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

WEEK 13

Reading: Deciphering the Film Slate Part 1, Part 2, Part 3

WEEK 12

New Camera Announcement: Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 4K

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 11

Assignment: Final--Scene Recreation (due May 8) ; Scripts for Final

WEEK 10

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

WEEK 06

Reading: Foundations of Lighting Placement

Supplemental: Lowel EDU

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:

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