Visualization and Exposure

FILM TV X 478.27B

Advance your skills as a cinematographer with this hands-on course. Learn pre and on-set visualization with a particular emphasis on digital exposure, composition and framing. Weekly exercises and workshops will help to enhance your skills.

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Fall
Spring
In-Person
Starting at $1,385.00
As few as 8 weeks
4.0

What you can learn.

  • Understand pre-visualizing lighting design and execution for a project
  • Learn pre-production tools with emphasis on lighting, lenses, color, and more
  • Delve more deeply into the nuances of cameras and camera movement
  • Master lighting and exposure skills in weekly exercises

About this course:

This course is designed to deepen the cinematographer's understanding of the principles and methods of visualization on-set and in pre-production with particular emphasis on digital exposure and pre-visualizing lighting design and execution. Instruction covers pre-production tools and techniques for cinematographers with emphasis on lighting, lenses, cameras, camera movement and color. Each week, you participate in exercises and workshops designed to help you master the skills used for visualizing the lighting, camera and exposure of the scene. You also practice the techniques of composition and framing (interior and exterior). You learn how to design shots, achieve compositional balance, tracking, gear-heads, fluid heads, eye-lines and two-shots.
Prerequisites
Successful completion of or concurrent enrollment in FILM TV X 478.27A Introduction to Cinematography.

Spring 2024 Schedule

Date & Time
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Monday 7:00PM - 10:00PM PT
Available
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396926
Fee:
$1,385.00
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Location: UCLA Extension Lindbrook Center in Westwood
ENROLL BY: Apr 15, 2024
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Notes

Enrollment limited; early enrollment advised. Internet access required. No meeting 05/27
Weekend workshops TBA at a studio in L.A.

Refund Deadline
No refunds after April 28, 2024
Course Requirements
Internet access required to retrieve course materials.
Setting Up Your Shots: Great Camera Moves Every Filmmaker Should Know by Jeremy Vineyard
The Visual Story, Second Edition: Creating the Visual Structure of Film, TV and Digital Media by Bruce A. Block
Schedule
Type
Date
Time
Location
Lecture
Mon Apr 15, 2024
7:00PM PT - 10:00PM PT
UCLA Extension Lindbrook Center in Westwood
UCLA Extension Lindbrook Center 211
Lecture
Mon Apr 22, 2024
7:00PM PT - 10:00PM PT
UCLA Extension Lindbrook Center in Westwood
UCLA Extension Lindbrook Center 211
Lecture
Mon Apr 29, 2024
7:00PM PT - 10:00PM PT
UCLA Extension Lindbrook Center in Westwood
UCLA Extension Lindbrook Center 211
Lecture
Mon May 6, 2024
7:00PM PT - 10:00PM PT
UCLA Extension Lindbrook Center in Westwood
UCLA Extension Lindbrook Center 211
Lecture
Mon May 13, 2024
7:00PM PT - 10:00PM PT
UCLA Extension Lindbrook Center in Westwood
UCLA Extension Lindbrook Center 211
Lecture
Mon May 20, 2024
7:00PM PT - 10:00PM PT
UCLA Extension Lindbrook Center in Westwood
UCLA Extension Lindbrook Center 211
Lecture
Mon May 27, 2024
7:00PM PT - 10:00PM PT
UCLA Extension Lindbrook Center in Westwood
UCLA Extension Lindbrook Center 211
Lecture
Mon Jun 3, 2024
7:00PM PT - 10:00PM PT
UCLA Extension Lindbrook Center in Westwood
UCLA Extension Lindbrook Center 211

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