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\"Lighting<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Lighting technician<\/h1><\/div>

The lighting technician is responsible for lighting the set. They work under the supervision of the director of photography or, if applicable, the chief lighting technician.<\/p>\n

More specifically, the lighting technician performs, non-exclusively, most or all of the following tasks:<\/p>\n

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  • determines the equipment needed for lighting and ensures the procurement of said equipment, all while respecting the financial parameters set by the producer;<\/li>\n
  • moves, installs, and removes the equipment necessary for set lighting, ensuring their proper functioning during recording;<\/li>\n
  • positions, adjusts, filters, colors, diffuses, etc., the lighting to achieve the required intensity levels to create shadow and light areas faithful to the director’s vision and the needs of the script.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>

    *Please note that the use of the masculine gender has been adopted for ease of reading and is not intended to be discriminatory.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

    Course plan<\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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    • What is the lighting profession?<\/li>\n
    • Electricity: the basics<\/li>\n
    • Electricity: distribution network<\/li>\n
    • Electricity: control network<\/li>\n
    • Electricity: practical application<\/li>\n
    • Lighting: basic concepts<\/li>\n
    • Lighting: traditional lamps<\/li>\n
    • Lighting: programmable LED lamps<\/li>\n
    • Lighting: lighting installations<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
        \n
      • Installation: crane, gondola and car camera<\/li>\n
      • Tour of filming facility<\/li>\n
      • Resource preparation and management<\/li>\n
      • Fall protection<\/li>\n
      • Safe use of mobile elevating work platforms (MEWPs) and aerial work platforms<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
          \n
        • Working with water: rain, pool, boat and ice field<\/li>\n
        • Truck stowage, preventive and practical driving<\/li>\n
        • Camera-car safety code<\/li>\n
        • Use of inflatable balloons<\/li>\n
        • Final simulation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

          General skill courses<\/h2><\/div>

          Here is the content of the general skill courses that takes place in the first hours of all training programs:<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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          • Act respecting owners, operators and drivers of heavy vehicles (Bill 430)<\/li>\n
          • Awareness of the impact of filming on the living environment and residents<\/li>\n
          • Financial income and personal taxation<\/li>\n
          • First aid in the workplace<\/li>\n
          • Hazardous products and WHMIS<\/li>\n
          • History of Quebec cinema<\/li>\n
          • Introduction to the union – AQTIS 514 IATSE<\/li>\n
          • Introductory visit to a film set<\/li>\n
          • Masterclass conference, open to the public<\/li>\n
          • Notions of ecology: application of green sets<\/li>\n
          • Occupational Health and Safety on film sets<\/li>\n
          • Penal and criminal liability (Bill C-21)<\/li>\n
          • Personal responsibility and rental equipment<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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            • Personal finances<\/li>\n
            • Presentation of key positions in production departments<\/li>\n
            • Presentation of the AQTIS-514-IATSE union agreement<\/li>\n
            • Sanitary measures and the pandemic<\/li>\n
            • Teamwork, interdepartmental interaction and hierarchy<\/li>\n
            • The Actor\u2019s role and relationship with the technical team<\/li>\n
            • The Producer\u2019s role and relationship with his technical team<\/li>\n
            • Understanding direction and production documents<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":1452,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"100-width.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1532","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nLighting Technician Mastery at MONDEL, Montreal<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Become a master lighting technician in cinema and television with MONDEL's professional training courses in Montreal.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/mondel.ca\/en\/courses\/lighting-technician\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Lighting Technician Mastery at MONDEL, Montreal\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Become a master lighting technician in cinema and television with MONDEL's professional training courses in Montreal.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/mondel.ca\/en\/courses\/lighting-technician\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Mondel - 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