Modern digital cameras can practically see in the dark. Because the 3-point lighting technique was originally designed to help expose light-thirsty film stock, this may cause inexperienced filmmakers to over-light their scenes and risk losing depth, realism and mood. Read More: How to Determine the Right Budget Level for Your Film Ira Cohen, one of Canada's most experienced gaffers, claims that less is more (save for sci-fi, perhaps). His advice to independent filmmakers on a budget? "Use your eyes." Often the location already comes with a great deal of natural light (sunshine, tungsten practicals, etc). You'll probably spend more time shaping and cutting light than actually adding it. In this bonus episode of Raindance's Step & Repeat (above), Ira shows us how to light a simple scene with just one light and what the location already gives us. Visit Raindance here. Read More: What You Need to Know About Lighting on...
- 11/4/2015
- by Dale Sood
- Indiewire
Hey, it’s a film festival masquerading as an art gallery show! Or is it an art gallery show masquerading as a film festival? Whatever it is, it’s the Projections Festival of Rare and Hard to See Films curated by Aaron Rose and screening from Jan. 16 to Feb. 20 at the Roberts & Tilton gallery in Los Angeles.
Some of the films screening are short films by popular, indie film directors, such as Spike Jonze, Harmony Korine, Jean-Luc Godard, Miranda July and Roman Coppola. But there are also films by underground filmmakers like Sadie Benning, Matt McCormick, Brian Butler and the king of underground film, Jonas Mekas. And there’s a whole host more, too.
If you look over the schedule, which is posted in its entirety below, you’ll notice that there aren’t a lot of screening times listed. That’s because on each day a film, or a series of films,...
Some of the films screening are short films by popular, indie film directors, such as Spike Jonze, Harmony Korine, Jean-Luc Godard, Miranda July and Roman Coppola. But there are also films by underground filmmakers like Sadie Benning, Matt McCormick, Brian Butler and the king of underground film, Jonas Mekas. And there’s a whole host more, too.
If you look over the schedule, which is posted in its entirety below, you’ll notice that there aren’t a lot of screening times listed. That’s because on each day a film, or a series of films,...
- 1/13/2010
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
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