Workshops

Demystifying the HD Camera with Aly Yeganeh

An in-depth exploration of the Sony HDW-790P and F900R

2010 dates to be confirmed
Please register your interest by email: workshops@lfs.org.uk.

 

Introduction

The High Definition camera is more than ever a viable creative tool. More and more TV drama series as well as feature-length films for theatrical release are being shot in the HDCam format. HD is now a proven technology, an artistic choice as well as an economic reality.

This brand new 5-day workshop explores the artistic and creative potential of the High Definition camera in a full week of demonstration and hands-on exercises.

Cinematographer and HD Specialist Aly Yeganeh will teach participants how to use the Sony 790P and 900R cameras, with an emphasis on mastering image control through manipulation of the camera menus. Over the course of two shooting days participants will learn a vast array of techniques, all of which are currently indispensable for any cameraperson working in HD. This will be followed by a screening of the material and analysis by the instructor.

Course outline:

Day 1
  • Technical initiation to HDCam Format
  • Camera menus: Basic learning
Day 2
  • Camera menus: Advanced learning
  • Taking control of the image and creating different looks through menu manipulation
Day 3
  • Practical exercises: Indoor shooting on a dressed studio set with professional actors and a make-up artist
Day 4
  • Practical exercises: Exterior shooting
Day 5
  • Screening of rushes at an HD viewing facility
  • Critical analysis of all the exercises

Maximum participants: 8

Fee: £1000.00

 

TUTOR BIOG

Aly Yeganeh works internationally as an HD Specialist. He is also a Senior Instructor at French National Television where in the last twenty years he has delivered over one hundred High Definition and Advanced Digital Cinematography workshops for Professional DP’s, Operators and Assistants.

In the year 2000 he was commissioned by the French National Continuous Learning Board for Film and TV professionals to run Advanced workshops as well as Masterclasses in HD. Since then he has completed more than fifty 1-week High Definition and Advanced Digital Cinematography workshops, again for Professional DP’s, Operators and Assistants.

He has an M.F.A. in Film and Communication from S.M.U. (Southern Methodist University), USA, and a Ph.D. in Mass Communication from the University of Nanterre, France. In addition he lectures in Semiology at CELSA (University of Sorbonne).

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Carolyn Atherton:
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