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Ava Benjamin Shorr: Mentorship, Career Evolution & Personal Work

Cinematography Salon

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How to Use Your Eye to Make a Great Film

I think it's always better to use your eye, especially when it comes to the quality. Simple light meter reading and the quality I think can tell you a lot about where you're at. And then also that thing that I mentioned before of like basically going into the room and looking in person for reflections. You see a weird little reflection on the kitchen cupboard and then you just kind of, you know, move your hand in front of it or you like try and find where it's coming from. A lot of times I think that can start to tell you like what's going on. Also something that's really interesting about lighting is like, I think super relevant now, even more

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