Cinematography: Theory and Practice: Image Making for Cinematographers, Directors, and Videographers » (1st Edition)

Blain Brown was educated at C.W. Post College; M.I.T. and Harvard Graduate School of Design. He began in New York as a commercial still photographer before starting in the film business. After working as a gaffer, be became a cinematographer doing primarily commercials and music videos.After completing his first feature film, he moved to Los Angeles where he has been Director of Photography on 14 feature films as well as national commercials, promotional films, industrials, music videos and documentaries. He has worked in many states in the U.S. as well as Mexico, Canada, India, Italy, France, the Philippines and Jordan.His experience includes 35mm and 16mm projects, as well as 24P High Def, DigiBeta, BetaSP and DV. He has completed projects as a director, editor and screenwriter; with three screenplays produced. He has also taught courses in storytelling and visual communication. As a Director of Photography specializing in features and commercials, he is now based in Los Angeles.His books include A Sense of Place; Motion Picture and Video Lighting and The Filmmaker's Pocket Reference. His work can be seen at www.BlainBrown.com.

This thorough overview of techniques and technologies essential to shooting film, video, and digital, seeks to improve communication between director and cinematographer by filling in gaps in knowledge for both professions. Brown, a cinematographer based in Los Angeles, covers subjects including exposure, lighting, optics and lenses, filters, cinematic continuity, language of the lens, bleach bypass processes and special effects. Concepts and techniques are illustrated with diagrams and still shots from movies. Annotation c. Book News, Inc.,Portland, OR