Film Production Technique

Name: Film Production Technique
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ISBN: 9780534564773

ISBN-10: 0534564771

ISBN-13: 9780534564773

Edition: 3rd 2003

Authors: Bruce Mamer

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The text includes coverage of cutting-edge technologies as well as traditional techniques as it discusses lighting, cameras, editing, crew organization, and the production process. An outstanding art program helps students understand difficult material and visualize the equipment and methods currently used in the film industry.

Book details

List price: $100.95
Edition: 3rd
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Wadsworth
Publication date: 7/26/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 464
Size: 8.25" wide x 10.75" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 2.090
Language: English

Preface	p. XV
Blocking for the Camera	p. 1
Initiating the Process	p. 2
The Future of Film	p. 2
The Shape of Film Editing	p. 4
Shooting, Editing, and Finishing on Film	p. 6
Shooting, Editing, and Finishing on Video	p. 10
Shooting on Film, Editing and Finishing on Video	p. 14
Shooting on Film, Editing on Video, and Finishing on Film	p. 15
Shooting, Editing, and Finishing on Video and Transferring to Film	p. 16
Creating the Shots	p. 18
The Language of the Camera	p. 18
The Shots	p. 19
Proxemics	p. 19
Movement	p. 25
Focus Effects	p. 34
Lens Perspective and Characteristics	p. 37
Constructing the Scene	p. 42
The Director	p. 42
The Menu	p. 43
Basic Scene Structure	p. 44
Continuity	p. 47
The Line	p. 52
Crew Organization	p. 60
The Sequence of Events	p. 60
The Production Crew	p. 63
The Crew's Responsibilities	p. 65
The Producer's Team	p. 66
The Director's Team	p. 67
The Camera Crew	p. 70
Previsualization	p. 73
Preparation	p. 73
Methods of Previsualization	p. 74
A Typical Scene	p. 77
Production Design and Costume	p. 80
Organization on the Set	p. 82
Another Typical Scene	p. 86
The Camera	p. 99
The Camera Body	p. 100
Movement and Perception	p. 100
The Basic Mechanism	p. 101
Formats	p. 108
Camera Loads	p. 110
Cameras	p. 112
Basic Threading Procedures	p. 114
Magazines	p. 117
Viewing Systems	p. 119
Camera Options	p. 122
Camera Features	p. 124
Cleaning and Care	p. 125
Tripods	p. 130
Video and the Digital Domain	p. 134
The Video Image and the Video Camera	p. 136
The Lens	p. 142
Focus	p. 143
f-stop	p. 145
Focal Length	p. 147
Depth of Field	p. 149
Prime Versus Zoom	p. 155
Lens Mounts	p. 155
Front-Filters and Matte Boxes	p. 156
Care and Maintenance	p. 157
Film Stocks, Processing, and Video Transfer and Capture	p. 159
Construction of the Film Stock	p. 159
Exposure Index	p. 161
Color Balance	p. 161
Raw Stocks	p. 164
Processing	p. 166
Video Applications	p. 171
Film-to-Video Transfer and Digital Editing	p. 172
Basic Definitions	p. 175
Capturing Video	p. 180
Shooting	p. 183
Composition	p. 184
The Director of Photography	p. 184
The Frame	p. 185
Lining Up the Shots	p. 192
Practical Considerations	p. 201
Notes and Suggestions	p. 203
Procedures and Equipment	p. 205
The Take	p. 205
The Slate	p. 206
The Camera Assistant	p. 209
Equipment	p. 215
Sound	p. 217
Toward a Final Sound Track	p. 217
Single- and Double-System Sound	p. 219
Synchronization	p. 221
The Character of Sound	p. 222
Microphones	p. 226
The Production Sound Crew	p. 237
Riding Gain	p. 239
Recording a Scene	p. 240
Sound Effects	p. 248
Sound Transfers	p. 250
Cleaning and Repair	p. 251
Lighting and Exposure	p. 253
Concepts and Equipment	p. 254
The Importance of Lighting	p. 254
Basic Three-Point Lighting	p. 255
High-key and Low-key	p. 257
Lighting Styles	p. 259
Types of Lighting Instruments	p. 260
Other Types of Sources	p. 266
Light Meters	p. 267
Manipulation of Lights	p. 271
Exposure and Latitude	p. 275
Exposure Index, Foot-candles, and f-stops	p. 275
Using the Light Meter	p. 276
The Central Confusion	p. 281
Evaluating Existing Light	p. 281
Latitude	p. 285
Reflectant Quality	p. 292
t-stops	p. 295
Planning the Lighting	p. 296
Thinking Out the Process	p. 296
Lighting: A Basic Strategy	p. 296
Lighting Applications	p. 298
Problems and Solutions	p. 302
The Setup: Decision Making	p. 307
The Setup: Fine-tuning	p. 310
Executing the Lighting	p. 318
A Checklist	p. 318
Lighting Continuity	p. 318
f-stops and Consistency	p. 321
Controlling Focus	p. 324
Matching Color Sources	p. 325
Electricity	p. 329
Printing, Processing, and Exposure Manipulations	p. 331
Slow Motion and Fast Motion	p. 334
Filming Various Skin Tones	p. 336
Safety	p. 338
Planning and Preparation	p. 340
Transferring to Video	p. 343
f-stop Choice and the Checklist Revisited	p. 344
A Typical Scene	p. 346
Editing	p. 347
Principles, Procedures, and Equipment	p. 348
Film Editing and Digital Nonlinear Editing	p. 348
The Purposes of Editing	p. 348
General Editing Principles	p. 349
Structuring the Editing	p. 352
Basic Terms	p. 356
Procedures in Film Editing	p. 358
Film Equipment and Supplies	p. 360
The Shape of Digital Nonlinear Editing	p. 365
Finishing	p. 366
Cutting Picture and Sound	p. 370
The Film Edit	p. 370
The NLE System Edit	p. 372
Film: Preparing to Edit Sync Sound	p. 374
NLE: Preparing to Edit Sync Sound	p. 383
Dialogue Cutting	p. 384
Cutting Nonsync Sound and Picture	p. 390
MOS Inserts: Film and NLE	p. 396
A & B Rolling Sync Sound	p. 397
A Typical Scene	p. 400
Audio Finishing	p. 403
Finishing the Film	p. 405
Titling	p. 406
Film: Preparing Leaders	p. 406
Final Sound Mixing	p. 406
Preparation for the Negative Cutter	p. 411
Negative Cutting	p. 414
The Final Print	p. 423
Glossary	p. 428
Index	p. 438
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