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Author: Ralph E. Winters

Recounts the life of two-time Academy Award winner, Ralph E. Winters, whose career spanned two-thirds of the 20th century. Drawing from his own ascent through MGM studio system, Winters guides the reader through a histor ...

Author: Markos Hadjioannou

Cinema has been undergoing a profound technological shift: celluloid film is being replaced by digital media in the production, distribution, and reception of moving images. Concerned with the debate surrounding digit ...

Author: ASC Jon Fauer

This book contains 55 of the 110 interviews conducted from 2003-2005 for the feature-length documentary Cinematographer Style. The lessons from these interviews is that there is no textbook for cinematography. It is an a ...

Author: Vincent LoBrutto

By using photography as a storytelling medium, the cinematographer plays a key role in translating a screenplay into images and capturing the director's vision of the film. This text presents interviews with 13 cinematog ...

Author: Harper Cossar

When widescreen technology was introduced to filmmaking in 1953, it changed the visual framework and aesthetic qualities of cinema forever. Before widescreen, a director's vision for capturing beautiful landscapes or ...

Author: Ray Zone

Although numerous books about conventional filmmaking exist, none has solely addressed the challenges and production requirements of making stereoscopic motion pictures. Until now. Stereographer and film historian, Ray Z ...

Author: Jacqueline B. Frost

The essential handbook for directors and aspiring filmmakers who want to get the best visuals for their films while establishing a collaborative relationship with their cinematographer. This is the only book that focuses ...

Author: Jan Roberts-Breslin

"Making Media" takes the media production process and deconstructs it into its most basic components. Students will learn the basic concepts of media production: frame, sound, light, time, motion, sequencing, etc., and b ...

Author: William James Davis

This first volume of the Terra Explorer series offers a compelling new approach for experiencing the natural world. Naturalists of all persuasions will enjoy this book, as it delivers valuable insights into the lives of ...

Author: Harold Whitaker & John Halas

This is a classic of animation education since it first published in 1981. Copies of "Timing for Animation" have been sitting dog-eared and spine-split on desks and workstations around the world, wherever animation is pr ...

Author: Peter Ward

"Basic Betacam Camerawork" offers a complete introduction to both the analogue and digital beta camera formats: Betacam, Digital Beta, Betacam SX and DV & DVCAM. Step-by-step instructions are given covering everything fr ...

Author: Lars Svanberg

This is a professional introduction to the end-to-end process of digital filmmaking! "The EDCF Guide to Digital Cinema Production" sheds light on the ongoing and confusing transition from analog to digital technology in ...

Author: Steve Wright

Put the essential concepts and techniques of digital compositing to work for you without the need of a single mathematical equation. "Compositing Visual Effects" is lavishly illustrated with hundreds of film shots, figur ...

Author: Adrian Pennington & Carolyn Giardina

The vanguard of the 3D film and TV industry explains why 3D stereo techniques should become a staple visual storytelling tool, on par with lighting, set design, or sound. Words of wisdom from Jeffrey Katzenberg, Martin S ...

Author: Michael Uva & Sabrina Uva

Readers of Mike Uva's GRIP BOOK who are interested in more detailed information on the work of the grip department will welcome his new rigging manual, clearly detailing all the ways to mount cameras and lights both on a ...

Author: Francis Glebas

Enhance your animated features and shorts with this polished guide to channeling your vision and imagination from a former Disney animator and director. Learn how to become a strong visual storyteller through better use ...

Author: Olivia Speranza

Unknowingly, photographers are already trained in many of the key skills behind great cinematography-not least the arts of lighting and composition. Now, with the advent of high-definition video recording capabilities, t ...

Author: Alexis Krasilovsky

Hollywood has seen the number of camerawomen quadruple in the past fifteen years. Women Behind the Camera is the first book to offer an in-depth look at the lives of camerawomen and their struggles to succeed in a male-d ...

Author: Jon Fauer, ASC

DVCAM: A Practical Guide to the Professional System, is a nuts and bolts guide for anyone who wants to learn more about Sony DVCAM, to determine what equipment to use, how various models compare, and how to use each of t ...

Author: Alexis Krasilovsky

Hollywood has seen the number of camerawomen quadruple in the past 15 years. "Women Behind the Camera" is the first book to offer an in-depth look at the lives of camerawomen and their struggles to succeed in a male-d ...