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Lighting to Create a Mood, with Peter Stein, ASC

Announcing an exciting opportunity to learn lighting and cinematography techniques from an expert in the field, Peter Stein, ASC.

StudentFilmmakers.com is proud to announce the "Lighting to Create a Mood with Peter Stein, ASC" professional continuing education workshop and networking event, which will take place in New York, NY on Saturday, March 5, 2011, from 1:00pm to 5:00pm.

This event will feature a four-hour intensive workshop led by Peter Stein, ASC.  He will demonstrate lighting and cinematography techniques, show how to create moods with light, and show how to achieve different "looks."

"As a Director of Photography one should always go into a lighting set-up with a firm plan in mind, but be ready to throw it out the window if necessary. It is often the innumerable chance occurrences that happen as the lighting progresses that are the stuff that brilliance is made up of." -Peter Stein, ASC

When: Saturday, March 5, 2011, 1:00pm - 5:00pm
Where: StudentFilmmakers.com Workshop Studio
1123 Broadway, Suite 307
New York, NY 10010
(Entrance via 1133 Building during weekends.)
Schedule:
12:30pm Check-in and Networking
1:00pm-5:00pm Workshop
Cost: $175.00. Early bird registrants receive $25 off. Register online now to receive the early bird discount. (Students with ID receive additional 10% off.) We have limited seating and registration is on a first-come, first-serve basis.

Program Details

  • Understanding basic 3 point lighting. We will use small lighting units including softlights, fresnel (lensed) lights and open face lights.
  • Hard light and soft light. What are the benefits and problems of each type? We will change a hard light into a softlight.
  • When to use fresnel lights and when to use open face lights.
  • How to cut lights with barndoors, flags and nets. Using the barndoors of a lamp is not as simple as it may seem to control the light - especially if the light is diffused. Placement of the net or flag is also important in controlling the light.
  • Where to place the key light to help achieve the desired look.
  • The ratio of the key to fill.
  • How to make a background more interesting.
  • If time permits - the use of color.

Who Should Attend

This professional continuing education workshop and networking event is for student and professional film and video makers.

What Will You Learn?

Creating and controlling light is at the heart of cinematography. Whether it is a drama, a comedy, or a mystery, the way a scene is lit will determine the mood, and help to shape the story.

In this workshop, Peter Stein, ASC will demonstrate techniques and show how to achieve different "looks" and create moods with light. These concepts can be utilized on productions of any scale.

  • Quality of Light
  • Lighting Control
  • Direction of Light
  • Lighting Ratios
  • Lighting Backgrounds

Register online today, or call (212) 255-5454.

 

About the Instructor

As the Director of Photography on over 50 feature films, TV movies, and documentaries, Peter Stein, ASC has photographed classic cult films in various genres, including comedy and horror, as well as major studio and independent releases, and noted documentaries. He was invited to join the prestigious American Society of Cinematographers in 1999.

One of his first feature films as a Director of Photography was the horror film classic "Friday the 13th Part 2," the second largest grossing film in 1981 for Paramount. He then went on to shoot the literary comedy "Reuben, Reuben" for 20th Century Fox, which was nominated for two Academy Awards: Best Actor, Tom Conti, and Best Screenplay, Julis Epstein (Casablanca), and was the film debut of the actress Kelly McGillis.

Among other horror genre films he shot are Stephen King's blockbuster hit "Pet Sematary," "C.H.U.D." and Steven King's "Graveyard Shift." He was the DP on two of Touchstone's children's movies, "Ernest Saves Christmas" and "Ernest Goes to Jail" and New Line's hit children's comedy "Mr. Nanny" starring Hulk Hogan and Sherman Helmsley. Among other films he shot are Paramount's football comedy "Necessary Roughness" with Scott Bakula, Robert Loggia and Kathy Ireland, and Orion's "A Great Wall," directed by Peter Wang, the first Chinese/American co-production.

