Introduction to Film Photography Direction
Formats
A course by David Curto , Cinematographer
About the video: Formats
Overview
“Once we have our colored scenes it is time for the final baking. It is important to know what are the most used formats and codecs depending on the output that we are going to give our piece. We will see why choose one or the other and how to do it from our colorization software. ”
In this video lesson David Curto addresses the topic: Formats, 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
“FORMATS In this lesson, we will talk about formats. In a world with so many files, codecs and other formats, we will see what is the best way to choose the format, resolution and codec we need for our project. I will explain some tips, if you work on Windows or Mac and what is the best way to export the sequence. Once we have our colorized sequences, It is time to export now. To export, I want to show what the formats are and most used codecs, depending also if you use Windows or Mac. And have more clear which one you can use because with so many formats and so many codecs, The issue of exp...”
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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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