This fully revised and updated second edition of the classic book The Filmmaker's Eye: Learning (and Breaking) the Rules of Cinematic Composition from Focal Press provides readers with the necessary skills and technical know-how to create polished and narratively-eloquent images, using a unique approach that combines an analytical, technical, and aesthetical understanding of the essential visual grammar of the shot.
Containing well over a hundred full-color case studies, this second edition was expanded to include brand-new shot types, and was completely updated to reflect developments in filmmaking technology and practices: including the DSLR revolution, the advent of mirrorless and compact cinema cameras, improvements in CMOS sensor performance, the introduction of 4K and higher video resolutions, and drone cinematography. The Filmmaker's Eye: Learning (and Breaking) the Rules of Cinematic Composition is essential reading for anyone with an interest in motion media and cinematic storytelling, including independent filmmakers, directors, producers, cinematographers, editors as well as those studying filmmaking, media aesthetics, and film studies.
Preface to the second edition
Introduction; finding the frame; image systems
Rules of cinematic composition & technical concepts
SIZES:
- Extreme close¿up
- Close¿up
- Medium close¿up
- Medium shot
- Medium long shot
- Long shot
- Extreme long shot
CONVENTIONS:
- Over the shoulder shot
- Establishing shot
- Subjective shot
- Two shot
- Group shot
- Split¿screen shot
- Canted shot
- Overhead shot
- Inverted shot
- Emblematic shot
- Abstract shot
- Macro shot
- Zoom shot
DYNAMICS:
- Pan shot
- Tilt shot
- Dolly shot
- Dolly zoom shot
- Tracking shot
- Steadicam shot
- Crane shot
- Aerial shot
- Sequence shot
- Filmography
- Image credits
- Index