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	• Cinematography: Image Making for Cinematographers, Directors, and Videographers Blain Brown Focal Press, 2002 - 303 pages average customer review:based on 20 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

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.

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 stay in track and not get lost. Moreover, if you've been shooting for a while and know most of what goes inside the camera department, you're still going to benefit a lot from this reading, it really puts you in perspective. I personally and professionally recommended this book highly.. So, two thumbs way up!!

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Better Resources Out There Than This

First, I agree with the other review I saw posted on this book: it isn't a great reference book for aspiring cinematographers. I also recommend the cinematography books and Film Lighting by Kris Malkiewicz, along with Bare Bones and the ASC Cinematographer Manual. Another great resource is Painting With Light.

In explaining the science of film, techniques and measurements can be much more simplified than how stated in the book. Another thing that bothered me, though not an English major or a writer or anything like that, was the grammar and punctuation. I find myself correcting so many mistakes with my pen, at least one per page, as I go through the book. I don't know how so many of these mistakes were unseen by the editor. I know it has nothing to do with the content of the book, but it can be distracting enough to draw your focus away from what you're reading.

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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

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