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American Cinematographer Manual

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Total reviews: 4 Average rating: 5.0 of 5

If you can't follow this book you're not ready to DP... 5 out of 5 stars.
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This book is quite technical. It's not designed to lead you through learning cinematography -- it's to answer your nagging questions about exactly how your academy-aperture frame gets cropped to 1.85, or exactly what lights to use to properly light your bluescreen.

If you're a beginner, it may not be the place to start, but if you're about to DP a T.V. commercial, music video, or feature film for actual release you'd better have this book handy and comprehend every word of it.

I work in visual effects and I don't know an effects supervisor or DP anywhere who doesn't have this book handy.

A must have for filmmakers - amateur to pro! 5 out of 5 stars.
9 of 11 people found this review helpful.

Insight to many of the motion picture cameras used in the industry (and independent scene) as well as a lot of pratical information regarding lenses, light principals, depth of field charts and more. It is the bible for cinematographers!

Hands down the most important reference for cinematographers 5 out of 5 stars.
3 of 4 people found this review helpful.

A book referenced by thousands of professionals with precise and easy to understand information. If you want to be on the technical side of filmmaking, become familiar with this book NOW.

The Avid Handbook: Techniques for the Avid Media Composer and Avid Xpress, Third Edition

Steve Bayes

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The Avid Media Composer, Avid Xpress and Avid Symphony are the most widely used nonlinear editing systems by professionals in the film and video industries. Based on his experience teaching countless seminars around the world on the Avid Media Composer, Avid Symphony and Avid Xpress, Steve Bayes has written the most comprehensive manual for nonlinear digital editing on these Avid editing systems. This handbook is now revised throughout to reflect recent upgrades to these systems and the third edition covers Symphony 2.1, Media Composer 9.1 and Avid Xpress 3.1, as well as earlier versions.

Written for the reader who already has a basic knowledge of the editing systems, this book moves beyond an introduction to the professional Avid editing systems and focuses on strategies, techniques, and troubleshooting. The Avid Handbook covers the basics of working with effects, rendering, and graphics and discusses the more abstract issues of workflow and organization of different types of editing projects. The book discusses frequently made mistakes, common technical problems,and how they can be avoided. In addition, there is an in depth explanation of Symphony color correction, 24 p and other new features and efficiencies in the latest software versions from Avid. The Avid Handbook discusses techniques for Windows NT users, including the most complete description of the offline to online workflow using Avid systems.

Includes techniques for using Windows NT with Avid systems
Revised throughout to reflect system upgrades
A guide to strategies, common problems, and techniques while editing nonlinear digital video or film

Carmen on Film: A Cultural History

Phil Powrie, Bruce Babington, Ann Davies, Chris Perriam

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Traces the cinematic history of Carmen, the Spanish Gypsy femme fatale

Cinematography (Screencraft) (Screencraft Series)

Peter Ettedgui

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Cinematography is the first title in the Screencraft Series, a unique venture which aims to unravel for the first time the multi-layered language of film-making, by exploring the fusion of crafts which combine to create the most important art form of the 20th century. Although the cinematographer or director of photography rarely receives the kind of attention reserved for directors and actors, there is little doubt that this is the key technical role in the process of revealing a story through images. The cinematographers featured in this book encompass three generations of filmmaking and represent a diversity of film cultures. What they have in common is the contribution they have made to a universal cinema heritage and the fact that their work has helped to expand -- if not revolutionize -- the language of film. This book, featuring the world's finest cinematographers, will inspire practicing professionals, students, and movie buffs alike. This beautifully designed and illustrated book speaks in the voices of these cinematographers and through the powerful images they have created for the screen.


The cinematographers featured in this book encompass three generations of filmmaking and represent a diversity of film cultures, from "African Queen" to "Delicatessen."
Highly illustrated -- over 500 color pictures and 300 black and white photos -- and written entirely based on each cinematographer's own words from interviews
This book, featuring the world's finest cinematographers, will inspire practicing professionals, students, and movie buffs alike.

Features three generations of cinematographers representing many diverse film cultures
Highly illustrated with over 500 color pictures and 300 black and white photos
Written entirely based on each cinematographer's own words from interviews

The Godfather in Pictures: An Unofficial Companion

Tony Nourmand

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"The Godfather Parts I, II and III" are among the best loved and most highly acclaimed movies in the history of cinema. Moving chronologically from Vito Corleone's childhood in Sicily to Michael Corleone's demise in the late 1970s, "The Godfather in Pictures" collects together for the first time a sumptuous array of posters, magazine covers, behind-the-scenes photographs and costume designs in one beautifully designed volume. The book also contains short features on the role of the real Mafia in the making of the films, the trilogy's cast and crew, and the actors who almost made it (Anthony Quinn and Sir Laurence Olivier were both considered for the role of Don Corleone). As elegantly realized and effortlessly cool as the movies it celebrates, "The Godfather in Pictures" is a real treasure-trove for all fans of the trilogy, a must-have tribute to the talent and creative vision behind Francis Ford Coppola's masterpiece.

