Intermediate Cinematography II

Catalog description

This upper-level intermediate course serves as a prerequisite for advanced third-year cinematography classes. Structured as a hands-on test kitchen, it deepens students’ mastery of professional cinematography through weekly production exercises using more advanced industry-standard tools and workflows. Students develop a refined visual language through intentional lighting, composition, and camera strategy, exploring a range of contemporary film and television techniques. Each student rotates as director of photography, responsible for executing lighting and camera plans aligned with weekly creative and technical goals. The course emphasizes advanced camera operation (digital and film), lensing approaches, and lighting control across varied conditions, along with an introduction to color grading workflows. It also examines the evolving director–cinematographer collaboration, with focus on visual authorship and on-set leadership.