File Name: | Lighting Techniques |
Content Source: | https://watch.filmmakersacademy.com/programs/lighting-techniques-collection |
Genre / Category: | Film & Media |
File Size : | 8.3 GB |
Publisher: | filmmakersacademy |
Updated and Published: | July 08, 2025 |
46 Lessons | 7 hours of instructional videos | 6 Podcasts
- There are endless possibilities to craft light for your style of storytelling. Lighting Techniques reveals Shane Hurlbut, ASC’s lighting process, from what he looks for the moment he steps on set to discussions and tutorials on light quality, light placement, and how these concepts relate to your visual storytelling.
- Inside are step-by-step instructions for building a book light, DIY solutions, effectively utilizing bounce sources, and guidelines for how to light multiple cameras, among other key techniques.
- Discover when and how to create contrast, calculate fill to key ratios, and shape light using natural elements and physical structures. Shane teaches you how to train your eye and discloses the differences between shaping hard and soft light to help you deliver a more cinematic image.
- This course was designed to illustrate the basics of lighting and the tools needed to succeed. You’ll learn how to enhance your visual storytelling by lighting for blocking, lighting in layers, matching light, DIY alternative lighting, and seeing for yourself how to measure light.
Module 1 — Lighting for Storytelling
- How To Train Your Eye
- Shaping Light and Shadow
- Finding Locations That Light Themselves
- Day Exteriors: The Basics
- How To Use Available Light for Interviews
- How To Control Natural Light: Fathers and Daughters
- How To Replicate Early Morning Exterior Light: Into the Badlands
- HA Podcast Ep 14: Mixing The Art and Science of Cinematography
- FA Podcast Ep 11: Creating Depth Mood and Emotion with Lighting
Module 2 — Light Placement
- Key Light: The Basics
- Building The Perfect Key Light: DIY
- Fill Light: The Basics
- Top Light: Where, When, and Why
- Matching Artificial Light with Natural Sunlight: Into the Badlands
- C-Stands: Etiquette and Shaping Light Basics
- C-Stands: Etiquette and Shaping Light Basics: Flag Set Etiquette
- C-Stands: Etiquette and Shaping Light Basics:4 x 4 Floppy
- C-Stands: Etiquette and Shaping Light Basics: Setting a Beadboard Bounce
- DIY Home Depot Lights
- FA Podcast EP 2: Mastering Lighting and Facing Challenges On Set
- FA Podcast Ep 7: Understanding Light Quality and Best Light for the Job
Module 3 — Light Quality
- How To Shape Natural Light with Negative Fill
- How To Build a Book Light
- Bounce Light: Circle Bounce vs Square
- Bounce Light: DIY Solutions w/ Bounce Light
- Bounce Light: White Foam Core
- Bounce Light: Bead Board
- Bounce Light: Ultra Bounce
- Bounce Light: Bleached Muslin
- Bounce Light: Black & White Griffolyn
- Bounce Light: Black & White Showcard
- Bounce Light: Soft Silver – Rosco Scrim
- Bounce Light: Soft Silver – Rosco SS Flex
- Bounce Light: Soft Silver – Silver Lamaé
- Bounce Light: Soft Silver- Soft Silver Showcard
- Bounce Light: Hard Silver Showcard
- Bounce Light: Hard Silver Showcard Ricochet
- Bounce Light: Hard and Soft Silver Reflector Board
- Bounce Light: Gold Rosco Flex SS
- Bounce Light: Gold Soft Showcard
- Bounce Light: Gold Hard Showcard
- Bounce Light: Gold Reflector Board
- Bounce Light: Matching Practical Light With Colored Bounce Sources: Unbleached Muslin
- Bounce Light: Matching Practical Light With Colored Bounce Sources: Butcher Paper
- Bounce Light: Matching Practical Light With Colored Bounce Sources: Silver & Gold Lamaé
- FA Podcast EP 4: Lighting in Layers and Understanding Light Quality
- FA Podcast Ep 26: Setting Up Your Lighting

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Filmmakers_Academy_Lighting_Techniques.part1.rar – 3.0 GB
Filmmakers_Academy_Lighting_Techniques.part2.rar – 3.0 GB
Filmmakers_Academy_Lighting_Techniques.part3.rar – 2.3 GB
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