Introduction to Film Photography Direction
Influences
A course by David Curto , Cinematographer
About the video: Influences
Overview
“Sometimes it happens to me that I forget all the references and the things that inspire me in everyday life. I mean I have to stop, remember and remember them. They remain saved, but many times I do not remember where I saw it, if in a movie, a painting or maybe I dreamed it ... There are many artists and influences that are slowly shaping our brain and we are choosing what interests us and what No, to later make our own recipe of everything read, seen and learned. I have recapitulated some of them to share with you. ”
In this video lesson David Curto addresses the topic: Influences, which is part of the Domestika online course: Introduction to Film Photography Direction. Learn to convey the emotions of a story through light and a camera.
Partial transcription of the video
“INFLUENCES In this lesson I will begin by telling you some of my influences. Since very little, there was a movie that marked me a lot, "Inside the maze", and from there I began to be interested in the world of cinema. How it was done, why, It was something very interesting and curious to discover. In this lesson I want you to see some of my references, just some because there are so many that would not fit only in one lesson, and I'm going to highlight some of those currently I am more interested and I like them more. I hope you enjoy them and let's do it. I'm going to start with this "Ida...”
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Course summary for: Introduction to Film Photography Direction
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Areas
Film, Film, Video & TV, Lighting Design, Photographic Lighting

David Curto
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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