Syllabus (last updated 01.27.18)
Reminder: local SAG-AFTRA student rep presentation Friday February 9th, 10am Room 251!
Assignments & Reference Repository
WEEK 11
Reading:
- Why You Probably Don't Need a 4k TV (short version); Why You Probably Don't Need a 4k TV (longer version)
- Conforming and Compositing 'The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo';
- Behind the Workflow and Post-Production Process of Gone Girl
WEEK 10
Individual Pre-Vis Meetings
WEEK 09
Assignment: Pre-Vis Materials for One-on-One Meeting (Due by April 2nd)
Supplemental: Storyboard Templates; Marking Shooting Script
Reading:
"Requiem for a Dream" -- Commentary by Matthew Libatique, ASC
"Fargo" with commentary from DP Roger Deakins, CBE, ASC, BSC
**Aspect Ratio**
Some Aspect Ratios
WEEK 04
Assignment: Lighting w/ Available Light
Reading: Rachel Morrison on Mudbound and Black Panther
Supplemental Reading: Chapter Excerpt on "Electricity"
Not indicated here: amperage capacities decrease as length of stinger increases
WEEK 03
Reading: Nestor Almendros from Masters of Light -- read highlighted section, especially first highlighted section
Lighting from "Realism" and with Available Light:
Days of Heaven (1987, dp: Nestor Almendros, ASC):
Tech Viewings:
Some Bros w/ a Quicker C-stand Vid:
Below is a video providing good, basic info on light meters. But note that while the meter itself isn't biased, the DP's own "quick and easy way" to determine middle grey with a spot meter is to take a spot meter reading of "caucasian skin" in the key light. This is his point of reference, which, unsurprisingly, is of someone that looks like him.
WEEK 01
Assignment: 3 Selfies, 3 Landscapes
Readings: Brightness, Color, Contrast;
Supplemental Readings: Reading Video Scopes; How to lock focus, bias exposure, enable grid, and geo-locate with Camera for iPhone or iPad
Supplemental Pre-Week 1 Reference Readings: