Cinematography Learn from a Master 

thank you!

you're a good man

Jérôme Bourgoin thks

Jérôme Bourgoin thank you mate

Thanks my hero

touche!

I agree. Simply and clearly put. Excellent explanations.

This is a good video everyone who wants to be a good director should watch this and Stanley Kubrick videos.

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@@mrfunnyenuff8632 to Very genius dop

I just was thinking he same here

Hi Pedro, (Richard here) You are exactly right. I and others can only supply ways of working and thinking. The rest is up to you. Good luck making movies. The best fun in the entire world.

Hugh Fenton Much thanks Richard! Incredibly useful and well explained knowledge. I'll be rewatching and taking notes.

Hugh Fenton , Hey Hugh I was hoping to see you do a vlog or another tut vid. or even a product review vid.

​@@williamjver Hi mate, it's about five years since you wrote this comment... So excuse my late reply. But we have just made a step by step experience which helps people to learn how to film and edit a documentary or promotional film. In less than two weeks it will take someone from no knowledge to being a quality film maker. You are probably highly experienced at this point but if you know anyone wanting to learn film making please direct them to www.enlighteninglearning.com

+williamjver I used to follow the video's of Philip Bloom but I think I found a better online film teacher today!! Bye bye Mr. Bloom :P.

+Lutte Kikker yb fcccxvvb .heekznxnz44444444455555444444444444444444444445&=vznx

the same for me :)

learning is bad lol

that statement reminds me of the film "Good Will Hunting " where Sidis was defending his friend the guy Ben Afflect from the guy who went to university and said lol you dropped a hundred Gran on an education you could got at a public library the guys was making fun of Will s friend then again William James Sidis was probably the smartest human to ever have lived research him and you will see

@@99davinci Tell that to your next perspective employer and let us know if it works. On second thought, if that job is in the film and video profession it just might work. That is if you have a reel to support what you've learned. Its one of the few fields left that still accept overall ability over formal education.

It is a summary. But that doesn't mean you don't need the details.

You're welcome Israel. Thanks for taking the time to say that : ) Glad it made a difference for you : )

do you know of any other lectures that might be equally educating in cinematography or filmmaking in general maybe eve sound design? if you do help me out here I've been looking but haven't found really good ones.

Hi @fstopmovies I've just created a whole series of films which I've uploaded to this channel for free which allow you to learn our step by step filming and editing process to create a promotional, educational or documentary film which all have pretty much the same style of filming and editing.

ha, me too!

Hi Alien Soup (whoever you are). Thanks for all the kind words. I am trying to think what I did in 1992. I totally agree with you and will inject that into some upcoming tutorials I am preparing.

@@richardmichalak White Wolves : Crying In the Wilderness. Bend, Oregon. That movie destroyed my back, and I had to quit camera work. But I found easier, better paying work - digital effects.

​@@aliensoup2420 I am glad you survived. I love working in 3d. Better than real life I find.

It sounds like you need to expand on your definition of "master."

You won't see more. This is it.

this is youtube.

Me too.......

Falryx Swiftblade great i made it to the right place

I agree as well.

Chris Tritschler Many Thanks for your comments. I also teach at a film school and what you say is my experience exactly.

Matin Dadib surprise that it isnt

totally agree

Same

Matin Dadib it’s three years and still no million views

It’s getting there bro

+Olusegun Adekoye lol this is faaar from film school

+Anthony Collins - OA should have said "Cinematography school"... in 40 mins.

Start The Rebellion what would qualify it to be a film school?

Hardly. Its basically describing the topics: If I tell you that a heart transplant is taking out a bad heart and replacing it with a good one do you now know how to perform open-heart surgery?

*Highly recommended* t.co/gcJw1hcsBh

Same here! Got a master's from the school of visual arts and still feel like this guy taught me just as much...something's wrong with these film programs.

that doesn't say too much about full sail

@@tigerbody69 They learned the fundamentals. They still need to learn the technique. Like watching a video to learn how to swim.

@@krane15 in the video? because at full sail one has TONS of practice!

Once you start, you're a filmmaker.

Bence Varga no, once u start experiencing everything fucking up on you til it is done, then you are a filmmaker. but in the game, there are two people: the director and the filmmaker

@@bencevarga6304 Aka, anyone who can push the PLAY button?

Oh thanks Robert that was very kind of you to take the time to say. I'm glad you liked the film.

PAL

I use 24

This guy is from the UK and their standard is 25 not 24.

Voltage Films He's Australian.

Paul Kirtley the standard in AU is 25 too. The aussie , limmies = same thing

lol 🤣

A lot of B roll showing the actor going to the toilet.

Is that all you learned?

looooooooooooooooooooool

This is probably the most foolish comment I have seen on a tutorial video. Save the "trying to be cute" comments when you speak to women. Just saying.

jeez, way to ruin the fun

The people criticizing your comment are only jealous that they didn't think of it. Some people have no sense of humor.

you are correct of course and I could have been more clear. Next time maybe. Richard

+jtan163 I was thinking the same thing when I was watching it, but then again, it was not about getting everything right in this video.

+Lutte Kikker - you're right of course and my petty smart arse-ism doesn't take away from the fact that Richard has made a really good, information dense primer for budding cinematographers and given it away. It's actually the best primer on the art I've seen online, paid or free and I have no doubt +Richard Michalak is an incredibly accomplished cinematographer, and knows the difference and a lot more about the technical and creative aspects of his tools - and is gracious when smart asses like me pipe up from the peanut gallery. Yes, I regret my trivial correction in many ways. I apologise to +Richard Michalak. Belatedly, but genuinely. The difference between terms isn't important 99.999% of the time and as you point out +Lutte Kikker it's probably not important in the context of this material. However where it may be important is when the audience is new and learning terms for the first time. Sometimes, for some people the first explanation or name they hear for a thing is the one that sticks and it can be hard to correct that mistaken first impression when it is made. I'm the kind of person that is effected like this - i.e. if I am taught wrong, it can be really hard for me to forget the wrong teaching and pick up the right one. That's no excuse for calling out an master craftsmen on the use of a commonly used misnomer, but it is the reason I did. +Richard Michalak - I imagine this was created as part of a training/education series - if you ever release the rest (or shoot the rest) then I'd love to buy a copy, and I expect a lot of other people might too. I hope me and the other "esteemed" members of the peanut gallery don't put you off posting in future. In the meantime, should you read this, please accept my apologies. I was a dick.

jtan163 You have a point here, you remember often things the best if you hear, do or see it the very first time (you never forget "the first time" right?). But as in so many occasions in real life, a lot what's happening for the first time does not appear as the truth often after a while. This is because truth of things often will be visible later on. People make mistakes all the time and you need some flexibility to see through that and adapt the "new" or "right" truth. I am not sure about what I am saying now, but I really believe that you ONLY can learn by making mistakes. Look at this, at school (middle, higher, it does not matter) you have to read many books. How much do you still remember after 10 or 20 years? Not much or all of it I bet. Learning by doing and making mistakes (i.e. film making, photography, painting and so on) will last forever. Yesterday I recieved a new camera (a Panasonic GH4) and no, it's not a crazy expensive RED camera, but I believe it's good enough to produce some decent footage with some trial and error. Whether the information is right or wrong, I suck it up anyway because sometimes wrong information can be used as well strange enough.

+jtan163 I am touched.