The Shut Up and Shoot Freelance Video Guide:
A Down & Dirty DV Production
Anthony Q. Artis
ISBN: 978-0-240-81487-2
The Shut Up and Shoot Freelance Video Guide is an easy-read crash course in the ins and outs and hundred little details of creating video works for hire. This ultra-friendly visual field guide for freelance videographers picks up where The Shut Up and Shoot Documentary Guide leaves off and gives you more detailed practical production strategies and solutions not found anywhere else on:
- Marketing videos
- Music videos
- Wedding videos
- Music performance videos
- Live event videos
- Corporate videos...and more!
Covering everything from dealing with clients, production strategies and step-by-step guidance on planning, shooting, lighting and recording the most common video-for-hire genres this book sets out to help you rise above the competition and make more money by doing quality work... [more]
FilmCraft: Cinematography
Tim Grierson
Mike Goodridge
ISBN: 978-0-240-81862-7
Key Features
- Discussions with the world’s most notable filmmakers, giving insights into professional practice, working relationships, and influences
- Sidebars featuring practical advice on topics that filmmakers can apply to their own work
- ''Legacy Sections'' focusing on the work of past filmmaking greats
... [more]
Filming the Fantastic: A Guide to Visual Effects Cinematography, 2nd Edition
Mark Sawicki
ISBN: 978-0-240-81473-5
Don't waste valuable time and budget fixing your footage in post! Shoot the effects you want effectively and creatively the first time. This full-color step-by step guide to visual effects cinematography empowers you to plan out and execute visual effects shots on a budget, without falling into the common pitfall of using high-end computer graphics to "fix it in post," which can be an expensive, drawn out process. Instead, learn how to put your shots together before you start shooting-whether you're working in digital or film. Learn how to effectively photograph and create miniatures, matte paintings, green screen set ups, crowd replication, digital rear projection, and so much more to create elements that will composite together flawlessly.
The main purpose of effects is to promote the story, not just to wow an audience with amazing tricks created digitally. This book describes methods for creating seamless effects that don't call attention to themselves but enhance the scene as a whole. The technical foundations of film and digital capture are given in the introductory chapters of the book, and you are presented with real world scenarios that illustrate these basic concepts in a practical sense. Step-by-step illustrations of photographic element creation empower you to learn how to effectively pre-plan and execute your own visual effects challenges... [more]
Shooting Movies Without Shooting Yourself in the Foot: Becoming a Cinematographer
Jack Anderson
ISBN: 978-0-240-81493-3
Shooting Movies Without Shooting Yourself in the Foot is the book for all those film enthusiasts who can't get on a professional set or can't undertake studies at an expensive film school. The book approaches the subject of cinematography from a "hands-on, in the trenches" viewpoint, as though the reader were an apprentice on the set. It's a book about learning to shoot a film without making an idiot of yourself and wasting lots of time and money. It's a book about how to take artistic inspiration and make it a reality.
A breezy writing style mixed with practical, interactive exercises geared for both film and video give filmmakers the experience they need to take their work to the next level. Beginning with fundamental techniques and concepts of cinematography, the author shares his many years of experience with the reader, imparting invaluable advice and guidance on how to avoid common pitfalls, and more importantly, learn from mistakes... [more]
Cinematography: Theory and Practice
Image Making for Cinematographers and Directors,
2nd Edition
Blain Brown
ISBN: 978-0-240-81209-0
There's more to being a DP than holding a light meter! With this book as your guide, you are on your way to learning not only about the equipment and technology, but also about the concepts and thought processes that will enable you to shoot professionally, efficiently, and with artistic mastery. A leading book in the field, Cinematography has been translated into many languages and is a staple at the world's top film schools. Lavishly produced and illustrated, it covers the entire range of the profession. The book is not just a comprehensive guide to current professional practice; it goes beyond to explain the theory behind the practice, so you understand how the rules came about and when it's appropriate to break them. In addition, directors will benefit from the book's focus on the body of knowledge they should share with their Director of Photography... [more]
DSLR Cinema: Crafting the Film Look With Video
Kurt Lancaster
ISBN: 978-0-240-81551-0
Video-capable DSLR cameras give filmmakers a previously unheard of possibility: capturing superior video footage with a "film"-like quality-and on a budget. DSLR Cinema explores the cinematic quality and features offered by hybrid DSLR cameras in order to help you achieve the film look. This book shows you how to utilize the groundbreaking features of these cameras to craft visually stunning images for your films-always with an eye towards how the visuals impact your story.
