Cinematography

Mastering the Image

SHANE HURLBUT ASC

Cinematography

Mastering The Image

SHANE HURLBUT ASC

40 Lessons

7+ hours of
instructional video

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40 Lessons

7+ hours of
instructional video

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assets

Learn how to craft your image from script to screen
in various scenarios

Mastering The Image is a masterclass in composition and cinematic processes for cinematographers. The course starts by showing you how to break down your script and advances to developing your project’s visual language, including how to decide upon the right aspect ratio. Then, you’ll learn about what kind of lights you’ll need, where to place them, and how to shape the lights for a variety of scenarios that include day exteriors, green screen setups, and a nighttime bedroom set on a soundstage.

Course Includes:

Detailed written breakdowns

Top-down Blocking & Lighting schematics

Paths and power distribution maps

Side by side comparisons

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Modules

  • Breaking Down Your Screenplay
  • Selecting Your Aspect Ratio
  • Tungsten Lights: Check-In
  • HMI Lights: Check-In
  • Kino Flo Lights: Check-In
  • Distro Equipment: Check-In
  • Testing and Color Balancing HMIs
  • Portable Generators
  • Working with Set Power Distribution
  • Labeling Cables
  • Laying Your First Cable Run
  • Running Power in Reverse
  • Tying In and Metering Power
  • Powering Up Your Lights On Set
  • Making A Gack Pack
  • Shaping Light & Shadow
  • Shaping Light & Shadow: Nailing the Close-Up
  • Recreating The Sun with Artificial Light
  • How To Compose The Master Wide Shot
  • Blocking and Matching Coverage
  • How To Light Green Screen Series: Using Kino Flo Super: Green Tubes
  • How To Light Green Screen Series: Lighting Your Subject
  • How To Light Green Screen Series: Lighting A Moving Subject
  • How To Light Green Screen Series: Lighting with Just Two Lights
  • How To Light Night Interiors Part 1
  • How To Light Night Interiors Part 2
  • How To Light Night Interiors Part 3
  • 1000 Watt Baby Baby Fresnel Light
  • 1000 Watt 407 Fresnel Light
  • 2000 Watt Open Face Arrilite
  • 750W Open Face Arrilite
  • Cineo HS2 and HSX: Remote Phosphor Technology
  • Kino Flo Fluorescent Lights
  • Dedo Lights
  • Kino Flo Selects
  • LED Arri S60 Skypanel Lights
  • Leko Lights
  • Leko Lights – Part 2
  • Kino Flo Celeb 200 and 400
  • Chimera Softbank

About The Mentor

Director of photography Shane Hurlbut, ASC works at the forefront of cinema as a storyteller, innovator and discerning collaborator, who brings more than three decades of experience to his art. He is a member of the American Society of Cinematographers, the International Cinematographers Guild/Local 600, and The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

Some of his film credits include: We Are Marshall, Terminator: Salvation, Need for Speed, Act of Valor, Semi-Pro, The Greatest Game Ever Played, Into the Blue, Mr 3000, among many others. 

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