Introduction to Film Photography Direction
Action (Scene 2, Drama)
A course by David Curto , Cinematographer
About the video: Action (Scene 2, Drama)
Overview
“Now we just need, in this case, the actresses and record it. It is a spectacle to see what you have created through the viewfinder of your camera.”
In this video lesson David Curto addresses the topic: Action (Scene 2, Drama), 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
“ACTION! (Drama scene) Once we have the whole set ready, with the lighting and the camera, We will now give way to actresses and we will roll our piece. I remind you the same as in sequence 1. Look carefully at what happens in the scene and you are analyzing everything we have said, so you can see how the lights are positioned and what happens with the lighting. It is a very good way for you to observe the exercise that I showed you before. I'm tired of not being able to have real and sincere relationships. Do you hear me Are you listening to me, huh? Do you have the microphone open? Well, I...”
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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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