When shooting with an HDSLR camera, you need to think more like a cinematographer than a videographer. Hybrid DSLRs come closer than any other video camera today to achieving a film look, and at a fraction of the cost. Whether you're shooting for a feature, short fiction, documentary, videojournalism, or even a wedding, DSLR Cinema offers insights on different shooting styles, real-world tips and techniques, and advice on postproduction workflow...[more]
The Filmmaker's Eye: Learning (and Breaking) the Rules of Cinematic Composition
Gustavo Mercado
ISBN: 978-0-240-81217-5
Destined to become a classic in film book publishing, The Filmmaker's Eye is a colorful, highly visual reference that breaks down each type of film shot such as the close-up or long shot, and covers how it works, why it works, technical considerations, and how to break the rules. It is the only book that combines conceptual and practical instruction on creating polished and eloquent images for film and video with the technical know-how to achieve them. Filmmakers will learn how to make smart visual choices with this quick, focused, and visual guide to cinematic composition...[more]
The Camera Assistant's Manual, 5th Edition
David E. Elkins
ISBN: 978-0-240-81057-7
The Fifth Edition of The Camera Assistant's Manual has been completely updated to reflect the technology of today, providing crucial guidance to student filmmakers as they prepare to enter the professional world and work as camera assistants.
David Elkins has the technical know-how to provide students with easy to follow advice about how to act on set, what a camera assistant is expected to do, and all the tips and tricks that will make a first or second camera assistant ready to advance to the next level. Readers will learn how the skill sets of a 1st or 2nd AC (Camera Assistant) in film and digital (HD) intertwine, how they differ, and all they need to know to do both jobs well. The advancements in HD and digital video are only adding to an already demanding job, and this fifth edition of The Camera Assistant's Manual provides Camera Assistant novices and experienced ACs alike with valuable knowledge that they need to work in both formats... [more]
Grammar of the Shot, 2nd Edition
Roy Thompson
Christopher Bowen
ISBN: 978-0-080-92705-3
Students learn how to use the basic “grammar” of making films and videos in Grammar of the Shot. This book shows students in no uncertain terms what they absolutely need to know to put together their own films or videos, shot by shot. Whether they are just learning how to frame a shot or if a refresher is needed, this book gives students a basic toolkit of how to build a successful visual story that flows smoothly... [more]
Video Shooter: Storytelling With HD Cameras, 2nd Edition
Barry
Braverman
ISBN: 978-0-080-92817-3
Tired of the all the digital filmmaking guidebooks that only give the nuts and bolts of how to use a camera? Video Shooter 2nd Edition takes that how-to knowledge and takes it a step further by showing students how to craft a story in their video. Barry Braverman is a highly experienced shooter whose name is gold in the field. This book covers everything from framing a shot, to lighting, to the type of camera (and tripod) one should use, and perhaps most importantly—how to translate the use of all this equipment and techniques into a story... [more]
The Visual Story: Creating the Visual Structure of Film, TV, and Digital Media, 2nd Edition
Bruce Block
ISBN: 978-0-240-80779-9
"I've not read a more clear, aptly illustrated book on
visual aesthetics for the moving image arts...The author has
a keen sense of how these principles have been applied in notable
films, and that is key to engaging the reader." –
Brad Chisholm, St. Cloud State University... [more]
Practical Cinematography, 2nd Edition
Paul Wheeler
ISBN: 978-0-240-51962-3
Filmmaking is an art, but,
like so many art forms, there are basic underlying tools and techniques
and a body theoretical knowledge that must be understood and mastered
before artistic expression can flourish. This book is an invaluable
resource for all aspiring DoPs.
Practical Cinematography can be dipped into for quick reference
—perhaps to answer a specific question or deal with practical
problems relating to a shoot—or read from cover to cover. It
discusses the principles of cinematography and the expertise which
is unique to the Director of Photography (DoP). It deals with all
the basic theory such as color temperature and sensitometry, and
all the practical things a DoP needs to know, from the make-up
of the crew to how to prepare an equipment list... [more]
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