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Documentary Filmmaking from Scratch

A Quick Guide to Understanding Light

A course by JRVISUALS , Filmmakers

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Audio: English

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About the video: A Quick Guide to Understanding Light

Overview

“In this lesson, we will teach you the secrets of lighting and how to use it to create any effect you want.”

In this video lesson JRVISUALS addresses the topic: A Quick Guide to Understanding Light, which is part of the Domestika online course: Documentary Filmmaking from Scratch. Learn how to develop an audiovisual piece from the initial idea to the post-production process and visually communicate your story.

Partial transcription of the video

“A Quick Guide to Understanding Light Lighting is a very important technique to know by any filmmaker because it'll determine the quality of your film and it'll differentiate an amateur one from a professional one. For this documentary we'll use mainly natural light but the principles apply if you're using artificial light. Let's look at some of the basic ideas about light. In this case, intensity is the amount of light hitting your subject. It will depend on the power of the light you're using be it the sun or a tungsten bulb and the distance from the light to your subject. The closer the l...”

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Course summary for: Documentary Filmmaking from Scratch

Level: Beginner
99% positive reviews (157)
6771 students
5 units
18 lessons (2h 5m)
3 downloads

Category
Photography & Video
Software
Adobe Premiere
Areas
Audiovisual Production, Film, Filmmaking, TV, Video, Video Editing

JRVISUALS

A course by JRVISUALS

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Filmmakers

Jose Prada is a Spanish filmmaker who made his cross-over to the audiovisual world in 2003. Rene Strgar is a professional snowboarder-turned-filmmaker after suffering an injury in 2007. The two met in London, and eventually founded JRVISUALS.

Together, they have worked with industry giants like L’Oréal, Red Bull, Zara, NHS, Fourpure Brewing Co., Sambrook’s Brewery, Tefal, Eating Europe, Italcrem coffee, and Neverland Festival among others. They are also recipients of numerous awards like Nespresso Talents Spain (2017 & 2019) and Official Selection from Cinema Shots (2020).