heineken and has filmed music videos for artists like Sebastian Yatra, David Bisbal, Juan Magán, Aitana, Ana Guerra, Lalo Ebratt, Greeicy, Tini, and others. He worked as the director of photography on films such as The Boy by Craig Macnaill, Fucking Games and Anthropos by Spiros Stathoulopoulos, and Bad Lucky Goat by Samir Oliveros, presenting the latter worldwide at the SXSW festival in Austin (USA).
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- 15 lessons (1h 38m)
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- Level: Intermediate
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