Shooting movies without shooting yourself in the foot : becoming a cinematographer

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ISBN: 0240814932
ISBN: 9780240814933
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xvi, 349 pages) : illustrations
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Publisher: Amsterdame ; Boston : Elsevier/Focal Press, 2011, ©2012.

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-341) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	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.
Source of Description Note:	Print version record.