Grammar of the film language / Daniel Arijon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Arijon, Daniel.

Contributor:

Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cinematography.

Motion pictures--Editing.

Motion pictures.

Motion pictures--Production and direction.

Penn Provenance:

Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)

Physical Description:

624 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Edition:

First Silman-James Press edition.

Place of Publication:

Los Angeles : Silman-James Press ; Hollywood, CA : Distributed by Samuel French Trade, [1991]

Summary:

A unique guide to the visual narrative techniques that form the "language" of filmmaking. This language is basic to the very positioning and moving of players and cameras, as well as the sequencing and pacing of images. It does not date as new technologies alter the means of capturing images on film and tape. The guidelines offered here will inform almost every choice that the director, the cinematographer, and the editor will make. Through lucid text and more than 1,500 illustrations, Arijon presents visual narrative formulas that will enlighten anyone involved in the motion picture and television industry (including producers, writers, and animators).--From publisher description.

Contents:

Film language as a system of visual communication

The importance of parallel film editing

Defining the basic tools

The triangle principle

Dialogue between two players

Three-player dialogue

Dialogue involving four or more persons

Editing patterns for static dialogue scenes

The nature of screen motion

Cutting after the movement

Motion inside the screen

Motion into and out of the shot

Player A moves towards player B

Using master shots to cover motions on the screen

Player A moves away from player B

Solving difficult editing situations

Other types of motion

Twenty basic rules for camera movement

The panning camera

The travelling camera

The camera crane and the zoom lens

Action scenes

Editing in the camera

Moving from zone to zone

Combined techniques

Film punctuation.

Notes:

Includes index.

Other Format:

Online version: Arijon, Daniel. Grammar of the film language.

ISBN:

187950507X

9781879505070

OCLC:

24287790