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Mastering the Camera Lens for Film Drama

A PROFESSIONAL FILM MAKING WORKSHOP

A 7-hour workshop to learn about the true power of the camera lens!
With hands-on practice!

In all movie making endeavors, there is no doubt that cameras, lighting, sets & costumes have a tremendous impact on the look and feel of any film and consequently on its success. However, none have as much an impact on the finished product as the often neglected or taken for granted, camera lens!

The lens sits squarely between the set image and the camera’s captor carrying light from one to the other. Its sole purpose is to ensure that the light reaching its destination will be of the utmost quality, shape and color. Understanding this role and the physical constraints of the lens will give film producers, directors, DoPs or any creative crew on set, a much better control on the look of the final product long before it reaches postproduction.

Remember: there is nothing, one can “fix in post”, if it is absent in the first place!
So controlling the light reaching the captor and getting only the best to begin with is the key to all that follows.

The LENS workshop thus walks you through the “roles” of the lens, its “structures” & “controls” and their combined impact on a director’s choices & oft-difficult compromises, whether he is using film or digital media. The ultimate aim of the workshop is to help you “see” your film going through the lens as you shoot, not later when it is usually too late!

Still image photographers are also invited to the workshop, since all that is said about the lens for the animated image, generally applies and often with much higher acuity, in high quality portraiture or art photography.

What will be covered
  • Introduction
    • Objective of the session • Participant needs • How the image “look” correlates to the lens work
  • The LENS - Roles
    • In search of light — from pin hole to beam splitting prisms • Artistic choice: part unsharness or « Bokeh » (the cinema model) • Artistic choice: total sharpness « Hyper focal » (the TV model) • Director’s tough compromise 1: light vs opening • Director’s tough compromise 2: angle of vision vs. distortions
  • The LENS - Physical structure
    • Categories: prime & zoom • Types: normal & anamorphic • Basic function: glass to correct & orient light • Basic controls: opening & focus • The diaphragm to control light • The focal length to control angle of vision (f vs. T) • The depth of field (DOF) & the circle of confusion
  • Impact of the camera captor on the lens choice
    • Captor type (film or digital) - Reaction to light • Captor size impact on artistic choices
  • Impact of lighting
    • What you need to know from the grip: « foot/candles » or « SI lux/metres » • Uncontrolled effects— some good, some bad• Using filters: ND, softeners, color changers, shape shifter … in front of the lens
  • Digital lens control assistant, join the top pros
Prerequisite + What to bring

Participants that have an DSLR can bring their own. Please note, however, that this isn’t a camera-learning course, so you should already know your camera’s controls. Instead this workshop will focus exclusively on camera lenses, particularly how they can give your films, documentaries, and still images more power or drama.

 

DATE(S):
  • to be announced
TIME:

10 AM to 5 PM

INSTRUCTOR(S):
FEE:

PhP 2,595 (USD 65)

Includes materials, lunch and snacks.

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Note: Your seat is not confirmed until we receive a 50 percent down payment.

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Deposit payment at your nearest Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation (RCBC) branch, in the name of Philippine Center for Creative Imaging, S/A 1-249-91545-5. Fax deposit slip to 892-5281 with your name and class details. Surrender deposit slip on first day of class to get official receipt.

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