The Hot Cinematography Course + INTRO to Directing

Description

LIVE 1 to 1with Mentor on Skype Online Course on "Cinematography and Intro to Directing. 8 one hour sessions.

Taught by British cinematographer/director with 31 years of experience and 32 features, commercials, short films, music videos, documentaries, and reality shows to his name.

📝Full credits and website:
www.imdb.com/name/nm1806508
📝Training:

2 years, London Film School (35mm cinematography/editing/directing)

1 year, Media Productions London (digital cinematography/editing)

2 years, Newport Gwent U.K. (documentary photography set up by Magnum)

Detailed Course

🌀🌚🎬🎥:LOW COST on.line training:23.23.

🎥Advanced Online Course on "Cinematography and Directing" .one to one with mentor on Skype.

NOTE: DETAILED breakdown,also available.

📝Taught by British cinematographer/director with 31 years of experience and 32 features, commercials, short films, music videos, documentaries, and reality shows to his name.

📝Full credits and website:
www.imdb.com/name/nm1806508

📝Training:

2 years, London Film School (35mm cinematography/editing/directing)

1 year, Media Productions London (digital cinematography/editing)

2 years, Newport Gwent U.K. (documentary photography set up by Magnum)

Course Overview:
This course provides in-depth knowledge of cinematography and directing, including the use of different cameras, lighting setups, metering techniques, and creative direction. Students will learn to master key elements of production and post-production processes.

Hourly Session Breakdown:
8 one-hour sessions on Skype.

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Reasons You Should Do This Course:

🌀1. Learn From a Professional: With 31 years of international experience in cinematography, you'll be learning from someone who has worked with top-of-the-line equipment on projects in multiple countries and formats.

🌀2. Hands-On Knowledge: You'll receive practical guidance on key areas such as lighting techniques, camera systems, and metering, enabling you to apply this knowledge immediately to your own projects.

🌀3. Flexible and Accessible: The course is held online via Skype, making it accessible from anywhere in the world. If you miss a session, recordings may be provided so you can catch up.

🌀4. In-Depth Curriculum: Covering essential topics like green screen lighting, metering, film stocks, and directing actors, this course gives you a holistic understanding of both cinematography and directing.

🌀5. Low Cost, High Value: Designed to offer maximum value at a very low cost, this course is perfect for budding filmmakers, cinematographers, and even experienced professionals who want to refine their skills.

🌀6. Direct Industry Connections: Successful students may have their work shared with directors and producers that I know, opening potential employment opportunities in the film industry.

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🎬Session One (One Hour):

Introduction to Light Metering,how to use them.

Understanding light meters for film and digital.

Difference between incident and reflective metering, how a meter will make your lighting so much more precise.

Metering techniques for accurate exposure using t-stops.

Using a meter instead of "false colour"or a "histogram"is so much more precise.

"False colour"and "histograms",only give you an averaged exposure of the whole scene,they are not "zone specific".

Most lighting lesson,s on this course would be very hard to achieve without a "flat disc"on a meter.

As it is "zone specific"ie" it will read the actual "t"stop of the light falling on a person, with a flat disc

Pegging chosen t-stop to an exposure curve.
How to read an exposure curve.

Practical:

Setting up 4-point lighting: Key, Fill, Kicker, Side Light, with appropriate ratios (1:8).key t4,fill t1.4.

Using whiteboard to illustrate.

ECT.

Introduction to gels and gobos for lighting manipulation.creating "mood and tone"in camera.

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🎬:Session Two (One Hour):

Color Charts & Green Screen Lighting:

Using a color chart for scene exposure and grading

Exercise:
You are shooting a scene with h.m.i,s coming through window,s with "yellow 101".gell,s for urban night light .this is "the look you want".

What colour temp is your colour chart?..what stop?.how do you explain this to the grader?.

Why a correctly exposed colour chart,is so relevant .to today,s digital cinematography.

As you can communicate "the look"you want.

Lighting techniques for full-body green screen setups.

Using 180 degree cyc(what is that?)

With lighting grid,space light,s ,cyc lights,(what are they)

Preventing green screen "bounce back" using low-angle arms and other techniques.

To create "perfect"full bodied "green screen".

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🎬:Session Three (One Hour):

Lighting Towards Camera & Re-lighting Close-ups

Concept of "lighting towards the camera."why an image looks more "beautiful"if you do this,has been utilizied by "jack Cardiff"in red shoes.

Most great cinematographers do this,what it is?.

The nature of "light",using "the tree in the park"
Concept."lighting towards camera"and what that means?.

Reverse cross key lighting technique for indoor scenes.

How to re.set the hard key,s used in your master ,with soft light,s .to create a soft "wrap around key"and zero nose shadows.essential for every close up to make the images perfect.

It took me years to learn this.

To match the stop in the master within 1/10th of a stop accuracy/along with the same colour temp

Exercise :with white board light a scene 2 monks sat at dinner,lit with candle light..moonlight coming in.(Using 2 m40,s/Arri,and 3 650,s).

How do we light it?.using whiteboard to illustrate.

If you can light "on paper"in real life it,s so easy.

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🎬:Session Four (One Hour):

Film & Digital Cameras, Lenses, and Lighting Gear:(a cinematographer /director,must know all).

