The filmmaker's eye [electronic book] : learning (and breaking) the rules of cinematic composition / Gustavo Mercado.
Material type: TextPublication details: Amsterdam ; Boston : Focal Press/Elsevier, c2011.Description: 1 online resource (xvi, 192 p.) : ill. (some col.)ISBN:- 0240812174
- 9780080959344 (electronic bk.)
- 0080959342 (electronic bk.)
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
This is the only book that combines conceptual and practical instruction on creating polished and eloquent images for film and video with the technical know-how to achieve them.
Loaded with hundreds of full-color examples, The Filmmaker's Eye is a focused, easy-to-reference guide that shows you how to become a strong visual storyteller through smart, effective choices for your shots. This book has struck a chord worldwide and is being translated into several languages
After a short introduction to basic principles, a variety of shots are deconstructed in the following format:
- Why It Works: an introduction to a particular type of shot
- How It Works: callouts point out exactly how the shot works the way it does--the visual rules and technical aspects in action
- Technical Considerations: the equipment and techniques needed to get the shot.
- Breaking the Rules: examples where the "rules" are brilliant subverted
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Acknowledgments (p. xi)
- Introdution (p. xiii)
- Finding the frame (p. 1)
- Principles of composition and technique concepts (p. 6)
- Image system (p. 21)
- Extreme close up (p. 29)
- Close up (p. 35)
- Medium close up (p. 41)
- Medium shot (p. 47)
- Medium long shot (p. 53)
- Long shot (p. 59)
- Extreme long shot (p. 65)
- Over the shoulder shot (p. 71)
- Establshing shot (p. 77)
- Subjective shot (p. 83)
- Two shot (p. 89)
- Group shot (p. 95)
- Canted shot (p. 101)
- Emblematic shot (p. 107)
- Abstract shot (p. 113)
- Macro shot (p. 119)
- Zoom shot (p. 125)
- Pan shot (p. 131)
- Tilt shot (p. 137)
- Dolly shot (p. 143)
- Dolly zoom shot (p. 149)
- Tracking shot (p. 155)
- steadicam shot (p. 161)
- Crane shot (p. 167)
- Sequence shot (p. 173)
- Filmography (p. 179)
- Index (p. 183)