Emerging Filmmakers Cinematography Recently Updated

This one-week workshop is designed for highly motivated high school students enrolled in 9th-12th grade and undergraduate students ages 18-21. Students are immersed in the concepts, creativity and technique of cinematic lighting through a combination of lectures and hands-on lighting exercises. Students will explore such concepts as composition, framing, blocking, lens choice, camera movement/placement, exposure, lighting techniques/equipment, shot design, and set protocol.

UCLA Emerging Filmmakers Cinematography gives students an unparalleled opportunity to study cinematography at one of the most prestigious film schools in the world. This one-week intensive workshop is designed for highly motivated This track is open to high school students currently in 9th to 12th grade in Spring 2025, as well as undergraduate students who are freshmen to juniors in Spring 2025. Students are immersed in the concepts, creativity and technique of cinematic lighting through a combination of lectures and hands-on lighting exercises. Students will explore such concepts as composition, framing, blocking, lens choice, camera movement/placement, exposure, lighting techniques/equipment, shot design, and set protocol. - Students work on UCLA sound stages with the latest digital cinema cameras and lighting equipment - The program curriculum consists of a combination of lectures and hands-on lighting exercises - Class exercises will be screened at the end of the workshop. Friends and family are welcome! This is an intensive immersion experience for beginning to intermediate filmmakers designed to form a basic understanding of the aesthetic, creative, and logistical decisions involved in lighting for film and television. Previous experience in cinematography is not required. This program offers an introduction to the concepts and practices of lighting for film and television through discussion and intensive hands-on, laboratory experience. Through lectures, discussions, workshops and group exercises, students will form a basic understanding of the aesthetic, creative, and logistical decisions involved in lighting for film and television. This includes composition, framing, blocking, lens choice, camera movement/placement, exposure, lighting techniques/equipment, shot design, and set protocol. Class exercises will be screened at the end of the workshop. Friends and family are welcome! UCLA Emerging Filmmakers will receive a certificate of completion at the conclusion of the program. The program does not carry college credit. Due to the intensive nature of the program, a maximum of one program absence is permitted.

Session A (June 23 – June 28, 2025)

Session B (June 30 – July 5, 2025)

Session C (July 7 – July 12, 2025)

Session D (July 14 – July 19, 2025)

Program Fee: $2600

Registration Fee: $350

Total Fee: $2950