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Shooting movies without shooting yourself in the foot [electronic resource] : becoming a cinematographer / Jack Anderson.

By: Anderson, Jack (John Douglas), 1945-Contributor(s): ProQuest (Firm)Publisher: Waltham, Mass. : Focal Press, c2012Description: xvi, 349 p. : ill. (some col.)001: 44650Subject(s): CinematographyGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 777 LOC classification: TR850 | .A64 2012Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
What is a director of photography? -- Realities : preproduction. What's first? ; We're still reading the script ; A few more things to think about ; The shot list ; The crew ; The location ; Selecting a camera ; Selecting lenses ; Selecting film stock ; Selecting a tripod and head ; What everyone else is doing to prepare ; The night before -- Realities : production. On time and ready to shoot ; First day/first shot ; Shooting masters ; Close-ups and coverage ; Operating the camera ; Still more composition, or follow the money ; The horror of the 180-degree line ; The good, the bad, and the ugly (but not necessarily in that order) ; Learning the hardware ; Why we light ; Exposure ; Exercise : shooting your project on film -- Realities : postproduction. Postproduction : timing and transferring ; Postproduction : putting together a reel -- Technicalities. Cameras : black boxes ; Lenses ; The Zen of focusing ; The magic of filters ; Film ; Color temperature ; Using and handling film cameras and lenses ; Using a tripod and head ; The dolly grip ; Laboratory and postproduction processes.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

What is a director of photography? -- Realities : preproduction. What's first? ; We're still reading the script ; A few more things to think about ; The shot list ; The crew ; The location ; Selecting a camera ; Selecting lenses ; Selecting film stock ; Selecting a tripod and head ; What everyone else is doing to prepare ; The night before -- Realities : production. On time and ready to shoot ; First day/first shot ; Shooting masters ; Close-ups and coverage ; Operating the camera ; Still more composition, or follow the money ; The horror of the 180-degree line ; The good, the bad, and the ugly (but not necessarily in that order) ; Learning the hardware ; Why we light ; Exposure ; Exercise : shooting your project on film -- Realities : postproduction. Postproduction : timing and transferring ; Postproduction : putting together a reel -- Technicalities. Cameras : black boxes ; Lenses ; The Zen of focusing ; The magic of filters ; Film ; Color temperature ; Using and handling film cameras and lenses ; Using a tripod and head ; The dolly grip ; Laboratory and postproduction processes.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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