Overview

Introduction

This course takes students on a cinematography journey, from an introduction to the language of cinematography, understanding composition and angles, filming and lighting a scene, and concluding with camera and optics. Students will discover the art of storytelling, subtext, composition, and much more.

What will I learn?

• Define cinematography as a technical artform.
• Explain the role of the director of photography on a film production.
• Discover the origins of the discipline and the medium of cinematography.
• Understand the dual nature of cinematography as a technical art.
• Learn basic photography theory and apply it.
• Understand and apply colour theory.
• Understand and explain the interplay between cameras, lenses, and film.
• Describe different camera angles and when they are used.
• Define and apply the principles of continuity.
• Understand and explain cutting as it applies to a cinematographer.
• Explain the purpose of close-ups and when to use them.
• Understand and explain the importance of composition.
• Understand, measure, and manipulate light.
• Understand the language of film and apply it through shot design.
• Understand the scope of the art of cinematography as a medium for storytelling.
• Analyse a script and decide how it will be filmed.
• Create a shot list and storyboard and motivate your choices.