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Cinema Lighting DVDs?

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Is there a set of DVDs similar to the Hollywood Camera Work set devoted to professional lighting for cinema?
 
Not that I have ever come across. The closest thing out there is

http://www.digitalcinematraining.com/

which are a great resource. There are obviously plenty of basic lighting DVD and online vids but none that really go to town and get down and dirty with it.

By next Easter IndiEvolution will be up and running but more on that in the future.
 
Stephen Gibson said:
Has anyone ever viewed these:

http://www.poweroflighting.com/videos.html

I was talking to a gaffer on a shoot today, and he suggested them. They apparently host workshops as well, that this guy swore by. It seems like a comprehensive set of DVDs but I would like to know if anybody has gotten them, before I decide.
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THAT VO and bad music would kill me though. HA

Thanks for the suggestions.

Anyone?
 
Umm I forgot about the Kodak ones. They are nicely informative and they run through setting up previous scenes in films if i remember correctly. The dances with wolves one showing the fire light.
 
I was thinking about this.. but honestly.. whats to teach?

the basics? those are found everywhere..

real life situations arent cookie cutter lighting, and thus its hard to make a DVD telling you how to do it.

every scene is different and requires different lighting techniques.
The best training I have found, is being on set and A. doing it yourself to see what looks best
and also, working on other sets and studying how the cinematographer and gaffer Light the scene.
 
The Digital Cinema Society in conjunction with the American Society of Cinematographers held a Lighting Workshop at Mole Richardson. We've distilled the day long presentation down a two hour streaming download which I think is one of our finest. Presenters include legendary ASC Cinematographers including Allen Daviau, Robert Primes, Michael Goi, and Michael Negrin. George Spiro Dibie, ASC, and myself served as moderators while each of these esteemed Cinematographers described their on-set process and performed some of their lighting magic before a very attentive audience of nearly 100. We taped in HDV with XL H1 cameras courtesy of Canon, and used a Varicam on the set to capture the angle the DPs were lighting for. The program is available to download in your choice of file size by members in good standing. Look in the DCS members area under ASC/DCS Lighting Workshop. A sample low res Quicktime trailer can be found at the bottom of our New Streaming Page: http://www.digitalcinemasociety.org/content.php?page=Lighting%20Workshop

If you would like to see the whole program but can't afford the DCS dues/initiation fee of $30US, then just send me a note, and I will send back a link for a comp trial membership.

James Mathers
Cinematographer
Digital Cinema Society, President
Mathers at DigitalCinemaSociety.org
 
Dylan & Ryan - Thanks for the suggestions. I forgot about the Kodak video... worth checking out. I have seen "Light it Right" and it is nice but very basic with a spin towards low budget.

James - Thanks. I am a lifetimer at DCS and have watched the seminar. People should check it out who haven't seen it. A very nice look at a creative workflow.

Zakaree - I understand your point. I think most of us have a pretty good working knowledge of lighting that are working with these great cameras. It is the different point of view that I am after. I guess even though one might know much of what is covered in "the basics" I think the non cookie-cutter situations can be very inspiring to make one think in a different direction. I have a hard time getting on to other sets because I am working on my own projects. But seeing people light scenes that I might not get to do often or ever (heavy rain for example) can get me inspired and thinking in new directions. Also, I can get into a groove and it's nice to see how somebody else would light something.

I thirst for knowledge and never feel like I even come close to knowing "enough" about the things I love.

I appreciate the input guys - thanks.
 
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