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https://watch.filmmakersacademy.com/programs/script-to-screen-a-cinematographers-guidebook
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filmmakersacademy
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June 26, 2025
Description
22 Lessons | 5+ hours of instructional videos
- Script To Screen: A Cinematographer’s Guidebook walks you through how Shane Hurlbut, ASC preps his projects. Using the film Deadfall as a reference, Shane demonstrates the challenges of your location, like constantly changing light.
- This is a masterclass in cinematography prep. Starting with the location and tech scout, you’ll learn what to look for in a location, how to prep for a scout, what to include in your scouting kit, and how you collaborate with the director for the blocking process.
- Next, you’ll find how to emulate the late afternoon light and control sunlight for interiors while casting that delicate dusk quality. Then, Shane explains when to go for the close-up and how to block, break rules, and unite your team to deliver your project from script to screen!
- Detailed written breakdowns
- Top-down Blocking & Lighting schematics
- Camera breakdown templates
- Script pages
- Lighting list templates
- Camera list templates
- Shot list templates
- Storyboards
- Side-by-side comparisons
Module 1 — Location Scouting
- Location Scouting: Walkthrough with the Director: Deadfall
- Camera Blocking and Setting Up the Scene: Deadfall
- Location Scouting: Theory and Production Design: Deadfall
- Location Scouting: My Cinematographers Scouting Toolkit
- How To Tech Scout a Location: Deadfall
Module 2 — Pre-Rigging
- How To Build a Soft Box
- How To Rig a Soft Box
- How To Use a Wall Spreader
Module 3 — Production
- How Color Temperature Sets The Mood: Deadfall
- Know Where and Why To Place the Master Shot: Deadfall
- How To Balance Your Rooms Ambient Light: Deadfall
- How To Block a Scene with Actors: Deadfall
- Finessing and Shooting the Master Shot: Deadfall
- How To Compose and Light the Close Up: Deadfall
- Fine-Tuning the Close-Up Lighting and Executing the Shot: Deadfall
- How To Extend Dusk for Hours: Deadfall
- Using Color Theory and Lighting To Recreate Dusk: Deadfall
- How To Mimic a Police Car Light: Deadfall
- How To Light Your Interior for Dusk: Deadfall
- How To Light and Lens a Two Shot: Deadfall
- How To Light The Reverse Angle: Deadfall
- How To Light the Close-Up for Dramatic Impact: Deadfall
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