Exsul Van Helden

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Greetings from Amsterdam!
In the spring of 2009 I am teaching the following courses:
Lighting for the Camera – Section 1 & 2
During the course we try as a class to recreate interesting lighting setups from feature films.
Guess from what feature film the following scenes are:
Video

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Advanced Film Production
The students in this class are now in the process of finishing  their final film project. The film script, Pier 16, by Sara Eikmeier, student in the Film/Video department.
On wednesday April 15 the class went to SHOOTERS in Philadelphia
for the transfer and color correction of their movie

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Class visit by BILL GRAY

Here are some comments on the class visit  of Bill Gray
Bill is First AC and Still Photographer on feature films
On the photo above he is demonstrating  the use of a still camera with a blimp.

“Today in class Bill Gray came and spoke to us,expressing knowledge of the field and his experience
working [...]

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In my FLM 108 we are focusing now on film critique by scholars
Class visit by  Kathleen T.Brown,Professor of English
who lectured on her recent book:
“Teaching literary theory  using film adaptations”

photo of bookcover
This book is now in the library at Stevenson University

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During the semeter I try to bring the film student to the set of feature films shot in Baltimore. Last spring several students and I were invited to be on the set of the movie ‘Parting ‘by the British filmmaker Peter Mullett. For a taste of this shoot see the slideshow put together by our [...]

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I learned how to update my website today. Check back soon to see what I’ve done.

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Welcome to Exsul’s new site, created on 3/4/09.

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