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Filmmaker's Eye Learning (and Breaking) the Rules of Cinematic Composition

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ISBN-10: 0240812174

ISBN-13: 9780240812175

Edition: 2010

Authors: Gustavo Mercado

List price: $29.99
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Description:

This is the only book that combines conceptual and practical instruction on creating polished and eloquent images for film and video with the technical know-how to achieve them. Loaded with hundreds of full-color examples, "Composing the Shot" is a focused, easy-to-reference guide that shows you how to become a strong visual storyteller through smart, effective choices for your shots. After a short introduction to basic principles, a variety of shots are deconstructed in the following format: - Why It Works: an introduction to a particular type of shot - How It Works: callouts point out exactly how the shot works the way it does--the visual rules and technical aspects in action - Technical…    
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Book details

List price: $29.99
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group
Publication date: 9/10/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 192
Size: 9.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 1.562
Language: English

Acknowledgments
Introdution
Finding the frame
Principles of composition and technique concepts
Image system
Extreme close up
Close up
Medium close up
Medium shot
Medium long shot
Long shot
Extreme long shot
Over the shoulder shot
Establshing shot
Subjective shot
Two shot
Group shot
Canted shot
Emblematic shot
Abstract shot
Macro shot
Zoom shot
Pan shot
Tilt shot
Dolly shot
Dolly zoom shot
Tracking shot
steadicam shot
Crane shot
Sequence shot
Filmography
Index