On 21 October 2026, we held our first event in Scotland, hosted and led by Dungeon Frog Studios. The slide deck from the day is available to download below in pdf format (to request an editable version, please get in touch), and includes a rounded introductions to essential principles of cinematography. It covers the following concepts:
White Balance
Depth of Field
Framing, including : the rule of thirds, frame within a frame, leading lines, symmetry, dutch/canted angle, short-sided and shot/reverse shot composition
Exposure
Apperture
Shutter Speed
ISO
Dynamic Range
See below links to some of the clips mentioned in the slides:
Saving Private Ryan Omaha Beach scene (use of high shutter speed)
Woolf of Wall Street quaaludes scene (use of low shutter speed)
Silence of the Lambs scene (central shot - reverse shot)
