The Five C's of Cinematography: Motion Picture Filming TechniquesWith the aid of hundreds of photographs and diagrams, The Five C's clearly and concisely presents the essential concepts and techniques of motion picture camerawork and the allied areas of filmmaking that they interact with and impact. Camera angles, Continuity, Cutting, Close-ups, Composition. Included are discussions of (1) Cinematic time and space, (2) Compositional rules, (3) Point-of-view, (4) Camera height and angle, (5) Master scenes, (6) Types of editing, (7) Screen direction, and much more. |
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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 depicted dialogue dissolves documentary documentary film dolly dominant dramatic editing effect employed event exit eye-level film editor flashback foreground frame Harann Prod head-on high angle inter-cut jump-cut lens lighting lines Lockheed-California low angle Martin Rackin master scene match match-cut medium shot ment motion picture moving players moving shot moving subject non-theatrical North American Aviation object 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 visual wide-angle lens