UCLA ExtensionUCLA Extension[This page describes a seminar that has already taken place.]
Los Angeles, April 9 - May 14, 1998
Six 3-hour meetings, plus a full-day session on Saturday, April 18
Harrison Ellenshaw and I will teach this 3-unit course, in the Entertainment and Performing Arts department of UCLA Extension.
The penetration of digital technology into the capture and display of moving images has added more confusion to a process that is already poorly understood. Digital techniques have all but replaced optical and photochemical methods for creating visual effects. Color reproduction and manipulation is therefore no longer limited to the film medium. At some point, images are usually displayed on a CRT monitor in either intermediate or final form. So accurate color reproduction - as viewers define it - is at the top of everyone's list of essential ingredients for entertainment product.
But what does "accurate" mean? And how do we achieve the desired result when film, video, and digital media are so different - even divergent - in the way they capture, manipulate, and display color? Cameras, whether film or electronic, take objective measures of light and color. However, the way the human visual system perceives light and color is not strictly according to mathematics or science. A skilled practitioner needs to understand the relationship between objective measurement and perception.
This course is designed to provide that knowledge, for cinematographers, directors, producers, visual effects artists, animators, telecine operators, and other creative and post-production personnel. A technical background is not required, although a willingness to learn and experiment is essential.
The fee for the course is $425. Additional information, a complete course description, and an enrollment form are available at UCLA Extension.
Charles Poynton - Courses & seminars
1998-03-26