Course: Introduction to Cinematography with Blackmagic 6K Cinema Camera, Saturday, 3 May

Date: Saturday, 3rd May
Venue: Digital Media Studio, FSAS
Duration: 1 day, 10am-5pm
Places: 8
Cost: €80

About the course:
A full training session focusing on our in-house Blackmagic 6K Cinema Camera, covering camera features, production and operation, rigging, versatile set-ups for studio and outdoor shooting, technical requirements, and data management. This course will provide an introduction and practical knowledge in the area of professional digital cinematography using the Black Magic 6K Cinema Camera system to suit visual artists working with the moving image as part of their practice.

Areas covered:
Introduction to moving image production and workflows
Project settings, aspect ratio, lenses
Blackmagic RAW (BRAW) and Look Up Tables (LUTs)
Camera features and interfaces
Monitoring
Lighting
Data management
Using DaVinci Resolve to manage rushes

Requirements:
To have previous experience with shooting and editing digital moving image. Being familiar with DaVinci Resolve software is an advantage. If you have an iphone, install the BlackMagic camera app and familiarise yourself with the interface. 

Booking:
To apply for a space, please send a short description of your practice and interest in the course as well as a link to your work to resource@firestation.ie.

About the Tutor:
Dean Kavanagh is a filmmaker from Ireland. He has created 70 short and 6 feature films that combine experimental and narrative forms using contemporary and retrograde motion picture technology. Over the past 16 years he has worked in the film industry as a cinematographer, offline editor and data wrangler. He was also employed by the Irish Film Institute as their Digital Media Technician, and worked as part of the Irish Film Programming department. He currently works as a film and digital media archivist within a broadcast environment.

Dean’s feature film ‘Hole in the Head’ was voted as one of the best films of 2022 by The Irish Times. His work is supported by the Arts Council of Ireland and he was a recipient of the Next Generation Artists’ Award. He is a Berlinale Talent alumnus, and a member of the European Film Academy. deankavanagh.com

Please note that all our training and skills development opportunities are supported by the Arts Council of Ireland and reserved for professional visual artists. Commercial, student, or non artist-led projects are not suitable.