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Cinematic Storytelling: The 100 Most Powerful Film Conventions Every Filmmaker Must Know »

Book cover image of Cinematic Storytelling: The 100 Most Powerful Film Conventions Every Filmmaker Must Know by Jennifer Van Sijll

Authors: Jennifer Van Sijll
ISBN-13: 9781932907056, ISBN-10: 193290705X
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Wiese, Michael Productions
Date Published: August 2005
Edition: (Non-applicable)

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Author Biography: Jennifer Van Sijll

Book Synopsis

What the industry's most succcessful writers and directors have in common is that they have mastered the cinematic conventions specific to the medium.

Table of Contents

Preface : cinematic storytelling
1Space : 2-D & 3-D screen direction1
2Frame : composition17
3Shape within the frame31
4Editing : Pudovkin's five editing techniques45
5Time67
6Sound effects89
7Music101
8Scene transitions (audio and visual)109
9Camera lenses133
10Camera position147
11Camera motion167
12Lighting195
13Color209
14Props213
15Wardrobe223
16Locations231
17Natural environment241

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