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u/PastramiSwissRye · 9 pointsr/videography

I'm a lighting nerd, so my favorite book about filmmaking is Cinematography - Theory and Practice by Blain Brown. http://www.amazon.com/Cinematography-Theory-Practice-Cinematographers-Directors/dp/0240812093/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1450807901&sr=1-3

Watching visual essays like Every Frame a Painting is helpful to become more aware of how a picture on a screen can deliver meaning: https://www.youtube.com/user/everyframeapainting

I do love me some GH4, but the 7Dmk2 is a solid camera choice for you. Sturdy body, weather-sealed, nice balance between sensor size and price.

Some gear to add might be a monopod (more versatile and easier to drag around than a tripod) and a battery-powered LED panel (maybe your climbing film starts with an interview outside the tent before sunrise and you need some shine).

u/SpeakThunder · 9 pointsr/cinematography

I haven't really needed to read any of these recently, so there might be better ones out now, but here are some ideas:

Cinematography: Theory and Practice: https://www.amazon.com/Cinematography-Theory-Practice-Cinematographers-Directors/dp/0240812093

ASC Manual: https://store.ascmag.com/product-p/10110.htm (this is more of a reference but I think you can learn a lot if you comb through it with your unlimited time :) )

Motion Picture and Video Lighting: https://store.ascmag.com/product-p/10110.htm

The Camera Assistant's Manual: https://www.amazon.com/Camera-Assistants-Manual-David-Elkins/dp/0240810570/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1522612793&sr=8-3&keywords=the+camera+assistant%27s+manual&dpID=51o7uMqwzZL&preST=_SY291_BO1,204,203,200_QL40_&dpSrc=srch
(the stuff in here is important to know when working your way up, but also how to conduct your self on set and the tools of the trade for professionals)

and really anything on Focal Press is great, as far as I've seen. You might also read books about VFX producing (for background when working with FX) and perhaps books on color grading and storyboarding.

And if you are interested in writing, Stephen King's On Writing is great.

u/Sdavis2911 · 8 pointsr/Filmmakers

This book and this book are both very good. They were used in my cinematography course at my college a year or so ago.

u/novawreck · 8 pointsr/Filmmakers

No one I know distinguishes director of photography from cinematographer this way anymore. Blain Brown once said that cinematographer was a title given to directors of photography who also operated the camera, but that was back in the day and no one does that anymore. Nowadays, filmmakers generally use two terms interchangeably.

u/delsol10 · 5 pointsr/Filmmakers

someone listed a bunch of titles ive read/bought for school a few comments up. try asking around some colleges for students looking to sell back their books after finals!

EDIT: i feel bad for not posting any actual titles i had. this book was awesome, very enlightening. all interview transcripts of steven spielberg regarding movies, various points in time. http://www.amazon.com/Steven-Spielberg-Interviews-Conversations-Filmmakers/dp/157806113X

I bought bruce blocks book before i got into film school, read it, highlighted it while waiting for flights, etc. then, sure enough, one of my teachers assigned the book to us. i felt like a king!
http://www.amazon.com/The-Visual-Story-Creating-Structure/dp/0240807790

same situation with blain browns book. except he eventually taught one of my classes. :P slightly different subject, but it was cool having read a book, then not only meeting the author, but taking his class. :)
http://smile.amazon.com/Cinematography-Theory-Practice-Cinematographers-Directors/dp/0240812093/ref=sr_1_55?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1425434291&sr=1-55&keywords=visual+storytelling

u/monday_thru_thursday · 4 pointsr/TrueFilm

Sidney Lumet's book, Making Movies, covers most of the spectrum and is simply a great read.

As for other books, they are generally more technical. For screenwriting, there's McKee's Story; for editing, there's Reisz and Millar's Technique of Film Editing; for cinematography, there's Blain Brown's Cinematography Theory and Practice. And Lumet's book would complete this tetralogy, being a book essentially about directing.

u/nimblerauser · 3 pointsr/EmmaStone

Looks like it could be Cinematography: Theory and Practice.

u/Xercies_jday · 2 pointsr/Filmmakers

1)Small movements, and the action figure has to have a lot of movement in the joints otherwise it will look blocky. Basically stop motion will take awhile to do one move so hope you have the patience.

2) film crit hulks stuff on the 5 act structure: http://birthmoviesdeath.com/2013/12/11/hulks-screenwriting-101-excerpt-the-myth-of-3-act-structure and character trees: http://birthmoviesdeath.com/2014/03/06/hulk-presents-character-trees have been very useful for me.

3) Thats actually a good start and a lot of people do that and learn from thst. I also recommend learning about cinematography to understand why shots eork though. This is my favorite book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/0240812093/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1475034664&sr=8-1&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_FMwebp_QL65&keywords=cinematography

I hope that helps and hope you have fun with it.

u/Kubrick007 · 2 pointsr/Cameras

I have a similar setup!

  1. You can setup dual recording to record proxies on the SD while recording to the SSD.

    2.A. 'Cinematic' is a very subjective term because there's so secret setting, it's all research and practice. Lighting and colour grading is just as important as camera setups. Here's a good book that goes more in depth

    2.B. All things lens, sensor and output metadata is controlled through the camera. The codec, colour compression, markers, waveform, vector scope, peaking, zebra, negative colour, LUTs, anamorphic de-squeeze and a plethora of other tools are in the monitor

    3.A. Aim to get 25 shots in an 8 hour day as a golden rule. Plan everything ahead! Parking hours, nearby food/catering, transportation, who can go home first, who shows up first to setup, location scouting, paying for locations, having permits for shooting in public, signing release contracts, crediting cast and crew, finding bursaries, rental fees, makeup, wardrobe, art design, sound recording, ADR, editing.

    3.B. If you are aiming to work as a music video cinematographer, focus on lighting and timing your shots so its in sync with the music. If you are aiming to direct music videos, think about story, execution, style, bringing something new and good to the screen.

  2. The American Society of Cinematographers is (in my opinion) the best resource for advanced technical approaches to the art form. Their handbook has barely changed in the last 100 years because it's so damn good.
u/ThisIsMyFifthAcc · 1 pointr/Filmmakers

Everybody else already mentioned trial and error, so I'll answer your question and actually give you a book.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0240812093?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o04_s00

Cinematography: Theory and practice covers every little inch of cinematography (excluding lighting (which is a very deep topic itself)) from technical to artistic in an extremely coherent and easy to understand manner. I'm working through the book myself and setting up random shots of whatever I can to improve my natural understanding of operating the camera and the frame.

u/Joe707 · 1 pointr/Filmmakers

The Filmmaker's Handbook is a great read that covers all aspects of film making

Cinematography: Theory and Practice We had to read this book in film school. I can honestly say I learned more from this than I did any of my teachers lectures.

Rebel Without a Crew Is more inspirational and entertaining that informative, but it's worth a read. Written by Robert Rodriguez during the making of his first uber-low-budget feature film.

u/InterTim · 1 pointr/movies

If anyone is interested in similar basic rules of cinematography, the book "Cinematography" by Blain Brown does a great job of presenting some of the basics.