Light Your Vision
Throw up a light and roll camera, right? I mean, all you need is light on your subject so your camera has something to record.
Sounds incredibly amateurish, yet that’s how so many film makers approach lighting. Yet back in the editing suite they’re shocked their images don’t match the vision they had in their head.
Master Lighting Techniques
Lighting techniques are quite straightforward and easy to master. Even the nuances that set various projects apart are simple modifications on common lighting principles and themes that industry professionals have been using since the early days of film.
Let Indie Cinema Academy help you see the light!
Explore. Watch some of our free lessons. Learn about light meters and storytelling techniques, how LED lights could be perfect for your project or perhaps ruin it. There’s lots to take in, and even more on the membership side.
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Explore some free lessons
Your Guide To High Speed, Part 1: Introduction
Your Guide To High Speed, Part 6: Five Tips For A Successful Shoot
Your Guide To High Speed, Part 4: Common Lighting Problems
Your Guide To High Speed, Part 3: Camera Operation & Workflow
How To Get Consistent Results With Your Histogram (Camera Lesson 30)
Beyond The Basics (Overview) (Camera Lesson 00)
Equipment Etiquette: Lenses & Filters (Camera Lesson 23)
Negative Fill: The Best Kept Secret (Cinematic Lighting Lesson 08)
What People Are Saying…
“I am excited to have found Indie Cinema Academy! I now have the confidence to work on bigger projects that I was previously intimidated by. Thanks for helping me better understand the camera, lighting, and metering.”
“The ability to learn time tested ideas and combine them with the latest advancements is a trick, and I appreciate that ICA is exactly tackling this.”
“Indie Cinema Academy, has been a refresher for my career and the further development of creating my own look as an artist. One major thing I can take away from this training is the confidence it gives me as a cinematographer.”
I’m really enjoying your tutorials. I learn so much in such a short amount of time, whereas it feels like I have to watch an entire Lynda.com 6 hour tutorial and only glean one or two things I didn’t know.