The Five C's of Cinematography: Motion Picture Filming Techniques SimplifiedTo my knowledge this is the first book that has attempted to translate the many intangibles of film making into definitive explanations. I believe that this book will be truly valuable to cinematographers of limited experience, and particularly to students studying motion picture production. By understanding and applying the principles presented in this book, the reader will be able to visualize a story in motion picture terms. For, above all, it is the power of visualization that makes the successful cinematographer. - Introduction. |
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20th Century-Fox action axis angle shot audience background camera angles camera movement camera moves camera set-ups cameraman center of interest close close-up filmed closer shots composition continuity cut on action cut-away close-up cut-in close-up depict dialogue dissolves documentary documentary film dolly dominant dramatic editing effect employed event exit extreme long shot eye-level film editor flashback foreground frame Harann Prod head-on high angle inter-cut jump-cut lens lighting lines Lockheed-California Martin Rackin master scene match match-cut medium shot ment motion picture moving players moving shot moving subject multiple cameras non-theatrical North American Aviation objects off-screen player opposing looks over-the-shoulder photographed pictorial player looking player movement positioned present Santa Fe Railway screen direction script sequence series of shots setting shooting shots filmed side static shot story story-telling switch theatrical three-quarter angle tilt tion treatment triple-take technique two-shot type of shot Universal City Studios viewer viewpoint wide-angle lens