Camera and Lens Master Course Information

Camera and Lens Master Course is a course designed to provide in-depth knowledge related to camera and lens operation in the context of filmmaking.

Academy Award and Emmy-winning cinematographers teach you how to unlock the most powerful tool on your set – your camera.

If you want to create more cinematic content, the FilmSkills Cinematography Master Camera Course will teach you the gear and techniques used by leading cinematographers. We partnered with Emmy and Academy Award cinematographers to teach you how to master your camera and lens.

What You’ll Learn In This Course?

• How to build the camera package
• Techniques to prepping your gear and test lenses for a shoot
• How to find the sweet spot of the imaging sensor for the cleanest images
• Frame rates, interlacing, pull-down, and time code
• The types and classifications of lenses
• How to keep your subject in sharp focus
• How to properly expose your shot
• How to use false color, waveform monitors, and histograms
• How to use f-stops and T-stops
• Neutral density filters
• Polarizers
• How to master the focal length
• How to control the depth of Field as both a technical and creative tool
• How to control the shutter to achieve the desired look

About Author

Jason J. Tomaric is an Emmy, Telly, and CINE Award-winning director and cinematographer of internationally-distributed feature films, dozens of national television commercials, music videos, and the largest film training content library in the world, published author of 8 books – used in many top universities, and creator of AccuSkills.com, an industry-changing learning management platform.

Jason has worked in Los Angeles and around the world in over 20 countries. His clients include Disney, NBC/Universal, National Geographic, McDonald’s, Toyota, Scion, Microsoft, and Paul Mitchell, with narrative work screened at Sundance, Slamdance, and South by Southwest film festivals as well as on Netflix and on all broadcast networks.

Jason has taught and/or guest lectured at some of the nation’s most prestigious film schools including UCLA, Columbia College, John Carroll University, Kent State University, San Francisco State, University of Notre Dame, and numerous film festivals.

Jason has written eight industry-defining books, all sold in bookstores, and used in film schools around the world. The American Society of Cinematographers hails Jason’s books – “There are no wasted words in Tomaric’s tome, which concisely summarizes each facet of the director’s craft. It’s difficult to think of a step in the process that Tomaric fails to address.”

Jason’s DVD training series on Hollywood film production have trained filmmakers in over 40 countries, with distributors in Europe, Hong Kong, New York and Australia.

In 2010, Jason launched FilmSkills, which combines the world’s largest film training video library with his proprietary learning management system. Adopted by 47 universities within the first year, FilmSkills is now the leading industry-standard training solution for motion picture and television production.

In 2015, Jason launched AccuSkills.com, an industry-changing learning management platform that bridges the gap between academia and industry.

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