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

Gustavo Mercado

ISBN 10: 0240812174 / ISBN 13: 9780240812175

Published by Routledge/ Focal Press, Oxon, U.K., 2017

About this Item

Illustrated with colour film stills. Slight curl to front cover. No marks to covers or inside pages. No crease to spine. Binding is firm. 192 pages. s259.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Filmmaker's Eye: Learning (and Breaking) the Rules of Cinematic Composition
• Publisher: Routledge/ Focal Press, Oxon, U.K.
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0240812174
• ISBN 13: 9780240812175
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Very Good
• Dimensions: 23W x 23H x 1D centimeters 23 centimeters width by 23 centimeters height by 1 centimeters depth
• Weight: 0.59 kilograms

About this title

Synopsis

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, The Filmmaker's Eye 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 Considerations: the equipment and techniques needed to get the shot.
• Breaking the Rules: examples where the "rules" are brilliant subverted

This book:

• Helps you make smart visual choices with this quick, focused, and visual guide to cinematic composition.
• Shows you how to master the rules, then break them.
• Includes examples and discussions from a range of international films.

About the Author

Gustavo Mercado is an award-winning independent filmmaker with well over a decade of experience as a writer, director, and cinematographer of narrative films. His first book in the Filmmaker's Eye series, "The Filmmaker's Eye: Learning and Breaking the Rules of Cinematic Composition", has been translated into French, Spanish, Chinese, Polish, Turkish, Portuguese, Japanese, and Korean, and is used by film programs at colleges and universities worldwide. It was followed by "The Language of the Lens: The Power of Lenses and the Expressive Cinematic Image", which uses the same approach to teach filmmaking by combining precise technical instruction with storytelling analysis and cinematic aesthetics. He teaches cinematography, editing, screenwriting, and film production at Hunter College's Film & Media Studies Department in New York City.