Filming the fantastic : a guide to visual effect cinematography / Mark Sawicki.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sawicki, Mark, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cinematography--Special effects.

Cinematography.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (309 p.)

Edition:

1st edition

Other Title:

Guide to visual effects cinematography

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Boston : Focal Press, 2007.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Don't waste valuable time and budget fixing your footage in post! Shoot the effects you want effectively and creatively the first time.This full-color step-by step guide to visual effects cinematography empowers you to plan out and execute visual effects shots on a budget, without falling into the common pitfall of using high-end computer graphics to ""fix it in post.? Learn how to effectively photograph foreground miniatures, matte paintings, green screen set ups, miniatures, crowd replication, explosions, and so much more to create elements that will composi

Contents:

Front Cover; Filming the Fantastic: A Guide to Visual Effect Cinematography; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1: One-Eyed Magic; Chapter 2: The Fabulous Art of Matte Painting; Chapter 3: Stop Motion; Chapter 4: The Frame Is the Thing: All About Film Formats; Chapter 5: How Film Works; Chapter 6: Film to Digital; Chapter 7: Digital Cinema; Chapter 8: The Moving Camera; Chapter 9: Blue and Green Screen; Chapter 10: Composition and Lighting; Chapter 11: Miniatures vs. Computer Graphics; Chapter 12: So You Don't Have a Million Dollars

Chapter 13: You Can't Always Get What You WantChapter 14: Welcome to the Circus; Index; The Man Behind the Curtain

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

9786611189099

9781136066627

1136066624

9781281189097

128118909X

9780080560991

0080560997

OCLC:

476132398