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...

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...

Selected Tables, Charts and Formulas for the Student Cinematographer from the AMERICAN CINEMATOGRAPHER MANUAL

Newly revised and updated Second Edition

Edited by Stephen H. Burum, ASC

New to this edition is a chapter on the basics of lighting from a classic more...

Provides direct access to the skills, insights and techniques of some of the postproduction industry's most prominent digital video colorists, delivering practical skills to the postproduction pro seeking to improve their color grading craft. The author interviews and observes 8 professional more...

If you can't make it to one of Bruce Block's legendary visual storytelling seminars, then you need his book! Now in full color for the first time, this best-seller offers a clear view of the relationship between the story/script structure and the visual structure of a film, video, animated piece, or more...

Immerse yourself in the past, present and future of visual effects with this two-book package. The ASC Treasury of Visual Effects, compiled by Linwood Dunn, ASC, and edited by beloved American Cinematographer editor George Turner, includes hundreds of illustrations and offers wisdom from many more...

Over the past few years, HDV has burst onto the professional video production landscape and is changing the world of high-definition acquisition. Are you ready to make the transition to HDV? Let this book, with its clear, unbiased overview of HDV, be your guide. More than a catalog of HDV products, more...