Introduction to Film Photography Direction
Scouting
A course by David Curto , Cinematographer
About the video: Scouting
Overview
“One of the important parts once we have history and we know how we are going to tell it, is to know the places where we are going to land with all our equipment and where we are going to shoot, be they interior or exterior. In this lesson I will teach you how to do a scouting, I will show you some of my real scouting and I will tell you what aspects you need to take into account and, above all, what are the things that you should take into account when locating a space. I will also show you some of the apps I use to complete this process. ”
In this video lesson David Curto addresses the topic: Scouting, 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
“SCOUTING The time has come for scouting. When we are going to locate, either indoors or outdoors, We must be clear about what spaces we are going to face. For this, we have applications, we have a series of points that it is important that we see and realize of whether it is valid or not for our filming. In space, it is important that we see if we have height, or not, if we have different camera shots, if we have windows, or not, If it is a good place to park, if it gets complicated. It is important to have everything clear and that shooting day is not a problem. I will show you examples of...”
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Course summary for: Introduction to Film Photography Direction
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Category
Photography & Video -
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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