This educational CD-ROM describes the art and science of motion picture film including the basics of image capture, processing, and sensitometry. The course is broken into four key components and a glossary of terms, each section ends with a self-check exercise. more...

This interactive, educational CD-ROM provides a detailed description of the cinematographer’s tools and their application in the art of filmmaking. The course is broken into four key components and a glossary of terms, each section ends with a self-check exercise. more...

This training DVD will show you exactly what you need to have in your light kit, and then take you step-by-step through the process of choosing a location, setting up the lights, and solving common challenges in real-world situations. more...

This program preserves a remarkable body of informational films with movie and media pioneers, contemporary film technicians and screen artists. It explores how films work technically and artistically and provides insight into the Hollywood camera and crew system. This program teaches students to more...

Understanding the color properties of light and how the human eye perceives color is one of the underlying principles of effective motion picture photography and theater lighting. Using practical examples along with the history of color science, experienced cinematographers as well as emerging more...

Provides 'hands on' training in basic lighting principles from Master Gaffer Foster Denker. These two volumes cover the basic mechanics of motion picture lighting. Cinematographer Laszlo Kovacs, ASC introduces the program. Topic include: portraiture lighting, set lighting, lighting control more...

Provides 'hands on' training in basic lighting principles from Master Gaffer Foster Denker. These two volumes cover the basic mechanics of motion picture lighting. Cinematographer Laszlo Kovacs, ASC introduces the program. Topic include: portraiture lighting, set lighting, lighting control more...

Provides 'hands on' training in basic lighting principles from Master Gaffer Foster Denker. These two volumes cover the basic mechanics of motion picture lighting. Cinematographer Laszlo Kovacs, ASC introduces the program. Topic include: portraiture lighting, set lighting, lighting control more...

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This unique series, sponsored by the Kodak Worldwide Student Program, features nine of the world's finest cinematographers sharing their wealth of experience in a workshop setting, as they guide you through a series of professional lighting more...

Dean Semler (Road Warrior, City Slickers, Dead Calm) demonstrates the techniques that won him an Academy Award for the cinematography of Dances With Wolves. more...

John Seale (Rainman, Gorillas in the Mist, Witness) conducts an intensive and inspirational lighting workshop in the studios of the Australian Film, Radio and Television School. The dormitory set from Dead Poets Society was more...

Geoff Burton (The Year My Voice Broke, Flirting, Wide Sargasso Sea) condenses his many years of location lighting experience in this highly practical and useful workshop. Geoff's approach emphasizes maximum use of natural lighting resources (daylight and practical) more...

Allen Daviau, ASC (The Falcon and The Snowman, Avalon, Bugsy, Twilight Zone, The Color Purple) takes students back to the golden age of cinematography - the 1920's. Denis Lenoir (Monsieur Hire, Daddy Nostalgie/These Fooling Things, Paris more...

Robby Muller's credits include Repo Man, Paris Texas, To Live and Die in L.A., Peter James Shot Alive!, Rich in Love and Driving Miss Daisy. Both were given the same script and set constraints. The more...

French cinematographer Denis Lenoir (Monsieur Hire, Paris Awakes, Shuttlecock Zone) and Sacha Vierny (Hiroshima Mon, Amour, Prospero's Books, Stavisky) explore the world of cinematic fantasy and magic. more...