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https://watch.filmmakersacademy.com/programs/how-to-recreate-the-sun
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filmmakersacademy
Updated
July 08, 2025
Description
11 Lessons | 3+ hours of instructional videos
- Whether you’re filming interiors or exteriors, shaping and recreating sunlight is fundamental.
- How to Recreate The Sun is a masterclass for cinematographers and gaffers that guides you through the process from choosing lights, setting your color temperature, and the best color correction gels for late afternoon tones.
- This course also helps you decide where you should place your sunlight sources and how to use reflector boards and overhead diffusion frames. You will also learn about the proper negative fill that you should use to make your lights feel natural, cinematic, and real!
Module 1 — Artificial Light to Replicate the Sun
- Recreating The Sun with Artificial Light
- How To Shape High Sun with Artificial Light On Close-Ups
- Matching Artificial Light with Natural Sunlight: Into the Badlands
Module 2 — Shaping & Using the Sun to Light
- How To Shape Natural Light with Negative Fill
- How To Change the Direction of the Sun for Close-Ups
- How To Diffuse Sunlight: Into the Badlands
- How To Shape Light in a Forest: Into the Badlands
Module 3 — Production
- Powering Up Your Lights On Set
- How To Compose the Master Wide Shot
Module 4 — On Set
- Replicating The Sun with Artificial Light: Coors Light
- How To Replicate Early Morning Exterior Light: Into the Badlands
- How to Light Large Spaces: Into The Badlands
- How To Replicate Early Morning Interior Light: Into The Badlands
- How To Replicate Midday Interior Light: Into The Badlands
- How to Replicate Late Afternoon Light On STAGE: Into the Badlands
- How to Replicate Late Afternoon Light On STAGE: Into the Badlands
- How to Create Day Exterior Lighting on a Stage: Into the Badlands
Module 5 — Case Study
- How To Create an Unlit Natural Look: Crazy Beautiful
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