Diary of a film school student - Week 2

Again, I apologize for posting this late, but many things are going on at the moment, and when I'm not shooting or sitting in class, I'm sitting in a movie theater or typing up some movie stuff. But let's cut to the chase: Week 2 of my year at the San Francisco School of Digital Filmmaking.

What I really like about this school is that they slowly introduce you to the craft of filmmaking but at the same time make sure that you as the student are getting as much first-hand experience as possible. The second week introduced us to using filters to our advantage and grapsing the pros and cons of using natural light.

So, rather than having us start with artificial lighting, our intructor first made us go out and experiment with sunlight. Of course, sunlight is not always ideal, but it's important to know how natural light works if you plan to shoot outside and you don't have an entire lighting kit with you.

What we also talked about during week two was depth of field, a tool I particularly love to use already. With this you can control the area in front of and behind your subject, which is in focus. It looks great and is pretty easy to handle as well. The rest of the week we spent prepping our first project, which I will describe in detail in a separate entry.

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