A Masterclass in Cinematography
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The Basics of Framing section of the course will provide students a fundamental understanding of the design and geometrical principles that make a compelling image and help draw the
audience’s eye to the focus of the image. Students will also learn about how these concepts can be applied to making their images hold important story and character information which is essential when crafting a frame for cinema.
Breakout Session (1 hour)
Students will get together in small groups to create a single image based on the principles and practices they learn in the first session.
Course Objective: The student should be able to understand how to approach setting up a shot or a frame so that it can communicate an idea, emotion or story. By the end of the lecture they should be familiar with basic framing concepts involving lenses, camera angles and mis-en-scene.
Part 2
The Basics of Lighting section of the course aims to provide the students an understanding of basic lighting design and principles. It will focus on introducing students to three-point lighting and other critical lighting concepts such as contrast ratio, quality and directionality and color theory.
Breakout Session (1 hour)
Students will get together in small groups to create a single image based on the principles and practices they learn in the second session.
Course Objective: The student should be able to use lighting as a more intentional tool to create mood and advance story / character. The course will involve technical theory, craft conventions
as well as a practice test that will help them apply what they have learned in the class.
Shivani Khattar is a New York-based independent filmmaker whose work ranges from feature films to branded content and commercials. She founded and runs Lucky Coconut Pictures - a boutique production company with operations based in India and the United States.
Prior to developing and producing her own work, she directed and produced future-forward web series and documentaries at NBC Universal. She also worked as a Creative Producer at Verizon Media (previously AOL Studios). She earned her MFA degree in Film Directing at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts where she received the Paulette Godard Fellowship, for two consecutive years of study. Her short films have been screened at film festivals around the world including SXSW and the Palm Springs Short Film Festival. A political thriller she wrote was shortlisted at the Cannes Residence du Festival. Her scripts have also been selected for workshops with Oliver Stone, Roger Spottiswoode, and Pat Murphy, who continue to influence her work. Her short documentaries have been nominated for several journalism awards, most notably the Webby Awards in 2017. A film she shot also won the Albert Maysles Award in the same year at the Tribeca Film Festival. She was a Sundance Development Lab finalist in 2021. Parallel to her independent film work, she has also worked with some of the busiest commercials production houses in New York including McGuffin Films, Homestead Editorial, and Assembly Films. She was recently nominated for her cinematography at the International Filmmaker Festival of World Cinema, Berlin. She is currently teaching Cinematography at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts.
IMDB: imdb.me/shivanikhattar
The workshop is open to all ( age group: 17 years and above). Students attending should have some basic knowledge of camera or photography | This is a lecture and conversation based format, no gear will be provided.
(Please note that seats are on first-come-first basis)
Course Fee: Rs. 1500/- + GST (Rs.1770/-)
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