The Filmmaker's Eye

Learning (and Breaking) the Rules of Cinematic Composition
2. Auflage 2022
ISBN: 978-1-138-78031-6
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 258 Seiten, 00, Format (B × H): 229 mm x 232 mm, Gewicht: 846 g

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.

Zielgruppe

Professional Practice & Development

Autoren/Hrsg.

Mercado, Gustavo

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Filmwissenschaft, Fernsehen, Radio

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Table of Contents

Finding the Frame

Principles of Composition and Technical Concepts

Image System

Extreme Close Up

Close Up

Medium Close Up

Medium Shot

Medium Long Shot

Long Shot

Extreme Long Shot

Over the Shoulder Shot

Establishing Shot

Subjective Shot

Two Shot

Group Shot

Canted Shot

Emblematic Shot

Abstract Shot

Macro Shot

Zoom Shot

Pan Shot

Tilt Shot

Dolly Shot

Dolly Zoom Shot

Tracking Shot

Steadicam Shot

Crane Shot

Sequence Shot

Über Autor(innen)

Gustavo Mercado is an award-winning independent filmmaker with well over a decade of experience as a writer, director, and cinematographer of narrative films. The first edition of The Filmmaker’s Eye: Learning (and Breaking) the Rules of Cinematic Composition, was translated into French, Spanish, Chinese, Polish, Turkish, Portuguese, Japanese, and Korean, and is being used by film programs at colleges and universities worldwide. His second title in the Filmmaker's Eye film book series, The Language of the Lens: The Power of Lenses and The Expressive Cinematic Image was translated into Turkish, Spanish, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and Ukranian. He teaches cinematography, editing, screenwriting, and film production at Hunter College’s Film & Media Studies Department in New York City.