The filmmaker's eye : learning (and breaking) the rules of cinematic composition
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The filmmaker's eye : learning (and breaking) the rules of cinematic composition
(A Focal Press book)
Routledge, 2022
2nd ed
- : pbk
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Note
"First edition published by Focal Press 2010"--T.p. verso
Filmography: p. 221-224
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
* Become an eloquent visual storyteller through effective and expressive choices for each and every shot in your film with hundreds of full-color examples from your favorite blockbusters in this easy-to-reference guide
* Types of shots covered include close-ups, long shots, over the shoulder shots, group shots, zoom shots, pan shots, dolly shots, tracking shots, and more
* The 2nd edition has been comprehensively updated with new movie examples of various shots featured, a new chapter on The Overhead Shot, expanded sections on aspect ratios, rule of thirds, shooting formats, and updated organisation into parts on sizes conventions and dynamics.
Table of Contents
- acknowledgments
- preface to the second edition
- introduction
- finding the frame
- image systems
- rules of cinematic composition & technical concepts
- SIZES
- extreme close-up
- close-up
- medium close-up
- medium shot
- medium long shot
- long shot
- extreme long shot
- CONVENTIONS
- over the shoulder shot
- establishing shot
- subjective shot
- two shot
- group shot
- split-screen shot
- canted shot
- overhead shot
- inverted shot
- emblematic shot
- abstract shot
- macro shot
- zoom shot
- DYNAMICS
- pan shot
- tilt shot
- dolly shot
- dolly zoom shot
- tracking shot
- Steadicam (R) shot*
- crane shot
- aerial shot
- sequence shot
- filmography
- image credits
- index
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