Odds & Ends: Pondering Alien Life in 1962
Residents of Sydney, Australia answer the question: Is there life on other planets?
September 2019
Lesson: What Can Star Wars Teach Us?
Why we study space opera.
Lesson: Introduction to Compositing
How to film on a green or blue screen.
Project: Off World
Create an image that looks like it came from another planet.
Extraterrestrial Short: Good Business
Selling guns to the alien crab-monsters – what could possibly go wrong?
Project: Heat and Light Lab
Create a lighting setup for an icy planet orbiting a hot star.
Lesson: Light and Color
Exploring white balance and color theory.
Odds & Ends: Diving Deeper Into Alien
A look back at Alien, 40 years later.
Lesson: Lighting Basics
It’s time to play with light.
Project: Alien vs. Close Encounters
Film in the style of Ridley Scott or Steven Spielberg.