Digital cinematography / Paul Wheeler.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wheeler, Paul, 1945-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Digital cinematography.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (215 p.)

Edition:

1st edition

Place of Publication:

Oxford, [England] ; Boston, MA : Focal Press, 2001.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

High end digital cinematography can truly challenge the film camera in many of the technical, artistic and emotional aspects of what we think of as 'cinematography'. This book is a guide for practising and aspiring cinematographers and DOPs to digital cinematography essentials - from how to use the cameras to the rapidly emerging world of High Definition cinematography and 24p technology.This book covers the `on-the-set' knowledge you need to know - its emphasis lies in practical application, rather than descriptions of technologies, so that in thi

Contents:

Cover; Dedication; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; About the author; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part One: Digital Cinematography; 1 Why digital cinematography?; Introduction; Exposure meters; Tonal range; Exposure control; Image stability; Greater perceived detail; Repeatability; Portability; Part Two: The Director of Photography's Craft; 2 Creating a look; Decide what you want; Sharp or soft; Cold or warm; Saturation and desaturation; Skin tone control; The film look; 3 Lighting; Useful styles; Soft lighting; Hard lighting; Coloured sources; 4 Lighting ratios

Defining a lighting ratioVisualizing lighting ratios; Different lighting ratios for film and television; Using lighting ratios on the set; Controlling the whole scene; The effect of not recording the whole scene; 5 Colour temperature; What is colour temperature?; Filters and Mired shift values; The colour temperature meter; Location sources; Correcting lamps; 6 Filters; Camera filters; Matching shots; Enhancing filter; Fluorescent light correction; Polar screens; Old filter factors; The pan glass; Part Three: The Shoot; 7 Examples of shoots; Drama; Documentary; 8 Crewing; For fiction

For factual9 The Director of Photography's preparation; The recces; Preparing for a shoot; The technical schedule; The camera equipment list; The lighting equipment list; 10 Technical preparation for a shoot; Technical checks; Camera checks-record/playback; Lens checks; Time code; Accessories; Matte boxes; Follow focus devices; Viewfinders; Monitors; Part Four: The Technology; 11 The camera; The television image; Additive colour imagery; Resolution; The digital camera; The camera head; The image sensors; The sensor chip; The image signal; The internal circuitry; 12 The video cassette recorder

The VCRHelical scan; Mechanical considerations; The scanning drum; The drum lacing mechanism; A jammed mechanism; 13 White and black balance; White balance; What is white balance?; White balance using a white card; White balance using a coloured card; White balance under fluorescent lighting; The inner filter wheel; Black balance; 14 Time code and user bits; User bits; Time code; Record run time code; Free run time code; Synchronising using external time code generators; Time of day time code; Setting time code; Resetting time code after removing a tape; Synchronizing using a cable

15 Delivery systemsTelevision; Projection; Transfer to film; Part Five: High-definition Digital Cinematography; 16 High definition; High-definition image capture; The Sony HDCAM; The Sony HDW-F500 digital recorder; Inputting 24P into non-linear editing; Panavision digital cinematography; Panavision high-definition lenses; Depth of field; Camera control cards; Digi Beta/HDCAM familiarity; The camera menus; Projection; But what does it actually look like?; HDCAM-a replacement for 35 mm?; Conclusions; Part Six: The Sony DVW In-camera Menus; 17 The Sony DVW camera menus; The set-up card

Reading data from a set-up card

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

9786611012335

9781136055850

1136055851

9781136055867

113605586X

9781281012333

1281012335

9781435612389

1435612388

9780080494548

0080494544

OCLC:

182860758