This module is dedicated to creating indoor night moods and working with artificial sources, to produce immersive, cinematic images.
You complete one or two interior night shots and learn to manage contrast, color consistency and readability in low light: moon light, practical lights (bulbs, lamps, neons, geometry lights) and detailed AOV work. The last two weeks reproduce studio production conditions for finalizing and rendering the shots.
What you will cover
Night moods
- Building night moods and managing contrast
- Artificial light and color consistency
- Working on readability in low light
Light sources
- Interior moon light and light coming from outside
- Sky light portals
- Interior practical lights: bulbs, lamps, neons, geometry lights
AOVs & compositing
- Detailed AOV work: specular, diffuse, transmission, emission, translucency, depth, motion blur, position pass
- The relationship between rendering and compositing
- Optimizing night renders
Render phase (final 2 weeks)
- Finalizing and rendering the shots in production conditions
What you will get
An experience close to a real feature-film production.
Live sessions with a working mentor, in small groups.
Shots tailored to what recruiters expect.
A certificate of completion at the end of the program (non-certifying training).
Guided by a feature-film professional
Valentin Watrigant
Senior lighting artist · Illumination Studios Paris
Light is what turns an animated shot into a cinematic image: it guides the eye, sets the mood and carries the emotion of every scene. Valentin has made it his…
Filmography:
Sherlock Gnomes · The Grinch · The Secret Life of Pets 2 · Sing 2 · Minions: The Rise of Gru · The Super Mario Bros. Movie · Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
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