Book description
In Filmmaking Essentials for Photographers: The Fundamental Principles of Transitioning from Stills to Motion, Emmy Award–winning photographer and filmmaker Eduardo Angel helps you begin your journey to becoming as capable and confident with creating works of motion as you are with photographing still images.
To remain relevant and in demand in today’s visually driven world, image makers must learn to craft both still photographs and motion in order to attract clients. While there are many similarities between photography and cinematography, there are key aspects of shooting motion—such as sound and camera movement, to name just two—that are uncharted territory for most photographers.
Filmmaking Essentials for Photographers covers a wide range of tools, techniques, resources, and tips that offer practical input on how to transition to motion. This is not an in-depth book on editing, directing, or even lighting. Instead, the goal of this book is to cover the fundamental aspects of filmmaking from a straightforward nuts-and-bolts perspective. You will learn all about:
- • How to switch to a “filmmaker’s brain”: engage with a crew, understand the director’s and director of photography’s roles, and work with a script, shot lists, and storyboards
- • The basics of composition for motion: framing continuous shots, establishing a scene, and creating perspective and movement
- • The role of lighting, including how it is used to tell a story and how it directs the viewer’s attention
- • The crucial part that sound plays in motion, including music and soundscapes
- • How to use the right gear for the job: from cameras and lighting gear to microphones, rigs, and key accessories
- • The art and craft of editing: the post-production workflow, how to organize your assets, and how to deconstruct the editing process
- • Color theory and how you can use it to enhance the story you are telling
- • How to do more with less—no matter the buEAet
Increasingly, opportunities come to those who can create content for clients that need both stills and motion. To that end, the final chapter of the book covers those business opportunities that will open up to you with your newfound skills in motion: from multimedia projects, educational content, and interviews, to independent short films, stock video footage, and commercials.
Publisher resources
Table of contents
- Introduction Transitioning into Motion: Why and Why Now?
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Chapter 1 Similarities and Differences Between Stills and Motion
- Understanding the Traditional Steps in Video Productions
- Learning to Speak Filmmaking
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The Five C’s of Cinematography
- 1. Camera Angles: Objective, Subjective, Point-of-View, Subject Size, Subject Angle, Camera Height
- 2. Continuity: Cinematic Time and Space, Filming Action, Master Scenes, Screen Direction, Transitional Devices
- 3. Cutting: Types of Editing, Cross-Cutting, Cutting on Action
- 4. Close-ups: Over-the-Shoulder, Cut-in, Cutaway
- 5. Composition: Rules, Language, Types of Balance, Attracting or Switching the Center of Interest
- Building the Visual Story
- Writing the Script
- Visualizing the Story
- Storyboards
- Shot Lists
- Budgeting
- Getting the Work to Flow
- Chapter 2 Switching to a Filmmaker’s Brain
- Chapter 3 Filmmaking Styles
- Chapter 4 Framing Your Shot: The Basics of Composition
- Chapter 5 Camera Movement
- Chapter 6 The Art of Lighting: Creating New Worlds
- Chapter 7 Why Sound Makes All the Difference
- Chapter 8 The Tools of the Trade
- Chapter 9 Shooting Interviews
- Chapter 10 The Art of Editing Is Crafting a Story
- Chapter 11 Color Theory and the Human Brain
- Chapter 12 Distributing Your Work
- Closing Remarks On Cooking and Filmmaking
Product information
- Title: Filmmaking Essentials for Photographers
- Author(s):
- Release date: December 2016
- Publisher(s): Rocky Nook
- ISBN: 9781681981642
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