A

Abrams, Jared 83

Abrams, Jeremy 67

Adobe Premiere Pro 105, 114–15

aesthetics of film 268–71

ambient sound 88

angle of view for a lens 57–8, 62

Anselmi, David 93, 158

Apple Final Cut 105–6, 115–22, 127, 233–4, 237

Artemis app 61–2

audio quality 84–8

automatic gain control (AGC) 87–8

Avid Media Composer 105

B

Beachtek DXA-SLR adapter 95

Bicker, Evie 24–5, 35

Bingham, George Caleb 187

Black Magic Design 271–2

blocking 9–13

Bloom, Philip 1–2, 15, 17, 20–1, 26, 31, 34–7, 42, 48, 54, 66, 68, 139, 159, 169, 185–94, 196, 230, 250–1, 267–70

boom poles 91–5

C

Cabrera, Kris 196, 200–1

Cameron, James 55–6

Canon 5D Mark II camera 39–40, 76, 164, 166, 169, 171, 176, 182–3, 186, 210–13, 226, 250, 257, 260, 264–5, 267–9

ISO tests for 279–80

Canon 7D camera 188, 203–6, 250

ISO tests for 279–80

Canon lenses 226, 254, 257–8, 260

cardioids 89–90

Casulo 160–75

Chaloupka, Vladimir 19

Chan, Po 9–11, 159, 207, 210–15, 219–27, 285

characters in film 137–40

Charters, Rodney 66

Christenson, Dave 196–7

chrominance compression 283

The Chrysalis 159, 195–201, 204–6

Cineform Neo Scene 111–14

“cinematic” look 2, 65–6, 68, 138, 270

cinematographers, role of 2–4, 182, 210

Cohen, Rob 209

color balance 31, 82–4

color compression 71

color correction 76–82, 124–8, 135

definition of 126

color grading 124–38

definition of 126

color temperature 30–7

commercials 3

composition 5–9

Coutard, Raoul 3

Crewdson, Gregory 164, 167

custom picture style 76

D

Danger Charles 241–7

Daviau, Allen 3

Davidson, Adam 20

A Day at the Races 159, 185–94

deinterlacing of video 107

Denevi, Marco 241

depth of field 47–8, 57, 59

Digital Bolex camera 270–1

documentary films 232, 264

dollies 15

dramatic needs 154–6

DSLR cameras 13, 23, 249–51, 253, 269–71

DualEyes software 122–4

dynamic microphones 89

E

Edwards, Derek 225

Eli Jane 207, 213–15

“emotional equivalency” to human vision 57

exposure and exposure meters 44, 50–2, 56, 281–2; see also underexposure

external audio recorders 96–7, 102–3

external hard drives 118, 256, 259, 262

external onboard microphones 101

ExtraFlat picture style 68, 70

F

f-stops 44–8, 56

“faithful” picture style 69

Fauer, Jon 2–3

fiction projects 265–6

filters 53–6, 254

“flat” picture style 40, 65–7, 127, 135

focal length of a lens 57

Fox, Travis 19

frame rates 55

Fricks, Charles 165

G

Gangalter, Thomas 271

Garn, Jake 5–6

Gods of the Flies 242–7

“golden hour” for shooting 34

“golden mean” ratio 5–8

Goodrich, Jon 243

Gordon, Harwood 9–11

H

handheld cameras 13, 16

Hansen, Martin 230–1

Hansen Cave 230–6, 240

“hard” lighting 23–4

headphones 97

Henry, Neil 27–8, 35

Henson, Jim 241

histograms 43, 56

Holterman, Tim 222

“hooks” in film stories 154–5

Hurlblut, Shane 11–14, 31, 33, 39–40, 48–52, 67, 71–2, 76, 79, 82–3, 114–15, 159, 171, 207–27, 265, 268

“Hurlblut” picture style 69–70

I

image resolution 273–8

Inácio, Thaís 165–6

infrared filters 54

interchangeable lenses 59, 250

Isaacks, Levie 3

ISO settings 51–2

J

Jackson, Peter 56

journalism 178–9, 184, 264

Juicedlink DT454 preamp 95

K

Kessler Crane Pocket Dolly Traveler 15–17, 259, 263

The Kitchen 141–2

Kolar, Rachel 222, 225

L

Laforet, Vincent 2, 6–8, 14, 29, 36, 41, 59–60, 114, 139, 141, 157

Lancaster, Kurt (author) 187, 230–4

“landscape” picture style 69

Laraque, Lillie 70

large-sensor cameras 267–70

The Last 3 Minutes 159, 207, 210–22, 226, 265, 285–9

Laszlo, Andrew 3

lavalieres (lavs) 88–9, 93

Lawes, Steve 24, 27

lenses 44–7, 57–63, 226, 254, 257–8, 260

Lewis, C.S. 203

lighting 23–37

placement of 25

setups 33–5

source direction 25–8

Livio, Mario 5

Loli, Eugenia 70

Lucas, George 138

luminance compression 283

Lynch, David 162

M

MacClellan, Margo 145

MacLeod, Kevin 233–9

Magic Bullet software 128–38

Magic Lantern 97–100, 264

case study 100–1

installation guide 99

Mann, Sally 164

Mathers, Jim 51, 71–2

memory cards 107, 255, 258, 261

“metaphoric” music (Murch) 240

microphones 86–94

Millet, Guga 160–71

Mohtaseb, Khalid 129–30

MPEG Streamclip 107–11

Murch, Walter 234, 240

N

Nedomansky, Yashi 124–6

neutral density (ND) 48–9

neutral density filters 53–6, 254

neutral picture style 65–9

noise reduction software 130, 172

O

One Small Step 270

Orman, Brodie 213, 217

P

panning 14

pistol grips 95, 255, 258, 261

pixel sizes 50

“portrait” picture style 68

prime lenses 63

Pythagoras 5

R

Rabiger, Michael 142–3

rapport 179

The Rat Pack 209

RED camera 71–2

Redrock Micro 19

Reichmann, Michael 43

Renaud, Brent and Craig 13, 139–40

Reverie 157–8

Rode NTG-2 shotgun microphone 91–2, 255, 258

Rode VideoMic Pro 90–1, 254

Rubinstein, Joe 270–1

Rudd, John and Graeme 177–84

rule of thirds 5

S

Sachett, Isadora 160–4

Sassone, Shannon 232, 268

Schneider, Elle 270–1

Schroer, Rii 26, 36, 159, 177–84, 268

scopes 126–8

shadows 24–9, 33–4

shotgun microphones 89–93, 255, 258

shutter speed 55, 57

Shutterfreaks 5–9

Sibley, Tansy 179

Silfen, Josh 51–2

16 Teeth 177, 181, 183

Smith, Neil 83, 188, 190, 194, 196, 206

“soft” lighting 24

Sound Devices MixPre-D preamp 96–7

sound quality 84–8

speed of a lens 60–3

Spielberg, Stephen 138

spot meters 48–9

stabilization devices for cameras 13–22

“standard” picture style 68

Steadicam Merlin 15–18, 22

story structure 154–8

storylines 137–43, 156, 178

SuperFlat picture style 66, 68, 70, 205

syncing audio 121–4

T

Tactical Shooter 20–1

Target Shooter 20–2

Technicolor CineStyle 66, 72–6, 127, 137

Technicolor PictureStyle 76–82

testing before shooting 67

Thomas, Jeremy Ian 66, 83, 159, 189–206

Thorp, Shannon 230

Timpanogos Cave 237–40

traffic noise 92–3

transcoding of footage 106

tripods 14

U

Uncle Jack 137–42, 154–6

underexposure 76

user-defined picture style 76, 82

Uzeda, Bernardo 82, 160–76

V

video “look” 2, 65

video journalism 184, 264

W

Wade, Mike 195, 198–204

Weber, Alex 218–20

Weisscam 271

Wexler, Haskell 137–8

wide-angle lenses 63

Willis, Gordon 1, 156

Winans, Jamin 137–42

windscreens 87, 93–4

writing exercises 142

X

XLR inputs and adapters 85, 90–6, 101–2

Y

Yiu, Ken 15, 18, 20

Z

Zeiss lenses 44–7

zone system and zone scale 39–42

zoom lenses 62–3

Zsigmond, Vilmos 23