Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 778.5
EAN: 9780240805009
ISBN: 0240805003
Label: Focal Press
Manufacturer: Focal Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 303
Publication Date: 2002-10
Publisher: Focal Press
Sales Rank: 9044
Studio: Focal Press

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Editorial Review:

Product Description:
Lavishly produced and illustrated, Cinematography 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.

Cinematography 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.
Recognizing that professionals know when to break the rules and when to abide by them, this book discusses many examples of fresh ideas and experiments in cinematography. Covering the most up-to-date information on the film/digital interface, new formats, the latest cranes and camera support and other equipment, it also illustrates the older tried and true methods.

*The definitive guide to cinematography

*Up-to-date coverage of technical topics, including High Definition and digital imaging

*Full color throughout brings issues of color and light to life




Rating: - Almost completely useless
There are so many shortcomings with this book--where to begin? The text throughout is in serious need of an editor. The author jumps from one thought to another then returns to the first later in the chapter. The information in the book is presented as authoritative and yet some of it is downright wrong. Many of the images are pixelated, small, or ambiguous. There are several instances of page / image / figure references that are incorrectly linked. Occasionally, new terms appear in the book which ... Read More

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Rating: - Comprehensive text book!
Blain Brown's book is very comprehensive towards the technical and theoretical aspects of the bare bones of cinematography. I found the chapters to cover film and HD quite well and the five C's of cinematography are well illustrated too. I know for a fact that many cinematography professors in film schools from all around the country do require this reading in their curriculum. So, If you're a beginning student in filmmaking or cinematography you will find more than what you need here, but yet still ... Read More

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Rating: - Sections are poorly written and full of errors
The book has a lot of useful information in it. Unfortunately, it could have used a copy editor and someone to verify all of the information in it. There are A LOT of typographical errors. I spent a great deal of my time verifying what was written in the book in other texts after I discovered several errors. Depth of field/depth of focus, come on, please proofread. The book also makes explanations more convoluted and unclear than necessary. Again, I referred to Malkiewicz (the edition with David ... Read More

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Rating: - Best Cinematography Book Ever!
This book answered all the questions I had on the subject that no other resource could. Great book for any aspiring filmmaker novice or semi-pro.

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Rating: - Nice overall but not great
It's a good book. I wasnt impressed by the way the author writes, but it seems to cover the basics. Too much technical stuff for what I was expecting: more analysis of existing movies, but I guess that's up to you after you read the book.

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