CINEMATOGRAPHY 1
SPRING 2018
Syllabus (updated 01.15.18)
Assignments Repository (also listed under the relevant weeks as they occur):
Assignments:
- Final--Scene Recreation (due May 8) ; Scripts for Final
- Formal Scene Recreation (due March 27th)
- Lighting Relativity (due Feb 27th)
- Lighting with One Light
- 3 Selfies, 3 Landscapes
References:
- Gossen Luna Pro Light Meter Manual
- Photographic Principles Part 01 (exposure)
- Photographic Principles Part 02 (lenses)
WEEK 14-15
Requiem for Dream w/ DP commentary
WEEK 13
Reading: Deciphering the Film Slate Part 1, Part 2, Part 3
Social Network Post-Production
"The Social Network" Production BTS
Visions of Light (1992, dp Nancy Schreiber, ASC)
"Days of Heaven" (1978, dp Nestor Almendros, ASC)
WEEK 10
"American Gangster" (dp, Harris Savedes, ASC)
"The Yards" (dp: Harris Savides, ASC)
WEEK 09
Reading: Block, Light, Rehearse, Tweak, Shoot
Supplemental Reading: Set Operations
WEEK 08
Assignment: Formal Scene Recreation (due March 27th)
Reading: Rachel Morrison (interviewed by my sister!); ART OF THE SHOT: “Atlanta” DP Christian Sprenger
WEEK 07
Traditional "Chain of Command" on a Film Set
Our Little Dynamic Range Test of the T5i
WEEK 04-05
Assignment: Lighting Relativity
WEEK 03
Assignment: Lighting with One Light (due Feb 27th)
WEEK 02
Reading: Brightness, Color, Contrast
Assignment: 3 Selfies, 3 Landscapes (due Jan. 30th)
WEEK 01
Reading: "Suit & Tie" ASC Magazine Profile; "Kill Jill" ASC Magazine Profile
Listening:
Viewing: