Cinematography Books


The Five C's of Cinematography: Motion Picture Filming TechniquesThe Five C's of Cinematography: Motion Picture Filming Techniques
Best Price: $18.78
This is a wonderful book that gives a professional approach to those who want to be professionals.
In the Blink of an Eye Revised 2nd EditionIn the Blink of an Eye Revised 2nd Edition
Best Price: $8.16
All of the material in this book is focused on theatrical films but there are strong...
The Filmmaker's Handbook: A Comprehensive Guide for the Digital AgeThe Filmmaker's Handbook: A Comprehensive Guide for the Digital Age
Best Price: $13.13
This is very pedantic handbook if you need to focus on instruments in film making..
A Century of Stop-Motion Animation: From Melies to AardmanA Century of Stop-Motion Animation: From Melies to Aardman
Best Price: $29.88
This lavishly illustrated tribute to stop-motion model animation-the technique behind special...
Cinematography: Image Making for Cinematographers, Directors, and VideographersCinematography: Image Making for Cinematographers, Directors, and Videographers
Best Price: $30.67
There are so many shortcomings with this book--where to begin? The text throughout is in serious...


Set Lighting Technician's Handbook, Third Edition: Film Lighting Equipment, Practice, and Electrical DistributionSet Lighting Technician's Handbook, Third Edition: Film Lighting Equipment, Practice, and Electrical Distribution
Best Price: $33.11
This book is very in depth and easy to read. I have done lots of lighting for theater and...
When The Shooting Stops ... The Cutting Begins: A Film Editor's Story (Da Capo Paperback)When The Shooting Stops ... The Cutting Begins: A Film Editor's Story (Da Capo Paperback)
Best Price: $13.95
A fun read, the book could be re-titled, THE CREATING OF ANNIE HALL. Robenblum explains how the...
The Eye is Quicker: Film Editing: Making A Good Film BetterThe Eye is Quicker: Film Editing: Making A Good Film Better
Best Price: $15.56
An excellent book for everybody who wants to edit a film, either a professional or a student if...
The Animation Book: A Complete Guide to Animated Filmmaking--From Flip-Books to Sound Cartoons to 3- D AnimationThe Animation Book: A Complete Guide to Animated Filmmaking--From Flip-Books to Sound Cartoons to 3- D Animation
Best Price: $14.45
The Animation Book is a fairly comprehensive review of traditional animation methods, with a few...
The Conversations: Walter Murch and the Art of Editing FilmThe Conversations: Walter Murch and the Art of Editing Film
Best Price: $11.13
Murch's book was a delight to read and had me running out to rent THE CONVERSATION. For a better...


Filmmaking for DummiesFilmmaking for Dummies
Best Price: $4.60
I JUST STARTED DOING THE FILMMAKING THING, AND THIS BOOK WILL ANSWER ALL YOUR QUESTIONS
Filming the Fantastic:  A Guide to Visual Effects CinematographyFilming the Fantastic: A Guide to Visual Effects Cinematography
Best Price: $27.36
Many have made favorable comments on this, and I agree with the favorable ones. This is a good...
Notes on the Cinematographer (Green Integer)Notes on the Cinematographer (Green Integer)
Best Price: $4.75
Bresson was a poet . His clear and smart thoughts about the cinema are so clearly expossed that...
Eiji Tsuburaya: Master of Monsters: Defending the Earth with Ultraman and GodzillaEiji Tsuburaya: Master of Monsters: Defending the Earth with Ultraman and Godzilla
Best Price: $17.85
This book is a meticulous, thoughtful, well-written, and beautifully laid-out tribute to a true...
Setting Up Your Shots: Great Camera Moves Every Filmmaker Should KnowSetting Up Your Shots: Great Camera Moves Every Filmmaker Should Know
Best Price: $12.99
This book is only 155 pages and full of illustrations so it doesn't give you the depth of shot...

On Film EditingOn Film Editing
Best Price: $29.99
This is one of the classic texts on the principles and practices of modern film editing. While...
After Effects ExpressionsAfter Effects Expressions
Best Price: $24.19
Good Book, the subject of after effects expressions is well covered but there is some annoying...
The Big Lebowski: The Making of a Coen Brothers FilmThe Big Lebowski: The Making of a Coen Brothers Film
Best Price: $10.49
I am glad I got this book. It proves to me how much the Big Lewboski really rocks!
The Art of Star Wars, Episode II - Attack of the ClonesThe Art of Star Wars, Episode II - Attack of the Clones
Best Price: $12.28
lots of sketches on environment, and outfits for the queen, its really cool art book to collect
Digital Video Secrets: What the Pros Know and the Manuals Don't Tell YouDigital Video Secrets: What the Pros Know and the Manuals Don't Tell You
Best Price: $14.82
Digital Video Secrets: What the Pros Know and the Manuals Don't Tell You An excellent effort...

Master Shots: 100 Advanced Camera Techniques to Get an Expensive Look on Your Low-Budget MovieMaster Shots: 100 Advanced Camera Techniques to Get an Expensive Look on Your Low-Budget Movie
Best Price: $16.47
This is a book of shots. To put it bluntly and of paucity for the summary. It demonstrates many...
The Filmmaker's Handbook: A Comprehensive Guide for the Digital AgeThe Filmmaker's Handbook: A Comprehensive Guide for the Digital Age
Best Price: $11.28
This was my first book on filmmaking howto, and i don,t regret it. This is a general...
Cinematography: Third EditionCinematography: Third Edition
Best Price: $13.93
this book is great it gets into detail about every thing u can imagen in the film production...
River of Shadows: Eadweard Muybridge and the Technological Wild WestRiver of Shadows: Eadweard Muybridge and the Technological Wild West
Best Price: $2.88
Solnit's RIVER OF SHADOWS is an entrance not only into the 19th century, but also a precursor of...
The Visual Story: Seeing the Structure of Film, TV and New MediaThe Visual Story: Seeing the Structure of Film, TV and New Media
Best Price: $40.00
This really is a fantastic textbook about the basics of everything visual in TV/Film. The other...

American Cinematographer Manual 9th Ed. Vol. IIAmerican Cinematographer Manual 9th Ed. Vol. II
Best Price: $34.26
This newly revised edition of the American Cinematographer Film Manual, edited by Stephen Burum,...
The Return of the King Visual Companion: The Official Illustrated Movie Companion (The Lord of the Rings)The Return of the King Visual Companion: The Official Illustrated Movie Companion (The Lord of the Rings)
Best Price: $5.85
We have all the Lord of the Rings books and movies. This, along with the other visual...
The Rough Guide to American Independent Film (Rough Guide Reference)The Rough Guide to American Independent Film (Rough Guide Reference)
Best Price: $5.00
Another killersmart addition to the Rough Guide series, this volume manages to be...
Short Films: How to Make and Distribute Them (Creative Essentials)Short Films: How to Make and Distribute Them (Creative Essentials)
Best Price: $17.12
The advent of affordable filmmaking equipment and software, combined with the popularity of...
The Camera Assistant's Manual, Fourth EditionThe Camera Assistant's Manual, Fourth Edition
Best Price: $37.08
I bought this book when I was hired to AC for a project on equipment I had never worked with...

Cinematographer Style - The Complete Interviews, Volume ICinematographer Style - The Complete Interviews, Volume I
Best Price: $19.77
Cinematographers seldom, if ever, get an opportunity to be in front of the camera. Director Jon...
Droidmaker: George Lucas and the Digital RevolutionDroidmaker: George Lucas and the Digital Revolution
Best Price: $18.29
This is a great book, entertaining and intricate, which tells an important story. The guys a...
First Cut: Conversations with Film EditorsFirst Cut: Conversations with Film Editors
Best Price: $15.00
Got the book for my Step Son, your guess is as good as mine, as how good it is.
The Citizen Kane Crash Course in Cinematography: A Wildly Fictional Account of How Orson Welles Learned Everything about the Art of Cinematography in Half an Hour. Or, Was It a Weekend?The Citizen Kane Crash Course in Cinematography: A Wildly Fictional Account of How Orson Welles Learned Everything about the Art of Cinematography in Half an Hour. Or, Was It a Weekend?
Best Price: $12.10
"The Citizen Kane Crash Course in Cinemaphotography" is truly one of the WEIRDEST...
Digital FilmmakingDigital Filmmaking
Best Price: $7.19
I really liked this book. It was very personal and most useful. There are loads of books out...

Stop Motion: Craft Skills for Model Animation (Focal Press Visual Effects and Animation)Stop Motion: Craft Skills for Model Animation (Focal Press Visual Effects and Animation)
Best Price: $40.95
this is an excelent choise for those beginning in the world of stop motion animation. got to...
Industrial Light & Magic: Into the Digital RealmIndustrial Light & Magic: Into the Digital Realm
Best Price: $35.00
First there was ILM, covering the 1st decade of this fantastic Special Effects Company. This is...
Grammar of the Film LanguageGrammar of the Film Language
Best Price: $12.83
This book is good for the director/DP and editor. It covers mainly blocking actors but also...
Aliens vs. Predator Requiem Inside the Monster ShopAliens vs. Predator Requiem Inside the Monster Shop
Best Price: $25.51
Watch Video Here: http://www.amazon.com/review/RXUD4R5QFKR4M If you enjoyed the first making-of...
No Borders, No Limits: Nikkatsu Action Cinema (Cinema Classics)No Borders, No Limits: Nikkatsu Action Cinema (Cinema Classics)
Best Price: $8.30
At some time in the late 1950's, Japanese film got cool. Really cool. The Western influences of...

Secrets of Hollywood Special EffectsSecrets of Hollywood Special Effects
Best Price: $60.18
Secrets of Hollywood Special Effects was in its day without a doubt an excellent work, and still...
New CinematographersNew Cinematographers
Best Price: $69.37
This book provides detailed technical discussions of the methods of cinematography in a number...
Production Design in the Contemporary American Film: A Critical Study of 23 Movies and Their DesignersProduction Design in the Contemporary American Film: A Critical Study of 23 Movies and Their Designers
Best Price: $26.95
While the viewer's eyes are trained on the actors, the production design sets the mood for the...
How to Make an Action Movie for $99How to Make an Action Movie for $99
Best Price: $6.00
Near the end there are some nifty tips for dealing with inexperienced actors. A few others are...
Art in Motion: Animation AestheticsArt in Motion: Animation Aesthetics
Best Price: $20.85
This book is very satisfying. It is in good condition and I have no problems with it.

Technique of Film Editing, Second EditionTechnique of Film Editing, Second Edition
Best Price: $51.71
Bible of Film Editing from an editor and editing professor- editors must have it- simple as...
First Time Director: How to Make Your Breakthrough MovieFirst Time Director: How to Make Your Breakthrough Movie
Best Price: $15.56
I had the pleausure of attending one of Mr. Bettman's workshops some time ago. Do not on account...
What a Producer Does: The Art of Moviemaking (Not the Business)What a Producer Does: The Art of Moviemaking (Not the Business)
Best Price: $3.07
I get the him/he issue, but to honest and grammatically correct for whatever reason him/he is...
Camera Assistant, The: A Complete Professional HandbookCamera Assistant, The: A Complete Professional Handbook
Best Price: $48.43
Of the two major "textbooks" on ACing, this is the best one to start with. It gives...
No Strings Attached: The Inside Story of Jim Henson's Creature ShopNo Strings Attached: The Inside Story of Jim Henson's Creature Shop
Best Price: $113.41
If you're a fan of Henson's work you'll absolutely die for this book! It's got great coverage...

Understanding Movies (10th Edition)Understanding Movies (10th Edition)
Best Price: $27.79
Analytical breakdown of the various aspects of creating movies. Editting, mise-en-scene, acting...
Making Pictures: A Century of European CinematographyMaking Pictures: A Century of European Cinematography
Best Price: $118.23
This is such an inspirational book, and a must for any aspiring cinematographer and those with a...
The Art of Movie Making: Script to ScreenThe Art of Movie Making: Script to Screen
Best Price: $76.29
I'm a film buff and have read lots of histories of film as well as books about how films are...
The Complete Guide to Low-Budget Feature FilmmakingThe Complete Guide to Low-Budget Feature Filmmaking
Best Price: $5.64
The big difference between Becker's book and a lot of those other "Make a Digital Feature...
Sight, Sound, Motion: Applied Media AestheticsSight, Sound, Motion: Applied Media Aesthetics
Best Price: $50.00
Comprehensive guide to Media aesthetics. References and examples could be updated, but overall...

Animation: The Whole Story, Revised EditionAnimation: The Whole Story, Revised Edition
Best Price: $14.28
Do you want to be inside of the world of the animation? This book makes that for you. It shows...
    
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