Learn Cinematography From An Expert
About Lu-La presents Cinematography with Richard Michalak
As a companion Tutorial toLuminous Landscape’s Guide to Cinematography, we are publishing an excellent tutorial on the basics of film-making.
Richard Michalak is an Australian cinematographer with 40 years of cinema & television credits and awards. He has taken his depth-of-knowledge & experience and created a jam-packed Tutorial on the fundamental principles of film-making & lighting.
The tutorial is presented in a very compact and straight-forward style.
Other topics include:
Auto Settings: why not?
Shot Description
Shot choice
Storyboard
Shot Framing
Camera Height
Continuity
Wide & Long Lenses
Moving the Camera
How to move the Camera Handheld
Focusing the Camera
Focusing a DSLR
Frame Rate
Slow Motion
Shutter Speed
F-Stop
Depth-of-Field
ISO / Gain
Filters
What Camera?
Lenses
White Balance
Why Light a Film?
Three Point Lighting
Soft & Hard Ligh
Silhouetting
Backgrounds
Shooting with the Sun
Choice of Background
Brightness of Background
About the Videos
High Definition 720p
The video files are stand-alone. This is not streaming video but rather video material that you purchase and store for future reference. There is no expiration date or subscription.
All content is copyright. The files contain no active Digital Rights management (DRM). Viewers may copy the files freely between machines for their own use. By downloading the videos, you agree to be bound by the contained copyright.
Use QuickTime Player, VLC Player or other media player to view on a computer monitor. Windows, Mac, and Linux systems are all supported. Conversions to other formats are detailed in our FAQ.
The format is High Definition 720P video suitable for playback on a modern computer with powerful graphics card. The files will import directly into iTunes for viewing on an iPad at 720P at 25 fps.
October 2011
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