Cinematography & lighting · Intermediate
Cinematography and Lighting
Shape a scene with light: three-point lighting, hard and soft light, colour temperature, lenses, camera movement and lighting darker skin tones well.
Cinematography is painting with light and camera. This course builds on camera basics to teach lighting set-ups, lens choice, camera movement and practical ways to light a scene with limited equipment.
What you will learn
- Set up three-point lighting
- Use hard and soft light and control it with diffusion and flags
- Match colour temperature and white balance
- Choose lenses and camera movements for the story
- Expose and light a range of skin tones well
Course content
- Three-point lighting18 min
- Hard light, soft light and control18 min
- Colour temperature and white balance14 min
- Lenses, movement and lighting darker skin tones20 min
- Final exam — 10 questions30 min · pass mark 75%