Overview of major camera systems (Arri, Sony, Red, Blackmagic,all film camera,s)all format,s from Alexa classic to Alexa 65,Arricam light,435b,ECT.

Types of lenses and their unique "look."signature primes, master primes,ultra primes ECT

Use of anamorphic:Cooke anamorphic,Arri anamorphic.there unique "flair".and crushed d.o.f.

Importance of t-stops in cinematography.

Extensive breakdown of lighting equipment: soft lights, hard lights, HMIs, tungsten, and more.

Arri m.series.d series,sky panels,space lights ,air stars .all lighting grip, camera filters.gell,s .

Tungsten :dedo,150,650,1k,2k,5k.

All lighting grip:auto.poles,suction clamps,magick arms,lighting booms.ect.

Discussion of grip equipment and essential tools for every D.P.dollies.cranes,ronin,steadycam ECT

"Guerilla arm,s,descend cam,sky cam..a.t.v.drone .
All camera movement.

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🎬:Session Five (One Hour):

Directing, Producing, and the History of Cinema

Film noir,french new wave, German expressionism:

Key historical films and movements.there effect
On world cinema.

The process of pitching, casting, and directing actors using emotional change how to cast well.

On a low budget film a mis.cast film can ruin your career.

Shooting protocols, call sheets, and breakdown of shooting ratios.

Blocking and multiple eyelines for creative directing.if eyelines "mismatch"most distributors will reject your film.

Multiple eye,lines are quite complex.

How to work with your actor,s using "laban,method and emotional change".

Knowing when a take is good.

Raising funds, distribution,how to realize your film.,🫠

Exercise:"Blair witch"..budget $60.000..box office $250million!.why?..how did they market?

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🎬:Session Six (One Hour):

Shooting Large Scenes (Day/Night, Interior/Exterior). multiple charecters,how to create cross keys...bounced keys and fill,s.

Lighting techniques for large interior and exterior scenes using H.M.I.s and tungsten lights.

Lighting through window,s

Managing multiple characters in one scene, both day and night.

Importance of re-lighting close-ups in large scenes while maintaining consistent t-stops.

Exercise:6 people in a room day (horror movie).

You want the "cold interior light" to contrast with the warm sunlight coming through the window,s

How do you light this?..explained in DETAIL on the whiteboard..using lighting plan,s.all coverage of the scene,with details of lightning every close .up will be covered.

Lighting 2000 people with a 180 degree coverage,using lighting towers and air stars.
For 3-35mm camera,s (mentor did this in Thailand)

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🎬:Session Seven (One Hour):

Making digital camera,s look like film.(How to do it?)it is possible,but requires certain techniques.

Working with Film (16mm/35mm)

Difference between 16mm, Super 16, 35mm, and Super 35mm.

Current film stocks available, such as Kodak Vision series.

Using filters and managing film hazards, avoiding scratches, and "checking the gate."

Telecine and color correction techniques.

Understanding scanning for high-resolution output.

Excercise:shooting a film on 35mm Kodak vision 200t.using colour chart,s ,t stop,s

Scene 3 people at an urban bar at night for exercise:

3 -m.40,s 4 650,s .. Arricam light with vision 200t stock.

Explained on whiteboard, how you would light this on film.

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🎬:Session Eight (One Hour):

Lighting Plans, Composition, and Final Exam.

Work with lighting plans,mentor has used on features.(All lighting plan,s explained)

Review of lighting plans and their importance for efficient production.

A lighting plan allows you to work out your lighting on paper,the more detail,the easiest the actual lighting set up is.

You have calculated your t.stop.the gell,s for your light,s even before you have finished your coffee!.

Mentor will explain IN DETAIL how to do this.

Discussion of composition and framing, referencing notable photographers and painters.

Diane arbus, William Klein,tony ray jones,Cartier Bresson.

Final exam to confirm successful completion of the course. Upon passing, students will receive a certificate of completion.

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Mentor's Teaching Experience:

1. London Film Academy (taught cinematography)

2. Metropolitan Film School (cinematography)

3. Online Zoom lectures for FINAS (Malay Film Board, 20 students)

4. Workshops for the Malay Film Board

5. 2 years at the International Academy of Film and Television (Cebu, PH), teaching cinematography and directing (voted best film school by Hollywood Reporter)

6. Previous online courses on Skype

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Contact Information:

For further information or to join the course, please contact:
Email: mikeenkiproductions1@gmail.com
WhatsApp: Mike Muschamp (+63) 915 454 1104

Also, feel free to join my dedicated Facebook group for more information, sample lectures, lighting plans, mood boards, and student reviews:
Facebook Group: "Learn Advanced Cinematography and Directing"

FEEDBACK from my last students:

👍"I want to thank Mike Muschamp for the great Film Director/ lightning course he put together, that myself and my Director Vee have just completed.
Myself and my team have gained an abundance of knowledge during this course that will definitely make a massive difference to future film projects.
I would recommend this course to anyone at any level of film making .
Thanks again Mike from all of my team".🙏

From student just graduated
Giuseppe Baldassarre

👍"Thank you sir 🙏 I got a lot information and knowledge from you 🫡"from vee Thai director
Weerapong h paleewiwat.
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