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The filmmaker's eye : learning (and breaking) the rules of cinematic composition / Gustavo Mercado.

By: Mercado, Gustavo.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Amsterdam ; Boston : Focal Press/Elsevier, 2011Description: xvi, 192 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780240812175 (paperback); 0240812174 (paperback).Subject(s): Cinematography | Motion pictures -- AestheticsAdditional physical formats: The filmmaker's eye : learning (and breaking) the rules of cinematic compositionDDC classification: 791.4301 Also available in electronic form.
Contents:
Finding the frame -- Principles of composition and technical concepts -- Image system -- Extreme close up -- Close up -- Medium close up -- Medium shot -- Medium long shot -- Long shot -- Extreme long shot -- Over the shoulder shot -- Establishing shot -- Subjective shot -- Two shot -- Group shot -- Canted shot -- Emblematic shot -- Abstract shot -- Macro shot -- Zoom shot -- Pan shot -- Tilt shot -- Dolly shot -- Dolly zoom shot -- Tracking shot -- Steadicam shot -- Crane shot -- Sequence shot -- Filmography.
Summary: Gustavo Mercado's beautiful book reveals the inner workings of the basic shots that create the cinematic experience. He reveals how visuals communicate to an audience. If you're a novice filmmaker or a seasoned professional, this book will broaden your visual horizons.-Bruce Block, film producer, author of the Visual Story, and visual consultant whose credits include The holiday, Something's Gotta Give, Stuart Little, and Pretty in Pink --Summary: Telling stories with moving images is one of the most exalted art forms of our era. The Filmmaker's Eye helps you harness the power of this genre by explaining how images work to tell a story. You will gain a deeper understanding of the role each shot plays in the larger narrative scheme of your film, and the technical requirements necessary to achieve powerful and memorable images. --Summary: Loaded with hundreds of full-colour examples, this focused, easy-to-reference guide shows you how to become an eloquent visual storyteller through effective and expressive choices for each and every shot in your film. --Book Jacket.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

This is the only book that combines conceptual and practical instruction on creating polished and eloquent images for film and video with the technical know-how to achieve them.

Loaded with hundreds of full-color examples, The Filmmaker's Eye is a focused, easy-to-reference guide that shows you how to become a strong visual storyteller through smart, effective choices for your shots. This book has struck a chord worldwide and is being translated into several languages

After a short introduction to basic principles, a variety of shots are deconstructed in the following format:

- Why It Works: an introduction to a particular type of shot
- How It Works: callouts point out exactly how the shot works the way it does--the visual rules and technical aspects in action
- Technical Considerations: the equipment and techniques needed to get the shot.
- Breaking the Rules: examples where the "rules" are brilliant subverted

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Finding the frame -- Principles of composition and technical concepts -- Image system -- Extreme close up -- Close up -- Medium close up -- Medium shot -- Medium long shot -- Long shot -- Extreme long shot -- Over the shoulder shot -- Establishing shot -- Subjective shot -- Two shot -- Group shot -- Canted shot -- Emblematic shot -- Abstract shot -- Macro shot -- Zoom shot -- Pan shot -- Tilt shot -- Dolly shot -- Dolly zoom shot -- Tracking shot -- Steadicam shot -- Crane shot -- Sequence shot -- Filmography.

Gustavo Mercado's beautiful book reveals the inner workings of the basic shots that create the cinematic experience. He reveals how visuals communicate to an audience. If you're a novice filmmaker or a seasoned professional, this book will broaden your visual horizons.-Bruce Block, film producer, author of the Visual Story, and visual consultant whose credits include The holiday, Something's Gotta Give, Stuart Little, and Pretty in Pink --

Telling stories with moving images is one of the most exalted art forms of our era. The Filmmaker's Eye helps you harness the power of this genre by explaining how images work to tell a story. You will gain a deeper understanding of the role each shot plays in the larger narrative scheme of your film, and the technical requirements necessary to achieve powerful and memorable images. --

Loaded with hundreds of full-colour examples, this focused, easy-to-reference guide shows you how to become an eloquent visual storyteller through effective and expressive choices for each and every shot in your film. --Book Jacket.

Also available in electronic form.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Acknowledgments (p. xi)
  • Introdution (p. xiii)
  • Finding the frame (p. 1)
  • Principles of composition and technique concepts (p. 6)
  • Image system (p. 21)
  • Extreme close up (p. 29)
  • Close up (p. 35)
  • Medium close up (p. 41)
  • Medium shot (p. 47)
  • Medium long shot (p. 53)
  • Long shot (p. 59)
  • Extreme long shot (p. 65)
  • Over the shoulder shot (p. 71)
  • Establshing shot (p. 77)
  • Subjective shot (p. 83)
  • Two shot (p. 89)
  • Group shot (p. 95)
  • Canted shot (p. 101)
  • Emblematic shot (p. 107)
  • Abstract shot (p. 113)
  • Macro shot (p. 119)
  • Zoom shot (p. 125)
  • Pan shot (p. 131)
  • Tilt shot (p. 137)
  • Dolly shot (p. 143)
  • Dolly zoom shot (p. 149)
  • Tracking shot (p. 155)
  • steadicam shot (p. 161)
  • Crane shot (p. 167)
  • Sequence shot (p. 173)
  • Filmography (p. 179)
  • Index (p. 183)

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