Mark Stucker 

 

Advanced Lighting Techniques

Customized lighting seminars
presented by Mark Stucker

Focus Areas

These are areas to choose from as starting points of discussion. Typically no more that 10-12 topic areas can be covered effectively in the 3 remaining 90-120 min. sessions.

 

Lighting strategies

*interviews
*role plays
*multi-camera setups
*exterior lighting
*eye-lines and blocking

Lighting techniques

*background lighting: creating an environment
*eye glasses
*lighting the elderly
*film-look principles
*adding color through gels
*alt. key light use
*alt. softlight use

Lighting Situations

*Studio lighting - gen.
*Location lighting - gen.
*Talking heads: portrait approach
*Offices
*Factories
*Working with sodium & mercury vapor lights
*Windows
*Computer screens
*Metallic specular lighting
*Exterior lighting - HMI
*Ext.lighting-non-electrical
*Ext.negative lighting
*Display lighting - tabletop
*Display lighting -showroom/studio

Special effects

*Dry ice & fog effects
*Blue screen & chroma keys

Processes

*Site surveys
*Electrical power calculations
*lighting plots/planning

Equipment/production tools

*Camera filters
*light/color/spot meter use
*C-stand/flag & net usage
*gobos & cookies
*using color correction gels CTB's & CTO's
*HMI lighting
*grip & rigging equipment
*Chimeras
*Kinoflows

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