This NEW book combines elements of Vittorio Storaro's recently published trilogy and features all new, double-exposure images from the exhibition "Storaro: Writing with Light," which the cinematographer has been taking around the world for many years.


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The Highly-Anticipated 10th Edition of the American Cinematographer Manual is Now Available for pre-order from the American Society of Cinematographers. Known as the “Filmmaker’s bible,” for several generations, one of the world’s most widely used cinema reference books is more comprehensive than more...

Film school can provide a good knowledge base, but the tangible and intangible challenges of working on a real set are numerous. This package provides a window onto that world, offering the views of two seasoned cinematographers who are no longer with us, and the views of many top professionals in more...

Russell Boyd, director of photography on such films as Picnic at Hanging Rock, Tender Mercies” and White Men Can’t Jump,discusses the lighting of scenes from his work in technical terms. more...

This package comprises Jon Fauer’s documentary Cinematographer Style, featuring interviews with 110 cinematographers from around the world; Alexander Ballinger’s New Cinematographers, featuring interviews with the “new generation” of cinematographers (including ASC members Seamus McGarvey, Lance more...

A package containing Reflections, Image Control and Cinema Style DVD. more...

Two essential works: the documentary film Cinematographer Style interviews 110 cinematographers to get to the heart of what cinematography is, and Reflections, using diagrams, interviews and film frames, deconstructs how classic film scenes were shot. more...

90TH Anniversary Special: Get two studies on the craft of cinematography with Reflections and Painting With Light. Each book features in-depth interviews with prominent contemporary cinematographers. more...

The Two-Volume Paperback version of the 10th Edition of the American Cinematographer Manual is Now Available for pre-order from the American Society of Cinematographers. Known as the “Filmmaker’s bible,” for several generations, one of the world’s most widely used cinema reference books is more more...

Reflections examines the practice of cinematography for cinema lovers, students, and film professionals from the perspective of those artists who paint within the medium of light to dark. Each section contains extraordinary material in the form of illustrations, more...

This new edition of an all-time best-seller is completely revised and updated and details the components and step-by-step use of over forty of the most widely used film cameras. Significant new topics include time code and time code slates, video assist, and the Steadicam film stabilizing system. more...

Spanning the rich history of movie magic, this completely up-to-date guide to visual trickery is unparalleled in scope, presenting a clearly written, lushly illustrated chronicle of special effects development over ten decades of filmmaking. more...

The 9th edition of the American Cinematographer Film Manual, edited by Stephen Burum, ASC is now available in a two-volume paperback edition. more...

Skilful lighting involves a subtle blend of systematic mechanics and a sensitive visual imagination. It requires anticipation, perceptiveness, patience and know-how. But learning through practice alone can take a great deal of time. This book is a distillation of many years' experience, with advice more...