Lessons / Cinematographer's Voice

Lessons from American Cinematographer Lessons, Tips & Techniques on the Art and Science of Cinematography A Shot Craft Companion: Tips & Techniques from World's Top Cinematographers by Jay Holben LESSONS FROM AMERICAN CINEMATOGRAPHER: SHARING NEARLY THREE DECADES OF TIPS & TECHNIQUES LEARNED FROM THE WORLD'S TOP CINEMATOGRAPHERS (A SHOT CRAFT COMPANION) compiles excerpts from more than 60 American Cinematographer magazines authored by Jay Holben on films and television photographed by the master cinematographers of the world. Those featured in this book are Don Burgess, ASC, Bill Butler, ASC, Paul Cameron, ASC, Russell Carpenter, ASC, Roger Deakins, ASC, BSC, Caleb Deschanel, ASC, Greig Fraser, ASC, ACS, Janusz Kaminski, Dan Laustsen, ASC, Matthew Libatique, ASC, Emmanuel "Chivo" Lubezki, ASC, AMC, Wally Pfister, ASC, Philippe Rousselot, ASC, AFC, Linus Sandgren, ASC, Harris Savides, ASC, John Schwartzman, ASC, John Seale, ASC, ACS, Newton Thomas Sigel, ASC ... and many more! Each excerpt features a specific tip or technique learned from that cinematographer by the author and topics covered include: Lighting, Exposure, Camera, Locations, Visual Storytelling, Career / Business, Lenses, Filters, Relationships, Production Design, Visual Effects, Second Unit, Planning and more. This book is like getting your own chance to sit down and learn from these Academy Award, ASC Award and Emmy Award winning cinematographers who are celebrated around the globe. Holben provides context and examples for each of the lessons. This is a unique book and an invaluable collection of insights that cannot be found in this kind of economical collection! Holben's true talents as a technical journalist lie in his ability to extract the tangible learn-today-use-tomorrow information and to break down the incredibly complex into the most simple and intuitive presentation. For any aspiring and veteran cinematographer, this will become an oft-referenced text to take your cinematography to the next level. The Cinematographer's Voice Insights into the World of Visual Storytelling Edited by Lindsay Coleman & Roberto Schaefer, ASC The Cinematographer's Voice is a unique exploration of contemporary filmmaking and cinematography. The distillation of more than one-hundred interviews with cinematographers from around the world, and the product of a decade's worth of scholarship, the book is not only a collection of interviews with some of the world's leading cinematographers, but also a panoramic sweep of what image-making means in the era of digital cinema. Frequently, cinematography may seem intimidating as a discipline, the preserve solely of practitioners who have learned, through years of exposure to photographic technology, both the required jargon and background knowledge to comfortably engage with an often-technical field. In our present era of film studies, this is no longer the case. The interviews collected here are informative not only on matters of technique, but also on the ways in which practitioners formulate their methodologies, work with directors, and engage with the many logistical hurdles of visual storytelling. The result is an oral history of the past forty years of filmmaking and the cinematography it has produced. Lindsay Coleman is a Senior Instructor for Manhattan Review. His books include Contemporary Film Music: Investigating Cinema Narratives and Composition (co edited with Joakim Tillman). Roberto Schaefer is a member of the American Society of Cinematographers and Autori Italiani Cinematografia. List of Illustrations Preface Acknowledgments Introduction Peter Suschitzky, ASC Agnès Godard Dean Cundey, ASC Rodrigo Prieto, ASC Mauro Fiore, ASC Peter Deming, ASC Dion Beebe, ASC Christopher Doyle John Mathieson, ASC Luciano Tovoli, ASC Rajiv Menon Russell Carpenter, ASC Martin Ruhe, ASC Javier Aguirresarobe, ASC Claudio Miranda, ASC Seamus McGarvey, ASC John de Borman Affonso Beato, ASC Ellen Kuras, ASC Uta Briesewitz, ASC Roberto Schaefer, ASC John Seale, ASC Anthony Dod Mantle, ASC Index Paperback : 9781438486420, 332 pages, December 2022