SWAN 347 - Lighting for Film and Digital Media

3 credits
2 lecture hours. 2 lab hours.

Introduction to applied theory and practice in lighting techniques for film and digital media. The class surveys the use of lighting in cinema from early to contemporary films, and the role of the Director of Photography (DP). Students are required to analyze lighting set-ups and to complete individual and collaborative projects with an emphasis on lighting as an implement of storytelling. Creative lighting techniques covering topics such as people, environment, spatial relationships, movement, color, special effects and continuity.

Prerequisite(s) SWAN 220 or SWAN 225 or permission of Instructor required to register
Offered (AS NEEDED)