From the course: Creating a Short Film: 07 Cinematography
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Practicing lighting etiquette
From the course: Creating a Short Film: 07 Cinematography
Practicing lighting etiquette
- On every film set there's the potential for serious injury. Also on every film set there's the potential to do something really dumb and humiliate yourself. To avoid both of those problems people in film crew over follow a few basic rules of etiquette. There's rules are especially important (inaudible) and camera departments where you're dealing with all that heavy gear. First, don't touch anything that isn't your responsibility. Even if you're a master of cameras in your spare time but you're working as a Gaffer currently on this project then don't touch the camera because that's not your job here. Touching stuff that you're not in charge of is the fastest way to damage gear and cause all kinds of headache inducing problems. You're curious, we get it, still don't touch. If you're the one that makes tripping hazard, it's your job to fix it immediately. If someone trips and then gets hurt, the first thing that they usually ask is, "Hey, who's the jerk that left" "the cable on the…
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Mastering cinematic lighting3m 47s
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Diffusing light4m 51s
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Blocking and bouncing light4m 51s
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Using scrims2m 3s
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Working with natural light4m 20s
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Shooting night scenes5m 20s
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Making magic with fog2m 56s
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Coloring light with gels4m 13s
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Using common grip equipment4m 7s
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Creating lens flares2m 19s
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Preventing lens flares1m 40s
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Practicing lighting etiquette2m 39s
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