LIGHTING for Film and Television (Udemy.com)

I wasn't expecting this course will be this helpful, to be honest... this course is must for any person who is aiming for DOP. It walks you through all the basic and fundamental of lightings. with the lighting principles, excercise short film, explaining of light equipments and classification, introduction to lighting arts, using of warm and blue or soft or hard light etc opens the door of understanding the lighting crafts. And having known the basic of lighting, it charge you up and encourages you to try out and play with it without apprehension and hesitation.... I definitely recommend this lighting cours, yes its 2010 course but still very much relevant.

Barry's great, but hot damn this is outdated in a lot of ways. Most of the information on tungsten, HMIs, and even fluros don't pertain as much anymore, and the gear lists are helpful but not very useful when dealing with a modern gaffer. I don't mind the course, but you've gotta throw a warning on here saying that it's 13 years old and won't give you all of the tools/lingo/knowledge for film sets in 2023. Good class though, but I need something a bit more modern.

This is a great lecture because unlike in a college film class, when so much different subjects like lighting have to be condensed into a short time. This lecture took the time to explain techniques and types of lighting with more depth than what I have seen before. Could this be maybe a little dated considering all the productions I have used have been mostly LED light sources, yes, but how light has been shaped from the HMI and tungsten sources have helped me process why and what light shaping techniques we have today are what they are on a deeper level.

Very comprehensive overview of how light works, how lighting works, and how best to choose and work with the very best tools (including low budget, if that's what's needed) for great cinematography. I really loved seeing examples of actual short films that were made and how the lighting was set up to create the desired effects. If you're looking to start with Cinematography, this is an exceptional course for learning all the basics and much, much more.

This is a really solid course. It gives a great overview of lighting theory and techniques, focusing on both the WHY and the HOW. It also stresses the importance of taking lessons from the course and applying them. The only reason I didn't give it 5 stars is that the course is quite old and we have since had the revolution in affordable large sensor cameras and quality LED lights. The information they teach is still really relevant and useful but I found myself purchasing an additional course to learn more about the modern lighting equipment etc... It would be great if they could do an updated version of this course for 2020.

Having directed indie shorts, music vids, and even some commercial work — I've had a good amount of experience working with gaffers and dps. But I've really only understood lighting and exposure in a general and aesthetic way. This course helped me gain insight and understanding into the nuts and bolts of the actual craft. Basically, how do these guys really do it? And can I learn it too? For me, the course was enjoyable and extremely useful. The tone is light with an indie vibe, it moves well, and provides a solid road map of how to achieve quality lighting and exposure in a range of production situations. The main instructor's clearly well seasoned, with a genuine passion for lighting and teaching. You can tell he knows the subject well, and really wants to help you learn it. The result is an extremely useful course from him and his team, with some fun to boot. They impart valuable knowledge in an effective way. So once you learn it, you know it. As others have mentioned the course was created a while back. So if you're looking for the latest in LEDs, check out youtube for some unboxings. But if you want to learn how to actually LIGHT, take this course first. In my opinion the content holds up extremely well, and what's taught here is much more valuable. After all, lighting is a topic you could easily fill thousands of hours with. Here it's condensed to the most valuable basics in mere hours, that you can take and run with — and use tomorrow. It punches way above its weight. Thanks for the great course I learned a ton!

Congratulazioni, congratulations, Glückwünsche, felicitaciones, parabéns, félicitations, lo consiglio ai direttori della fotografia (d.o.p) e a coloro che vogliono studiare la direzione della fotografia professionalmente. peccato che non è sotto intitolato in Italiano, avrei appreso più nozioni e non si vede la direzione della fotografia col soggetto in movimento, ma sicuramente lo faranno nel prossimo corso, me lo auguro. E' la seconda volta che ho il piacere di rivederlo.

I liked the pacing of this course and the use of different lighting setups to show lighting effects. It was terrific that they used actual short films to illustrate different lighting techniques and then went back over them and explained how those effects were created. That was the best part of the course, although it was in close competition with the comprehensive and appropriately long lesson on fluorescent and LED lights, as well as filters, scrims, gels, clamps, C-stands, Foamcore, flags, etc. That lesson provided a lot of practical information about a wide variety of tools available to a cinematographer. The interview segments added some useful perspective, but I would have liked more use of lighting setups and scenes. For example, achieving balance in color and intensity can be a challenge on a set where you move from wide shots to close ups and different angles. It would have been good to show more rather than tell about it. But overall this was a very useful course and I plan to follow the advice to practice as much as possible to become familiar with the techniques before actually shooting a film.

This is very good course, gives a very strong foundation for a beginner, and provides a good refresher and tips for the more advanced. I have been doing Lighting for several years now, both in the field and in a TV Studio, mostly video production, and this course gave me information to make my shots better. The 3-point lighting was great, lots of good info for a beginner, and very good refresher for the more advanced. The information about Exposure, Zebras, and Wave Forms, was great....and will be very useful to me. The only criticism, if I had any (not really), would be...I would have liked the same detail that was in the 3-point lighting instruction, in the three Camera set up (taking into full account, every studio lighting grid is different). I took Wrightsville Beach Studios course on "Lighting for Film and Television", as a refresher and a get back to basics (having never had a formal education in production - mostly just a lot of workshops and an excellent instructor at my local public access station), I liked this one so much, so decided to take their other course "Sound for Film and Television", both fulfilled my needs, above and beyond - walked away from both (or at least the computer screen, LOL) having felt I learned some new things, I was not disappointed. I hope they continue to make more courses on Film and Television production...I would love to see a course like "Chromascreen for Film and Television: beginner to advanced", by Wrightsville Beach Studios. Thanks for your courses!

I did like this course, my main complaint was that it is six years old already. An update would be good, because when the section on the lights themselves, he stated LEDS were "new" and costly. In 2016, boy is that not true. But, enjoyed the class.