Lighting for Film: Simple not Plain

Young filmmakers are often taught to de-prioritize lighting. They are told that lighting takes too much time, money, and expertise to have any profound effect on their work. Lighting for Film: Simple not Plain with Bill Megalos changes that.

In Lighting for Film, Bill will show you how to light technically, instinctually, and cinematically. You will learn how to light for both interior and exterior work and how the simplest lighting techniques can produce the most dramatic effects. 

You’ll learn how to:

• Produce story-altering lighting effects with minimal equipment
• Light for both of interior and exterior content
• Choose instruments that suit your budget and filming goals

Bill will teach professional lighting techniques you can use on your own or with a crew that defy the everyday budget and common-wisdom of filmmakers having to tell a story "in the dark."

• Class Introduction
• The Qualities of Light
• Hard Light vs. Soft Light
• Three Point Lighting
• Color Temperature & White Balance
• Basic Light Safety & Gear
• Lighting a Subject
• Lighting a Room in Daylight
• Lighting Day to Look Like Night
• Creating Drama with Light
• Lighting at Dusk
• Lighting in the Shade
• Changing Light: Shooting at Sunset
• Lighting for Night