A comprehensive hands-on workshop where attendees learn how to manipulate color and a project’s “look” through pre-production, on set and in post production.

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The workshop consists of two parts:

• Exploring light and color theory and how it pertains to how we perceive and reproduce color, the choices that filmmakers can make to create a color palette through set design, costuming, lighting, in-camera choices, on set color management and post production.
• A hands-on course in Apple’s Color software, guiding students through the various tools and choices that are available to re-shape and and mold the final image and create distinctive “looks”. Attendees have the option of becoming Apple certified by taking a certification exam after the course is completed.

Instructors:

Andrew Balis, director or photography, editor, colorist and Moviola’s principal instructor, will lead attendees through a deeper understanding of the nature of color, how it’s reproduced and perceived. Explore how choices made at different stages affect the final look, examine different looks employed by other filmmakers and lighting techniques for achieving specific results, exploring the different crop of current digital formats and how they affect color reproduction. Andrew will also lead attendees through a hands-on thorough exploration of Apple’s Color software.

Nick Theodorakis, a renowned Digital Imaging Technician (DIT) working on the latest A-list Hollywood films, will provide insight to color management on set, “painting” the look on set, and how to create consistency in the viewing of the image from set through post.

Topics Covered:

• Jeff Seckendorf discusses ColorCampLight and color theory
• Vision & the human eye
• Exploring choices from set design and costuming to lighting and filters
• Screening of projects and noted “looks” & the role of color
• Monitoring choices and calibration options
• RAW vs. Baked-in color
• On-set color controls

Topics included for learning Apple’s Color:

A broad range of topics includes how to make enhancements, fine-tune or alter the mood of the original cinematography. Fix exposure and color balance mistakes. Create specialized "looks" that span from the natural to the more stylized.

• Getting familiar with the color interface
• Primary color correction to rebalance contrast and color
• Secondary color correction techniques to isolate and manipulate individual elements of the frame
• Use color keying to alter specific colors or shades in the frame
• Use vignettes to enhance regions of the frame, add shadows and digitally re-light a shot
• Scene to scene color correction- exploring the various tools to aid in matching shots to one another
• Specialized finishing techniques including how to use effects to soften the skin of the photographed subject- reducing blemishes and wrinkles.
• Animating color effects over time with keyframing and motion tracking

This three-day ColorCamp 101 workshop will introduce you to the physics of light, human vision and color as it relates to cinematography and image capture and the post production process. Instructors describe and demonstrate color manipulation in capture, digital cinematography and video, filtration, lighting, and editing paying special attention to practical methodologies.

The last day and a half will be spent on Apple's Color desktop color grading software,with the option of becoming Apple certified by taking a certification exam after the class.

Tuition: $975 US$  ($925 US$ if registered by early bird date)
Workshops include: Breakfast, lunch, and all materials. Sign up now, class size is limited!

You'll come away with the knowledge, the techniques, the processes and the understanding of color and the choices both creatively and financially to manage, translate and create color and looks and will have a solid understanding of Apple's Color desktop color correction software. This workshop is designed for content creators of all industries and experience level seeking the knowledge and understanding necessary to better their craft and further their career.

Who should attend this workshop:

Content creators of levels of experience and industries will benefit, but especially: Creative Directors, Directors, Producers, Directors of Photography, Editors and anyone interested in improving the look of their projects.

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*Dates and locations subject to change.
** Instructors subject to change due to their schedules.