Lighting Workshop - Film Oxford

Next course: TBC - Sunday, 10am-5pm - email office@filmoxford.org to express interest

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Cost: £95 full price, £86 (early booking discount), £71 concessions

Do you want to improve the lighting on your films using pro lights, or just know more about lighting before you start making films? Most people rent lights for their shoots, but which lights should you rent? Do you know you how to get the correct exposure? Your f-stops from your greyscale? You Kelvins from your Gammas? Your Gobos from your HMI’s? Your Dedo’s from your ND? Learn the meaning behind the lingo of a pro-lighting person and get your hands dirty setting them up!

This Lighting Workshop will introduce participants the principles of lighting using different professional lights, giving them a better understanding and confidence to deal with diverse lighting situations. The course is led by former BBC senior cameraman Graham Reed, and during the course, you will be encouraged to rig and use the lights yourselves. It is an ideal companion course to Video Camera Course (4k & HD) and Location Sound weekend courses.

Tutor Graham Reed

http://www.grahamreedlightingcameraman.com/

I worked for the BBC for 21 years, first as a camera assistant, then as a cameraman, then Senior Cameraman before becoming a Freelance Lighting Cameraman.

I’ve worked on every type of TV programme in studios and on location. I’ve gained invaluable experience by working with many great artists and directors. I also learnt much by working with well known and respected cameramen, Ron Green, Jim Atkinson.

I now spend my working time as a Lighting Director, Lighting Cameraman, Cameraman, either in a studio, on location or on an OB. Because of my great experience and skills, I easily change from planning large lighting rigs, as a Lighting Director, being Camera Supervisor on a multi-camera shoot to operating a single camera.

I also lecture and run training courses.

Course Outline

Course registration and introduction.

The need for lighting will be discussed and the differences between lighting and illumination.

How do we know when a picture is exposed correctly. How does exposure effect depth of field?

F stops. What do the numbers mean?

We view our pictures on monitors. How the settings on the monitor will effect our picture judgment.

Understanding the grey scale.

What lighting level should we start with?

What is gamma and how does it change the look of the pictures?

By using the lights you will be shown simple 3 point lighting . You will have the opportunity to rig lights yourselves.

Hard Sources and Soft Sources of light – What are the differences and how do we use them? JHow to change a hard source into a soft source.

lunch

During lunch, we can discuss any other Lighting topics that you would like clarified.

Colour Temperature. Understanding Kelvin. The difference between Tungsten, Fluorescent and LED lighting. You will be able to rig different lights.

Using colour. What are the problems of using gels. You will have the opportunity to try out different colours and to see how they look on screen.

Background lighting. The importance of good background lighting

Light Control. How do we control the lighting level?

Inverse Square law.

After this you will have the opportunity to rig the lights yourselves whilst discussing the following points:

Location Lighting – The problems of working on location

Loading – How important you understand current, amps.

Safety – Lighting can be very dangerous. Taking care – Assessing risks.

You will be given a few common lighting problems and will discuss in the group how to overcome these problems, with practical setups

Review. What we have learnt and where do you go from here?

Course finish

Comments

R.A. – Great course. Good tips on how to do things in practice.

Mandy -I feel much more confident and cleared up many phrases I’d learned but did not fully understand

Anna – Very good and helpful. Friendly and accessible manner

Martin – We covered a wide range in a short time and got some greattips from Graham’s experienced career

Christine – Excellent course, hard work and very valuable information

All Film Oxford Courses are subsidised by Oxfordshire Adult Learning

Who can get Concessions on Adobe Premiere Editing?

Discount for NUS students and people on following means-tested benefits, proof required: NUS card; ESA (income related); JSA, Income Support; Working Tax Credit (not child tax credit); Council Tax Benefit (not student/single person/reduction due to disability); Housing Benefit; Pension Credit (guarantee); Unwaged Dependent of these benefits.

All Film Oxford Courses are subsidised by Oxfordshire Adult Learning

This is one of our adult training courses so please note that participants need to be 18 years and above, for information about all of our youth activities see Youth page