Master Cinematography Workshop: “The Power of the Image”
with Christopher Baffa, ASC

Come join us for this exciting, “must attend” Master Cinematography Workshop, "The Power of the Image," led by Christopher Baffa, ASC. "The Power of the Image," is an in-depth, practical and interactive professional continuing education workshop and unique opportunity to learn real world visual storytelling, lighting, and camera movement techniques.

Baffa, a 19-year veteran in the motion picture industry, will share his insights, best practices and techniques that he uses while filming the popular, new comedy-musical television series, "Glee," which has garnered a 2009 Teen Choice Award nomination for "Choice  TV: Breakout Show." Mr. Baffa will also share case scenarios and teach real world applications of techniques that he used while filming the Emmy and Golden Globe award-winning, hit television series, "Nip/Tuck," and the award-winning dramedy feature film, "Running with Scissors," starring Alec Baldwin, Annette Bening, Brian Cox, Gwenyth Paltrow, and Joseph Fiennes. Baffa is a member of the American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) and was selected by Daily Variety in 1999 as one of the "Ten Cinematographers to Watch.”

PROGRAM DETAILS

• “The Power of the Image”
• Conscious and Subconscious Imprints
• The Ability of Images to Unite and Transcend
• A Cat, the Lunar Landing, and the Assassination of JFK
• Neda’s Death in the Streets of Tehran, Iran
• Mass Prevalence and Immediacy
• The Internet
• Cell Phone Cameras
• Historical Perspective
• Nazi Propaganda of the 1940s
• Invasion of Iraq
• Audience as Participant
• Desensitization
• Lighting and Camera Movement
• “Nip/Tuck” (Episodic Television Series)
• “Running with Scissors” (Feature Film)
• Adapting the Novel
• Feature Films versus Television
• “Glee” (Episodic Television Series)
• Pilot to Series
• Re-Creating the Reality of Practical Locations on a Soundstage
• Practical Elements
• Reinforcement of  Emotional and Story Elements
• Clean and Soft
• Color
• Emotional Symbolism
• Creating Psychological Atmosphere
• Lighting for Emotion
• Camera Movement: When To, and When Not To

“My advice to film students always is, as corny as it may sound, to follow their dreams, and remain vigilant. It is a competitive industry, but one in which one’s talent and inner character still matters.”
-Christopher Baffa, ASC

Who Should Attend:
Student and professional film and video makers are encouraged to attend this educational and exciting opportunity. 

What you will learn:
Christopher Baffa, ASC will show selected clips from several of his films and television programs.  He will cover some of the basics or lighting and camera movement.  Throughout this interactive session, Baffa will engage the audience and answer questions. 

CHRISTOPHER BAFFA, ASC (Director of Photography) has worked in the motion picture industry for 19 years, following his 1990 graduation from the University of Southern California School of Cinema-Television. He began his career working in a variety of capacities within the electric and camera departments before achieving his first theatrical director of photography credit in 1994.
Selected by Daily Variety as one of the "Ten Cinematographers to Watch,” Christopher shares his time between television projects and feature films. He photographed Ryan Murphy's "Running with Scissors," the film adaptation of Augusten Burroughs' novel starring Annette Bening, Alec Baldwin, Gwenyth Paltrow, Brian Cox, and Joseph Fiennes, as well as the Warner Bros. comedy “Unaccompanied Minors,” starring Lewis Black. Christopher’s  other feature film credits include the hit comedy "Next Friday," starring Ice Cube, "Idle Hands," with Seth Green and Jessica Alba, and "Suicide Kings," starring Christopher Walken, Henry Thomas, and Denis Leary.

After photographing the pilot and first six seasons of FX Network’s Golden Globe winning drama “NIP/TUCK,” Christopher is now shooting the first season of GLEE for FOX, having photographed the GLEE pilot last fall. He also photographed the pilot episodes for TNT's original dramatic series "The Closer," starring Kyra Sedgwick, as well as the pilots “Eastwick”, “Pretty Handsome,” and “Odd Jobs.”  His additional television credits include two seasons of the Warner Bros.’ series "Popular," as well as ABC’s "The D.A." and "Bailey's Mistake”.

Christopher was awarded Variety’s Ten Cinematographers To Watch Award in 1999, and honored with an invitation to become a member of the American Society of Cinematographers in the spring of 2007.
Christopher was married in July of 2006, and resides in Los Angeles with his wife Azita and their son Mason.  In his off time, his hobbies include art collection, travel, and interior design study.

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"The power of the image, whether still, painted, or moving, remains the most relevant medium of our modern culture with respect to its ability to unite, transcend, and translate the myriad complexities of the human spirit and condition."
-Christopher Baffa, ASC

“Cinematography is such a fascinating endeavor because it requires one to serve as equal part artist, psychiatrist, scientist, manager, and diplomat, all simultaneously."
-Christopher Baffa, ASC

Christopher Baffa, ASC
Credits Include:

"Glee"
Pretty/Handsome (2008) (TV) (director of photography)
"Nip/Tuck" (38 episodes, 2005-2008)
 Unaccompanied Minors (2006)
Running with Scissors (2006)
"The Closer" (1 episode, 2005)
"The D.A." (2004) TV series (unknown episodes)
Beethoven's 5th (2003) (V) (director of photography)
Bailey's Mistake (2001) (TV)
Next Friday (2000) (director of photography) (as Christopher J. Baffa)
"Popular" (1999) TV series (unknown episodes)
Idle Hands (1999)
Carnival of Souls (1998)
Suicide Kings (1997) (director of photography)
Overdrive (1997)
True Heart (1997)
Tear It Down (1997)
Humanoids from the Deep (1996) (TV)
House of the Damned (1996)
Sometimes They Come Back... Again (1996) (V)
Alien Avengers (1996) (TV)
Piranha (1995) (TV)
A Bucket of Blood (1995) (TV)
Sawbones (1995) (TV)
Baby Face Nelson (1995)
Criminal Hearts (1995)
The Crazysitter (1995)
Aftermath (1994)

Camera and Electrical Department:
"Glee" (camera operator) (1 episode, 2009)
Phantoms (1998) (director of photography: additional photography)
Lover's Knot (1996) (director of photography: additional photography) (as Chris Baffa)
The Prophecy (1995) (director of photography: second unit)
"Il barone" (1995) TV mini-series (electrician: Los Angeles)
Captain Nuke and the Bomber Boys (1995) (director of photography: second unit)
Leslie's Folly (1994) (TV) (gaffer)
Sexual Intent (1994) (director of photography: second unit)
The Fantastic Four (1994) (gaffer) (as Chris Baffa)
Housewives: The Making of the Cast Album (1994) (gaffer)
The Traveling Poet (1993) (gaffer)
Public Access (1993) (chief lighting technician)
The Giving (1992) (grip)
Interceptor (1992) (electrician)

“Motion pictures are magical in that they represent an art form that completely encompasses all the other art forms. In designing a cinematographic image or scene, elements of photography come together with those of theater, painting, music, and dance, as well as the literary realms of story, character, tone, and emotion. “
-Christopher Baffa, ASC

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