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Directly addressing how filmmakers can craft visually powerful films through practical skills that can be used throughout the filmmaking process, author Blain Brown explores how we use space, color, camera angles, composition, motion, POV and all the other methods in the day-to-day work of telling stories visually.
List of contents
Chapter 1: Building a world; Chapter 2: Visual Metaphor; Chapter 3: Establishing; Chapter 4: Cinematic space; Chapter 5: Frame & Composition; Chapter 6: Light & shadow; Chapter 7: Texture; Chapter 8: POV & Eyelines; Chapter 9: Using Color; Chapter 10: Lens & focus; Chapter 11: Time & space; Chapter 12: Motion; Chapter 13: We open on...; Chapter 14: Case studies; Bibliography
About the author
Blain Brown has worked as a Director of Photography, writer, and director on feature films, commercials, industrials, music videos, and documentaries for over thirty years. His other books include
Cinematography: Theory and Practice (4th Edition),
Motion Picture and Video Lighting (4th Edition),
The Filmmaker's Guide to Digital Imaging and
The Basics of Filmmaking.
Summary
Directly addressing how filmmakers can craft visually powerful films through practical skills that can be used throughout the filmmaking process, author Blain Brown explores how we use space, color, camera angles, composition, motion, POV and all the other methods in the day-to-day work of telling stories visually.