His TV films include "Izzy and Moe," with Jackie Gleason and Art Carney, "The Con" starring William Macy and Rebecca De Mornay, "The Last Fling" with John Ritter and Connie Selleca, "Parent Trap Two" with Haley Mills,and "Private Contentment" with Peter Gallagher for PBS' American Playhouse - directed by Tony Award winning director Vivian Matalon. Peter also lensed the groundbreaking NBC special event mini-series "Under Siege" with E. G. Marshall, Hal Holbrook, and Peter Strauss, and was nominated for 2 Emmy Awards.

He has photographed numerous documentaries such as the critically acclaimed "A Midwife's Tale" for PBS' American Experience and the feature documentary "Just Crazy about Horses" which played theatrically in New York and LA. Among other documentary work is HBO's "Laughs" and "The Mystery of the Morro Castle." He also shot the PBS documentary "Tupperware" which was the front cover story in the Sunday NY Times television section.

Peter Stein, ASC has taught at SUNY Purchase and The School of Visual Arts, and has lectured on cinematography at many of the area's universities. He has been on the NYU graduate faculty since 2002 where he is Head of Production.  Currently he is producing and directing a documentary film for American Public Television about his father the noted photographer Fred Stein.

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The Lighting to Create A Mood Workshop with Peter Stein, ASC is presented by StudentFilmmakers.com. Sponsorship opportunities are available. Contact Kim Welch 212.255.5454 or fill out the contact form.

 

 

Sponsors:

NILA LED lighting

American Cinematographer

Credits Include:

FEATURE FILMS
"Mr. Nanny," Comedy, starring Hulk Hogan, New Line Cinema, 1993
"Missing Pieces," Comedy starring Eric Idle and Lauren Hutton, Orion Pictures, 1991
"Necessary Roughness," Comedy starring Scott Bakula, Paramount Pictures, 1991
Stephen King's "Graveyard Shift," Paramount Pictures, 1990
"Ernest Goes to Jail," Comedy starring Jim "Varney," Touchstone Pictures, 1990
"After the Rain," Starring Ned Beatty, Brian Keith, New Century Vista, 1990
"Pet Sematary," written by Stephen King, Paramount Pictures, 1989
"Ernest Saves Christmas," Comedy starring Jim Varney, Touchstone Pictures, 1988
"The Wild Pair," Starring Beau Bridges, Trans World Entertainment 1987
"A Great Wall," Orion Pictures, 1986
"Billions for Boris," Starring Lee Grant, Comworld Pictures, 1985
"Wildrose," Starring Lisa Eichorn and Tom Bower
"C.H.U.D.," Starring John Heard, Daniel Stern, New World Pictures, 1984
"Reuben, Reuben," Starring Tom Conti and Kelly McGillis, 20th Century Fox, 1983
"Friday the 13th, Part 2," Paramount Pictures, 1981

TV MOVIES
"Cold Feet," TV Pilot, NBC
"The Con," USA Movie, 1998
"A Midwife's Tale," The American Experience, PBS, 1996
"Harambee," PBS, 1996
"Desparate Choices," NBC, 1992
"Night Visions," MGM Television for NBC, 1990
"The Call," Showtime, 1989
"Elvis and Me," New World Television, ABC, 1988
"The Last Fling," ABC Movie of the Week, 1985
"Under Siege," NBC Special Event, 1986
"The Parent Trap 2," ABC Disney Movie, 1986
"Izzy and Moe," CBS Movie of the Week, 1985
"Private Contentment," PBS Playhouse, 1982
"A Good Dissonance Like a Man," PBS Special, 1977

DOCUMENTARIES
"Brick by Brick: A Civil Rights Story," PBS 2007
"Tupperware," PBS Playhouse, 2004
"Politics of Cancer," Theatrical Release, 1994
"Streetsmart Kids," HBO Special, 1985
"Laughs," HBO Special, 1981
"Just Crazy About Horses," Theatrical Release, 1978


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