Thursday, December 4, 2014

Technique - Illumination by Hurlbut Visuals - Terminator Salvation

The other week I was privileged to attend Shane Hurlbut’s Illumination seminar on light.  Some recent films where he was DP include Terminator Salvation, Need for Speed, Game of Thrones (TV Series) and upcoming Fathers and Daughters in 2015.

I look forward to applying his lighting techniques in an upcoming promo film for a high end beauty consulting company.  On the wedding side however it can be hard to obtain time, money or even manpower to construct lighting found on production sets.  Additionally, while production lights create beautiful effects they can also detract from the ambiance of the couple’s big day for anyone outside the cameras field of view.

Nevertheless, the principles of light and shaping light as Shane demonstrates are cornerstones for any film or video. Shane explains the first thing he does on set it to plop down a camera.  From there his first stroke on the canvas is the key light weather a light, bounce or something else like a road flare.  The principles from his seminar are demonstrated in his Master Class Videos.

I look forward to attending more of Shane’s seminars.  www.hurlbutvisuals.com


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