Cinematography : theory and practice : for cinematographers and directors / Blain Brown.
By: Brown, Blain [author.]
Publisher: London : Routledge, 2022Edition: Fourth editionDescription: xviii, 510 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 27 cmContent type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volume001: BDZ0047909195ISBN: 9780367373450 (pbk.) :Subject(s): Cinematography | Photography | Photography & photographs | The arts: general issues | Films, cinema | Electronic, holographic & video art | Film production: technical & background skillsDDC classification: 777 LOC classification: TR850 | .B7598 2022| Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
This book covers both the artistry and craftsmanship of cinematography and visual storytelling. Few art forms are as tied to their tools and technology as is cinematography. Take your mastery of these new tools, techniques, and roles to the next level with this cutting-edge roadmap from author and filmmaker Blain Brown.
This 4th edition has been thoroughly updated throughout to include detailed information on the latest lighting and camera equipment, as well as expanded and updated discussion on the following areas: shooting on a budget, color spaces with emphasis on the new UHD standards, the decision-making process in choosing what lights and equipment to use, considerations concerning power issues, safety and what electrical supply is needed for various types of lights, an examination of the cinematographer's role in preproduction, and much more.
Topics Include:
- Visual storytelling
- Continuity and coverage
- Cameras and digital sensors
- The tools and basics of film lighting
- Methods of shooting a scene
- Continuity and coverage
- Exposure
- Color
- Understanding digital images
- Using linear, gamma, and log video
- Image control and grading on the set
- Data management and the DIT
- Optics and focus
- Camera movement
- Set operations
- Green screen, high speed, and other topics.
Whether you are a student of filmmaking, someone just breaking into the business, working in the field and looking to move up the ladder, or an experienced filmmaker updating your knowledge of tools and techniques, this book provides both the artistic background of visual language and also the craft of shooting for continuity, lighting tools and methods, and the technical side of capturing images on digital or on film.
The companion website (www.routledge.com/cw/brown) features additional material, including lighting demonstrations, basic methods of lighting, methods of shooting a scene, using diffusion, and other topics.
"A Focal Press book"--Front cover.
Previous edition: 2016.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
'It's been a painful transition from film to digital for many cinematographers. Brown takes the mystery out of it and presents the technical aspects of this change seamlessly. It is, after all, about art!'Judy Irola, ASC, Conrad Hall Chair in Cinematography and Color Timing, USC School of Cinematic Arts'As a practicing cinematographer who also teaches, I consider The Filmmaker's Guide to Digital Imaging essential reading for my students. Blain Brown demystifies the technical processes of digital cinematography from the most basic to the more complex. Given the recent rapid development in this field, working professionals too will find this is a must-have guide. I'm one of them.'Anthony Jannelli, Head of Graduate Cinematography, Tisch School of the Arts, New York University`Just when you think a textbook can't get any better, Brown comes up with this. Explanatory diagrams and illustrations from films give insight into the thought process and methods of the cinematographer. Brown illuminates both the large gestures and the finer points of the art and craft of cinematography.'James Henderson, Filmmaker/photographer/educator`This is a welcome updated version of Cinematography: Theory and Practice, which keeps the traditional approaches to camerawork, and includes additional chapters on technological developments, such as Cameras and Image Control including a section on LUTs, and DIT & Workflow. This is an essential book for teaching camera techniques to students in the changing world of cinematography technologies.'Jeremy Bubb, Chair of NAHEMI; Filmmaker, and Academic
This book covers both the artistry and craftsmanship of cinematography and visual storytelling. Few art forms are as tied to their tools and technology as is cinematography. Take your mastery of these new tools, techniques, and roles to the next level with this cutting-edge roadmap from author and filmmaker Blain Brown. Not just a comprehensive guide to current professional practices - 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. Presents the basics and beyond, employing clear explanations of standard practice together with substantial illustrations and diagrams to reveal the real world of film production and covering the most up-to-date information on equipment. Also has an accompanying companion website with hours of video footage offering key instruction in topics such as camera basics, lighting essentials, shooting methods, and much more.
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