The ability to tell a story and enhance its emotional charge through lighting, colors, and the camera requires an understanding of light itself. With more than a decade of experience translating scripts into images, director of photography David Curto has mastered these aspects of filmmaking to tell stories like few others can. He has made films and advertising spots for brands such as Netflix, Avianca, and Ford and music videos for artists such as David Bisbal and Juan Magán, among others.

In this online course, learn the fundamentals of photography and creative direction for films. David teaches you how to extract key character emotions from a script in two different genres and convey them through lighting and your lens.