The Deal

• €19 for a film cinematographer online course (94% off)

Modules of the course include:

• Who is a director of photography?
• Overview of position and responsibilities
• How DP responsibilities can change from job to job
• Understanding the relationship with producers and directors
• Common misconceptions
• Differences in digital cinema cameras: benefits and drawbacks to each
• Choosing the right camera
• Working in HD or 4K
• What is a lens?
• '’Cine’’ lenses and ‘‘still’’ lenses: what’s the difference?
• How to choose the right lens for a shot
• Focus: what to know
• What is parfocal?
• What is framing?
• Basic framing - the rule of thirds
• Three basic shots: wide, medium, close up
• Lenses and framing- how a lens can illustrate emotion
• How to frame interviews
• How to frame a dialogue
• “Breaking the line’’ what is this and why is this important?
• Shooting for the edit
• Lighting: how to light the scene
• My philosophy to lighting (a lifelong pursuit of learning)
• Tungsten and daylight
• Fresnel, open-face and soft lights
• LED and HMIs
• Three-point lighting
• Adding a fill light
• Talking to the director: what’s the shot?
• Identifying problem spots
• Finesse the scene
• The essential skill: shooting an interior interview
• Understanding depth
• Real-time lighting transitions, i.e. not understanding the edit
• Using foreground

Full contents of the course can be found here.