Lighting to Create a Mood Workshop with Peter Stein, ASC

Announcing an opportunity to learn the technique of lighting from an expert in the field, Peter Stein, ASC.

Member, American Society of Cinematographers
Head of Production, New York University, Graduate Film School
Member, Society for Photographic Educators

StudentFilmmakers.com and StudentFilmmakers Magazine is proud to announce the Lighting to Create a Mood Workshop with Peter Stein, ASC which will take place in New York, New York on Saturday, July 18, from 1:30pm – 4:30pm at the StudentFilmmakers Magazine Headquarters, 1133 Broadway, New York, New York, between 25th & 26th Street .

This event will feature a three-hour workshop led by Peter Stein, ASC.  He will be demonstrating basic techniques to acheive different "looks" and create a mood with light.

"With the new technologies at hand, current film students have the chance to be the innovators creating the newest and most daring styles in future filmmaking." -Peter Stein, ASC


When: Saturday, July 18, 2009, 1:30pm - 4:30pm
Where: StudentFilmmakers.com
Schedule:
12:30pm Check-in
1:00pm Networking
1:30 - 4:30pm Workshop
Cost: $75
Discounts:

Add "Q & A with Ron Fortunato, ASC" for total $90 for 2 workshops

Early bird register $10 off
Students with ID receive additional 10% off
All attendees receive a FREE "Cinematographer Style DVD($29)"

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 soft light.
  • 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

Student and professional film and video makers are encouraged to attend this educational and exciting opportunity. 

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 some basic techniques to achieve different "looks" and create a mood with light. These concepts can be utilized on productions of any scale.
- quality of light
- lighting control
- direction of light
- lighting ratios
- lighting backgrounds

Click here to pre-register online today, or call Megan, Events Marketing Manager, 212 255 7192.


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 theSunday 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.

StudentFilmmakers.com is for aspiring filmmakers, and its primary goal is to encourage and support new and independent film and video makers of all ages and levels around the world.

Join us in New York, NY, on Saturday, July 18th for a three-hour Lighting to Create a Mood Workshop with Peter Stein, ASC.

The Lighting to Create A Mood Workshop with Peter Stein, ASC is presented by StudentFilmmakers.com and StudentFilmmakers Magazine, a division of Welch Integrated, Inc.

 

Sponsored by:

American Cinematographer

"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

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


Workshop Cancellation and Refund Policy

Withdrawals
When a written notification of withdrawal from a Workshop is received 15 working days or more prior to the Workshop date, a partial refund (75%) of the workshop fee will be paid to registered participant less the cancellation fee of $10. Alternatively, a participant may choose to transfer to another Workshop.

Late Withdrawals
When a written notification of withdrawal from a Workshop is received within 15 working days prior to the Workshop date, no refund of the Workshop fee will be made.

Refunds
Cancellation more than 60 days before the event: A $10 cancellation fee is charged. We will refund you the workshop fee, less the $10 cancellation fee.
Cancellation less than 60 days but more than 15 working days before event: 75% refund, less the $10 cancellation fee.
Cancellation less than 15 working days before event, no refund.
Cancellation must be in writing. The effective date is the date of dispatch.

No Show
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Workshop Cancellations
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When a Workshop has been cancelled by StudentFilmmakers.com, full refunds are offered to all registered participants.