LIGHTING
January 19/Lighting Lesson 1: What Is Light?
Color temperature, white balance, brightness
January 26/Lighting Lesson 2: Safety and Equipment
Safety, terminology, equipment overview
February 2/Lighting Lesson 3: Fundamental Lighting
Exposure, three-point lighting, contrast ratios, high key and low key
February 9/Lighting Lesson 4: Color Theory
Gels, color schemes, color theory
February 16/Lighting Lesson 5: Stylized Lighting
Noir and other genre styles, cookies
February 23/Lighting Lesson 6: Challenging Situations
Green screen, outdoors, dark scenes
March 2/Lighting Lesson 7: Odds and Ends
Collaborative Lighting Project: The Drop
March 9/Collaborative Project: Filming Day
March 12 – 16: Spring Recess
March 23/Collaborative Project: Filming Day
March 30/Collaborative Project: Filming Day
COLOR GRADING
April 6/Color Lesson 1: Basic Correction
Introduction to Lumetri in Premiere, fixing problematic footage
April 13/Color Lesson 2: Creative Grading
Lumetri grading workflow, refining looks, adjustment layers
April 20/Color Lesson 3: Log and LUTs
Working with flat-profile footage, using presets, creating custom LUTs
April 27/Color Lesson 4: Odds and Ends
Mask tracking, master corrections, other color effects
Final Project: Light & Color
March 4/Final Project Review and Critique