Shots in Studio 1
Code | Completion | Credits | Range | Language Instruction | Semester |
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304ESIS1 | Z | 1 | 8/S | English | summer |
- Subject guarantor:
- Klaus FUXJÄGER
- Name of lecturer(s):
- Klaus FUXJÄGER
- Learning outcomes of the course unit:
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Being an essential part of the “lighting seminar 1+2” of the first year’s master program, this exercise is an essential part of the cinematography student’s education.
- Mode of study:
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Workshop - practical exercise
- Prerequisites and co-requisites:
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basic experience as cinematographers, ability to handle essential filmmaking tasks
digital still camera with all functions manually
lightmeter: spotmeter and luxmeter
film camera (arri3) provided by studio famu
film set (3wall room with big window and door; backdrop) provided by studio famu
- Course contents:
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35mm b/w film in studio (240m for all students together)
Basic motion picture lighting in studio; balancing exterior/ interior.
grey chart test shots, exposure and tonality tests; over- and underexposure.
Creating of essential atmospheres through lighting: day, evening, night.
all students shoot together for two days. teacher present
2 film prints: basic and graded (students present at grading)
- Recommended or required reading:
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american cinematographer’s manual
John Alton, “Painting with Light”
Sven Nykvist, “Reverence for the light” 1997
D. Schaefer and L. Salvato, “Masters of light” 1984
F. Truffaut, “le cinema selon Hitchcock” 1966
K. Malkiewicz, “film lighting” 1986
D. Samuelson, “motion picture, camera and lighting equipment” 1980
- Assessment methods and criteria:
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workshop presence, participation, punctuality: 100 %
practical exercise: 100 %
- Course web page:
- Note:
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- Schedule for winter semester 2017/2018:
- The schedule has not yet been prepared
- Schedule for summer semester 2017/2018:
- The schedule has not yet been prepared
- The subject is a part of the following study plans:
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- Cinematography - 1718 (required subject)