Basic cinematography : a creative guide to visual storytelling / Kurt Lancaster.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lancaster, Kurt, 1967- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cinematography.

Motion pictures--Technique.

Motion pictures.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (307 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York, New York : Routledge, [2019]

Summary:

The cinematographer must translate the ideas and emotions contained in a script into something that can be physically seen and felt onscreen, helping the director to fulfil the vision of the film. The shots may look good, but they will not serve the story until the composition, lenses, and lighting express, enhance, and reveal the underlying emotions and subtext of the story. By making physical the ideas and emotions of the story, the cinematographer supports blocking as a visual form of the story through these tools. Rather than delve into technical training, Basic Cinematography helps to train the eye and heart of cinematographers as visual storytellers, providing them with a strong foundation for their work, so that they're ready with creative ideas and choices on set in order to make compelling images that support the story. The book includes tools, tables, and worksheets on how to enhance students and experienced filmmakers with strong visual storytelling possibilities, including such features as: Dramatic script analysis that will help unlock blocking, composition, and lighting ideas that reveal the visual story Ten tools of composition Psychological impact of lenses, shot sizes, and camera movement Six elements of lighting for visual storytelling What to look for beneath the "hood" of cameras, including using camera log, RAW, and LUTs Dramatic analysis chart and scene composition chart to help plan your shoots Case studies from such visually cinematic shows and documentaries as Netflix's Godless , Jessica Jones , The Crown , and Chef's Table , as well as examples from classroom exercises Features insights from the DP of Jessica Jones , Manuel Billeter, and the DP of Chef's Table , Adam Bricker.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Title

Copyright

Contents

FOREWORD

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

INTRODUCTION THE FOUNDATION OF VISUAL STORYTELLING

CHAPTER 1 VISUAL STORYTELLING THROUGH BLOCKING

Section 1: Think like a director

Section 2: Visual storytelling through the blocking of subtext

Section 3: Hitchcock's key rules of filmmaking

Section 4: Body language and blocking in Girl with a Pearl Earing

Section 5: Discovering dramatic action through script analysis in Ozu's Tokyo Twilight

Section 6: Visualizing subtext through blocking and body language in Ozu's Tokyo Twilight

Section 7: Body language and subtext in documentary

CHAPTER 2 VISUAL STORYTELLING THROUGH LENSES AND COMPOSITION

Section 1: Ten tools of composition

1. Shot size and lenses

2. Camera height and angle

3. Camera motion

4. Focal depth of field

5. Light and dark

6. Line and linear perspective

7. Layers

8. Weight

9. Color

10. Texture

Section 2: Shooting for the edit

1. Coverage

2. Eye lines

3. Point of view and cutaways

4. 180 degree rule

5. Jump cuts

6. Kuleshov effect

Section 3: Case study in lenses and composition from Jessica Jones with DP Manuel Billeter

Section 4: Case study in lenses and composition from Chef's Table with DP Adam Bricker

Section 5: Case study in lenses and composition from Ozu's Tokyo Twilight class reinterpretation

CHAPTER 3 VISUAL STORYTELLING THROUGH LIGHTING

Section 1: The psychology of lighting

1. Foundation

2. Light placement terminology

3. Six elements of lighting

1. Quality

2. Intensity

3. Direction

4. Texture

5. Contrast

6. Color temperature

Section 2: Some basic tools of exposure

1. The zone system

2. Histogram

3. Waveform

4. Aperture and ISO

5. ND filters

6. Shutter angle and frame rates

7. Lighting modifiers.

Section 3: Indoor day and outdoor day setup examples from "Fragments"

Section 4: Outdoor night case study from Jessica Jones with DP Manuel Billeter

Section 5: Indoor night case study from Ozu's Tokyo Twilight class project reinterpretation

Section 6: Documentary lighting case study from Chef's Table with DP Adam Bricker

CHAPTER 4 VISUAL STORYTELLING WITH CAMERA LOG, RAW, AND LUTS

Section 1: An overview of a dozen key camera features

Section 2: Shooting in log

Section 3: Shooting in RAW

Section 4: Shooting with LUTs

CHAPTER 5 WORKFLOW TOOLS FOR THE BEGINNING CINEMATOGRAPHER

Section 1: Preproduction for cinematographers

Section 2: Production for cinematographers

Section 3: Postproduction for cinematographers

CONCLUSION

INDEX.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-351-18212-9

1-351-18210-2

1-351-18211-0

9781351182102

9781351182126

OCLC:

1089683915