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Filmmaker's Eye, The: Learning (and Breaking) the Rules of Cinematic Composition 2nd edition


Filmmaker's Eye, The: Learning (and Breaking) the Rules of Cinematic Composition 2nd edition

Paperback by Mercado, Gustavo

Filmmaker's Eye, The: Learning (and Breaking) the Rules of Cinematic Composition

£29.99

ISBN:
9781138780316
Publication Date:
2 Jun 2022
Edition/language:
2nd edition / English
Publisher:
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:
CRC Press
Pages:
244 pages
Format:
Paperback
For delivery:
Estimated despatch 22 May 2024
Filmmaker's Eye, The: Learning (and Breaking) the Rules of Cinematic Composition

Description

This fully revised and updated edition of the classic book on cinematic composition provides readers with the necessary skills and technical know-how to create polished and narratively eloquent images, using a unique approach that combines an analytical, technical, and aesthetic understanding of the essential visual grammar of the shot. Containing well over a hundred full-color case studies, this second edition was expanded to include brand-new shot types, and was completely updated to reflect developments in filmmaking technology and practices, including the DSLR revolution, the advent of mirrorless and compact cinema cameras, improvements in CMOS sensor performance, the introduction of 4K and higher video resolutions, and drone cinematography. The Filmmaker's Eye: Learning (and Breaking) the Rules of Cinematic Composition 2nd edition is essential reading for anyone with an interest in motion media and cinematic storytelling, including independent filmmakers, directors, producers, cinematographers, editors, as well as those studying filmmaking, media aesthetics, and film studies.

Contents

acknowledgments; preface to the second edition; introduction; finding the frame; image systems; rules of cinematic composition & technical concepts; SIZES; extreme close?up; close?up; medium close?up; medium shot; medium long shot; long shot; extreme long shot; CONVENTIONS; over the shoulder shot; establishing shot; subjective shot; two shot; group shot; split?screen shot; canted shot; overhead shot; inverted shot; emblematic shot; abstract shot; macro shot; zoom shot; DYNAMICS; pan shot; tilt shot; dolly shot; dolly zoom shot; tracking shot; Steadicam® shot*; crane shot; aerial shot; sequence shot; filmography; image credits; index

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