Crash Course
Crash Course Film Production #10: Grip and Electric
It's time to look at some of the most under-sung heroes of the film world, Grip and Electric. Doing everything from setting up dollies and tripods, to helping the cinematographer shape the light with flags and silks, the Grips are there...
Museum of Science
Ei E: Designing a Lighting System (2)
Students apply their knowledge of light and optical engineering as they imagine, plan, create, test, and improve their own lighting systems.
Crash Course
Crash Course Film Production #2: Pitching and Pre Production
This video [8:15] focuses on pitching an idea and the pre-production of a film. A pitch is telling your story to a filmmaker or actor and pre-production is the shooting.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Art of Lighting Overview (Video)
This video [2:45] provides an overview of lighting techniques used in Pixar films.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Light Quality
This video [3:35] is an introduction to light quality [intensity, color, softness. Lighting can be virtual or physical.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Color Scripts (Video)
This video [7:06] is an introduction to color scripts. A color script is a snapshot of the whole movie with a frame painted from each scene. Through the color script, you get an idea for how each story moment will be lit, and its overall...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Character Lighting (Video)
This video [6:38] focuses on the lighting of characters in Pixar films. Different types of lighting bring the characters to life; they show the different characters' emotions and their relationships.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Shot Lighting
This video [6:21] provides an introduction to shot lighting. In shot lighting we are adjusting the lights to support the individual shot. One of the goals of shot lighting is to direct the viewer's attention, to get them to look where we...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Master Lighting (Video)
This video [6:20] focuses on how Pixar's approach to master lighting. When a color script is done for the entire film, we look closer at individual scenes to further develop how we are going to light them. As a first step, a few shots...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Getting to Know Kim White
This video [5:49] focuses on getting to know Kim White, Director of Photography for lighting for Pixar films.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Virtual Lights (Video)
This video [1:17] provides and introduction to virtual lighting. It explains what the students will do when they experiment with lighting a virtual orange.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Light Roles
This video [3:12] provides an overview of how lights are used in film production. let's think about the various roles that light can play when lighting a scene. In photography and film-making we define a light by how it is being used....
