(Frames from Films made by Polly Morgan)
(c) Vincent Laforet & Polly Morgan 2012
TWO-DAY WORKSHOP
VINCENT LAFORET & POLLY MORGAN: BEYOND THE SOFTBOX®: Introduction to Lighting for Motion & Stills
In this two day workshop Director and Photographer Vincent Laforet and Director of Photography Polly Morgan will lead a workshop focused on lighting for cinema. Vincent will discuss the transition from lighting for still photography to the world of motion with Polly. Vincent and Polly recently collaborated on the short film “Mobius.” Students will be introduced to key concepts of lighting in the world of motion. Students will explore the different lighting tools available to cinematographers and shoot a variety of small scenes with different lighting approaches.
There is no need to bring any equipment to this class.
Thursday, April 5, and Friday, April 6, 2012
Price: $650
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BIOGRAPHY
Vincent, a three-time winner at the prestigious 2010 Cannes Lions International
Advertising Festival, is a director and Pulitzer Prize–winning photographer who is known
for his forward-thinking approach to image-making and storytelling. In addition to having
been commissioned by just about every important international publication—including
Vanity Fair, The New York Times Magazine, National Geographic, Sports Illustrated,
Time, Newsweek, and Life—Vincent is considered a pioneer both for his innovative tiltshift
and aerial photography and in the field of HD-capable DSLR cameras. In fact, his
short film Reverie, the first 1080p video shot with a still camera, was seen by more than
2 million times on the first week of its release in 2009.
Vincent, who was born in 1975, began his photography career at the age of 15. He
started as a photojournalist, honing his abilities by landing internships with newspapers
such as The Los Angeles Times and with Reuters. By the time he was 25, he had
established himself as the youngest staff photographer for The New York Times, and by
the time he left, he had a Pulitzer for feature photography under his belt. “His images
stir with life,” PDN wrote of him in a 2003 “One to Watch” profile. “Athletes are colorful
heroes ripped from comic book pages while his wartime photographs successfully
wander between the unimaginably large scale and the touchingly human.”
In 2005, American Photo named him one of the “100 Most Influential People in
Photography,” and his work has been recognized in the Communication Arts and PDN
annuals and by the World Press Photo Awards, the Pictures of the Year Competition,
the Overseas Press Club, the National Headliners Awards, and the Pro-Football Hall of
Fame. And the accolades continue to come his way. In June 2010, he was honored with
a Gold, Silver, and a Bronze in the Titanium category at the Cannes Lions International
Advertising Festival for his work as the director on the groundbreaking Canon “Beyond
the Still” competition, which he spearheaded with Grey Advertising.
“It’s not just the laundry list of awards that sets Laforet apart, though,” noted The FStop
magazine in a 2010 interview with Vincent, whose fine-art prints have been exhibited
worldwide and are part of numerous private collections. “It’s his steady and unique
growth as a photographer. From shooting weddings [as a teen] to the NBA finals in
college to his job at the Times and now his much publicized move to commercial
photography and motion work, it’s been a long and fruitful evolution.”
Since 2006, Vincent himself has charted this evolution on his blog,
http://blog.vincentlaforet.com/, which has become a must read in the photographic and
filmmaking communities, attracting more than 3,000,000 visitors each year. His
combination of candor and expertise have made him highly sought after as a consultant
(for companies such as Apple, Canon, Manfrotto, Lexar, X-Rite, and Zeiss), a keynote
speaker, and an instructor. Vincent, who has been profiled on CNN and Good Morning
America and in dozens of publications, has served as an adjunct professor at Columbia
University’s Graduate School of Journalism and at the International Center of
Photography.
He is represented by the New York–based agency Stockland Martel and resides in
Manhattan Beach, California, with his wife, Amber, son Noah, and daughter Eliana.
POLLY MORGAN
After gaining top Honors in her Undergraduate degree in Art and Business, Polly worked for Ridley Scott Productions in London and established herself as a Camera Assistant, working for six years throughout the UK and Canada on International feature films and commercials with cinematographers such as Caleb Deshanel, ASC, Bojan Bazell, Dan Mindel and Haris Zambarloukos, BSC.
A Fulbright Scholor, Polly received invaluable guidance, mentorship, and training at the American Film Institute Conservatory (AFI) from some of the world’s greatest cinematographers . Harris Savides, (AMERICAN GANGSTER, THE GAME, ZODIAC), Tom Stern, ASC (FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS, CHANGELING), Roger Deakins, ASC/BSC (THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION, NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN), and more. The most prestigious film conservatory in the United States, and among the top few in the world, AFI provides a rigorous and esteemed training ground for the next generation of successful modern filmmakers.
Polly also worked with and was mentored by Wally Pfister, ASC. (INCEPTION, THE PRESTIGE, THE DARK KNIGHT) She assisted him during “INCEPTION” and on many other projects.
In 2011, Polly was awarded the title of “Rising Star” by the ASC and proclaimed part of ‘the new wave’ by the BSC and was selected to shoot one of 4 films to highlight the new Canon C300.
In 2012, She has joined the Local 600 as a DP and is currently working on ‘Emanuel and The Truth About Fishes’ starring Jessica Biel and Alfred Molina.
Selected Feature and Television
Emanuel And The Truth About Fishes (2012)
Dead Inside (2011)
Rock Jocks (2011)
Venom (2011)
Junkie (2011)
Inception (Assistant W. Pfister)
V For Vendetta (Camera Assistant)
National Treasure (Camera Assistant)
Selected Short Narrative
Mobius (C300)
Record (Alexa)
Check 1, 2 (35mm)
The Knew It All (RED)
U 2074 (Canon 5D)
Neighbours (RED)
Mobius (35mm Anamorphic)
Bunny (Canon 5D)
Sandbags (35mm)
Reflection (35mm)
Sleepless (Sony EX3)
The 2nd Bakery Attack (EX3)
Inamorata (Sony F900)
Fallen (Super 16mm)
Open Heart Surgery (16mm)
Made by Maggie (35mm)
Selected Commercials and Music Videos
OUTSIDER (UK) BMW (Alexa)
TANK Studios Sydney Hair Products (Panasonic AF100)
Independent Media Frisker (35mm) CAM OP
OTF Preserving Farmland (RED)
Summerland Films Skin It – Your World (EX3)
Summerland Films Skin It – Device (EX3)
Wayward Films ASPCA – Moving Day (5D)
Space Waves “Walking By” (5D)
Marc Robillard “The Pair” (Super 16mm)
Bobby Cook “Déjà Vu” (Super 16mm)
Soho Dolls “Right and Right Again” (EX1)
Documentaries
Philanthropy Society “Infinite Dreams” (EX1)
WEBSITE
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