How to Make an Action Movie for $99

Andrew Mayne Harter

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Magician-turned-Filmmaker tricked us! 2 out of 5 stars.
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I have been looking forward to reading this book ever since I heard about it 3 years ago. I finally got my hand on a copy, and boy was I disappointed!
It appears that this is a self-published title. The font is rather large, too large for a book. This title also has no ending, and the numerous spelling and grammatical errors I read made me cringe.
The book talks a lot about his film, Full Motion Blur. For those of us who haven't seen it (Which I'm guessing is most of the readers of the book), it'd be nice to tell us what it was about!! Maybe show us a screenplay or where we can find the film (there's no website or anything online on where to find it).
This book doesn't have much value to a filmmaker until the first 100 pages. the author keeps referring to Chimpanzees and Monkeys, which seems to be an inside joke I don't get. The footnotes are not only in bad taste, but completely pointless. I just kept shaking my head every time I read them (a warning for parents of kids: the book does have some not so subtle sexual inneundo in the book).
He also appears to be a bit self-absorbed and possess a large ego, which is unfortunately evident in the first 100 pages.
Once you get to the section about shooting the movie, he starts to give out information filmmakers can use. Despite being a 6 year veteran of filmmaking, I learned a bit about no budget filmmaking that I didn't find in other books. But the author seems to want us to do what he says, not what he does. He talks about showing, not telling the action, but all he does is tell us some techniques for low-budget filmmaking. How about some still photographs of what you've donem or computer program screenshots when you made the film?
For all the hype and promise this book held, it grossly underdelivers. [...]
Oh, and finally, the author warns of people who tend to criticize filmmakers' efforts are no more than frustrated filmmakers who never made their movie. So that I may put that to rest: I've been making films for six years: I've made 5 films, 9 commercials, and written 20 screenplays, all while holding down a fulltime job and raising a son.

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A guide to writing, shooting, and editing a feature film in the digital age. When independent filmmaker Andrew Harter decided to make a feature-length action movie, he didn't let the $99 budget get in the way. The result: Full Motion Blur - quite possible the greatest (and only) action movie ever made for $99 (Official Selection of the Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival.) In this book, Andrew explains how to write a script around existing props and borrowed locations. How to get people to work for free and love it. Most importantly, he breaks down the technical details of filmmaking so you can start and see your project completed. It's guerilla filmmaking at it's most extreme.

Aperture 139: Strong Hearts: Native American Visions and Voices (Aperture)

Aperture Foundation Inc. Staff

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Aperture 139
Strong Hearts
Spring 1995

Photographers:
Nancy Ackerman, Walter Bigbee, Ken Blackbird, Ron Carraher, Pamela Shields Carroll, Joseph Concha, Jesse Cooday, Patricia Deadman, Monica Godoy, John C. H. Grabill, Jeremy Huesers, Zig Jackson, April Jiron, Rose Jones, Ronald Jr. Lewis, George Longfish, James Luna, Lee Marmon, Larry McNeil, David Neel, Bethany Nez, Horace Poolaw, Winnie Poolaw, Jolene Rickard, Monty Roessel, Leslie Marmon Silko, Greg Staats, John Stands, Maggie Steber, John Thomson, Hulleah Tsinhnahjinnie, Carm Little Turtle, Schyle Vaughn, Richard Ray Whitman

The 16mm Camera Book

Douglas Underdahl

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A must-have for the guerrilla film maker 5 out of 5 stars.
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If you've just bought your first 16mm camera or thinking of hiring one for a shoot, this book is invaluable. It's a fascinating subject and Douglas Underdahl manages to make it funny too!!! There's also plenty of advice for the first time director. What more can I say? The book makes you want to grab your Bolex, run into the street and start making a movie!!

excelent guide to 16mm cameras 5 out of 5 stars.
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this book covered all of the major and minor parts of the different cameras.an easy read...and a must for all new film students!!!!!

Wonderful book! 5 out of 5 stars.
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Fantastic book, the best I've ever read on cameras and experiences with cameras. I wish Underdahl would write more. HIGHLY recommended! (Review entered on behalf of Jeff Hill.)

great for beginner, handy for expert, production-friendly 5 out of 5 stars.
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it even includes info on the Krasnogorsk-3!
Good stuff here, lots of production prep tips, notes on all major makes of 16mm movie cameras plus the expected chapters on lenses, lights, and so on. Plus stuff like low-cost tips and tricks for filters, making your own stuff. Having this book is like having a nice next-door neighbor who you can stop by and ask questions.

Teaching Analysis of Film Language (Bfi Teaching Film and Media Studies) (Bfi Teaching Film and Media Studies)

David Wharton, Jeremy Grant

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The basic elements of filmmaking are introduced in this guide, with clearly written sections on key practical and theoretical aspects of film language, including editing, sound design, lighting and camera shots and framing.

Go Digital: Keep the Past Alive!

Colin Barrett, Steve Luck, Allen Zuk, Keith Martin

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Home computers are now so powerful and versatile that they are involved in almost every aspect of the creative arts. Music, photography, video and art can all now be created digitally and altered on a home computer. We all have a lifetime of memories from before the digital age. Put old Photographs up on a website, transfer LP's to your portable digital music player or burn wedding video to DVD. All this and much more is possible when you go digital. Discover how to breathe new life into material you thought was frozen in time for ever. Clean up the sounds of scratches and hiss from old albums. Re-edit home movies into tighter, more professional looking productions. Organize your past financial data into a database so you can find that all important tax record quickly instead of searching through boxes.