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Filmmaking

Choosing The Right Lights

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Learn the necessary tips and tech specs on which lights to use WHEN!

  • 15 Lessons 
  • 3 hours of instructional videos 

Choosing The Right Lights is a course designed to provide an overview of professional lighting instruments and show what they do best.

Shane Hurlbut, ASC and his Gaffer Eric Forand take you through the technical specs, outputs, subtle details, and highlight the best way to get the most out of each lighting unit discussed. This is the kind of course that Shane wishes he had access to when he was starting out.

  • Detailed written breakdowns
  • Top-down Blocking & Lighting schematics
  • Paths and power distribution maps
  • Side-by-side comparisons 
  • English Subtitles

Module 1 — Tungsten

  • 1000 Watt Baby Baby Fresnel Light 
  • 1000 Watt 407 Fresnel Light
  • 2000 Watt Open Face ARRILITE 
  • 750W Open Face ARRILITE 
  • Leko Lights
  • Leko Lights – Part 2
  • Dedo Lights

Module 2 — LED

  • Cineo HS2 and HSX: Remote Phosphor Technology 
  • LED ARRI S60-C Skypanel Lights 
  • Kino Flo Celeb 201 and 401
  • Kino Flo Selects

Module 3 — Fluorescents

  • Kino Flo Fluorescent Lights 
  • Kino Flo 4′ Tegra

Module 4 — Light Modifiers

  • Chimera Softbank
  • Chimera Pancake

Module 5 — HMIs

  • Recreating The Sun with Artificial Light
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