American Cinematographer - December 1999 - 75

WINTER QUARTER 2000

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TRAIN WITH THE BEST MINDS IN THE
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The Visual Language of
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Lighting the Image:
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This course presents lighting fun¬
damentals and practical exercises,

To

employing lighting instruments
and digital video cameras, lighting
gels, and camera filters. Images
photographed in the exercises are
ported to a digital format on the
computers in the UCLA Extension/

cialists understand the potential
of the hundreds of filter types

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The visual

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language of a motion
picture is what fills the screen and
first engages the attention of the
viewer. Knowledge of its vocabu¬
lary and structure is essential to
the filmmaker who wants to make
full use of the power of the film
medium to tell a story.

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Lectures are illustrated with
dozens of examples to
demonstrate how visual compo-

nents-line, shape, rhythm, tone,
space, and movement-are used to
support a script. Special attention
is given to technical and aesthetic

guidelines for practical application
of each component during prepa¬
ration and production.
The instructor is Bruce A. Block,
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a

producer/director who consults

for feature film and television

directors, animation studios, and
television commercial

production

companies.
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Tuesday, 7-10 pm,
January 11-February 29

IBM Media Lab, where students
learn to create, modify, and

enhance

lighting effects

on

the

computer in 2-D with Photoshop

Using Filters Creatively in
Cinematography
a

weekend

program

help cinematographers, direc¬

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that exist, this program provides a
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exploration and demonstra¬
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as an

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and AfterEffects.

Lectures, demonstrations, guest

The instructors

cinematographers, and discussion
are presented by Jack Bonura,

are Marty Ollstein,
feature film cinematographer
and director and Senior Vice
President of Tiffen; and
Roger Kupelian, a freelance artist
whose feature film credits include

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Inspector Gadget, The Truman
Show, and Jerry Maguire.

Saturday, 2-5 pm,
February 5-March 25
Universal CityWalk: UCLA
Extension Center
Fee: $895
Reg#

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UCLA: 4000A Math Sciences
Fee: $425
Reg# D9341F

Vice President, Motion Picture and
Television Division of Tiffen, the
world's largest manufacturer of

filters, which has received two
Technical Achievement Awards from
the Academy of Motion Picture
Arts and Sciences.

Saturday, 10 am-5 pm, March 11;
Sunday, 10 am-3 pm, March 12
UCLA: 161 Dodd Hall
Fee: $175
Reg# D9422F

ALSO

offered this

quarter

Cinematography II:
Visualization and Exposure with
Anatoly Talkykin, director of pho¬

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commercials, and music videos
The Camera

Operator in Film and
Comprehensive
Workshop with Emmy Award¬

Television: A

winning

camera operator

Rick Robinson
The Craft of the Second Camera
Assistant with Eric Erb, Manager,
Technical Services, Panavision

Hollywood

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