◗ Shared Experience Lindenlaub (middle, wearing white shirt) demonstrates lighting techniques on the Mole-Richardson soundstage. the set," he says. "One of the biggest mistakes, whether you're lighting a small or huge set, is to turn all the lights on. It's hard to pull your concept out of this over-lit scenario. It's important to 104 turn on the lights that create the mood you want, and then selectively build on top of that." He went on to explain to the students his concept of "boxing the set," as many of them didn't know how to light a room for multiple setups. "I rim the outside walls all the way around the sets," he says. "I demonstrated that with Dead Man Down. Students are normally intimidated by a day interior where you're looking out windows and it seems massively overexposed. I talked about the concept of ND'ing windows down but still pushing light through them. You have to push the exposure down and minimize the interior as much as you can." Cinematographer Santiago Moga says he learned the most from his day with Cameron. "It was so great that he shared his practical experience," Moga says. Cameron gave students the advice that changed his professional life. "[Director] Tony Scott said years ago that you've got to do two things in the world: be interesting and interested," he says. "Being interesting is something we all try to do [with] our style. But beinghttp://www.theasc.com