Basic Lighting for Audiovisual Projects
The narrative language of optics
A course by Enrique Silguero , Director of Photography
Joined May 2012
About the video: The narrative language of optics
Overview
“We are going to see how to choose a space and, above all, how to choose the frame and the optic with which we are going to work, completely changing the aspect of what we have in front of the objective. ”
In this video lesson Enrique Silguero addresses the topic: The narrative language of optics, which is part of the Domestika online course: Basic Lighting for Audiovisual Projects. Learn to use light as an emotions generator in your cinematic pieces.
Partial transcription of the video
“The Choice of Space and the Narrative Language of Optics Well, guys, we're here. to start with the practical part of the course, with the basic lighting course. Contrary to what we have done in the lighting keys and in the style book, first instead of starting by seeing what style of light we are going to have and then writing about the concepts of camera, of narrative Here the first thing we have to do is take the space and then decide the type of optics we are going to work with. In principle, both the type of optics and the type of lighting It is something that we have to have decided be...”
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Course summary for: Basic Lighting for Audiovisual Projects
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Category
Photography & Video -
Areas
Film, Video & TV, Filmmaking, Lighting Design, Photographic Lighting

Enrique Silguero
A course by Enrique Silguero
Enrique Silguero is a cinematographer from Salamanca, Spain, with experience in film, television series, documentaries, music videos, short films, and commercials. In his words, his specialty is telling stories through light, shadow, color, and composition.
His work can be seen on the main Spanish television networks: Ministerio del Tiempo on TVE, Cuarto Milenio on Cuatro, el Capítulo 0 on #Cero on Movistar Plus. He has worked on music videos for La Oreja de Van Gogh, Miguel Bosé, and Malú. In advertising, his clients include Sony, Coca-Cola, Adidas, and Iberdrola.
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