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by Peter Ward
Picture Composition, 2nd Edition
Front Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright
Contents
Preface
1 Invisible technique
Learning the ropes
A moving photograph
Continuity cinema
The shot
The creation of 'invisible' technique
Standard camerwork conventions
Realistic representation
Mechanical reproduction
Framing a shot
Composition
Does the shot work?
Intuition
'I see what you mean!'
Why composition is important
Control of composition
Visual design techniques
Cultural influences
Changing fashions
Summary
2 Alternative technique
Jump cuts
Alternatives
It's magic
Realism and imagination
The film moment is always now
Why people dislike the rejection of standard conventions
Storytelling
Don't wake me up
Definition of alternative conventions
Conventions
Summary
3 The lens, the eye and perception
Introduction
The imprint of the lens
The eye and a lens
Size constancy
How do we understand what we are looking at?
Characteristics of perception
Summary
4 The lens and perspective
Perception and depth
Depth indicators and their relationship to the lens
Focal length
Angle of view
Depth-of-field
fno
Zoom
Focus
The structural skeleton of a shot
Horizon line and camera height as a compositional device
Controlling space with choice of lens angle/camera distance
The internal space of a shot
Production style and lens angle
Estimating distance
Accentuating depth
Summary
5 Visual design
Introduction
Movement
Sound
Controlling composition
Design techniques
Grouping and organization
Balance
Figure and ground
Shape
Line
Rhythm and visual beat
Pattern
Interest
Direction
Colour
Scale
Abstraction
Understanding an image
Summary
6 Frame
Composition and the frame
Frame – an invisible focus of power
Static viewpoint
A hard cut-off
Limited depth and perspective indicators
Monochrome
The edge of frame as a reference
Frames within frames
A second frame
Frame and divided interest
Summary
7 The shape of the screen
Aspect ratio
The shape of the screen and composition
Viewfinder as an editing tool
Could it have been different?
The invention of a world format standard
Widescreen returns
Design of the TV aspect ratio
HDTV
The need for a universal video format
16:9 television widescreen
A reasonable compromise between competing aspect ratios
The divine proportion
Widescreen – the shape of a banknote
Summary of film and television formats mentioned
8 Widescreen composition and film
Finding ways to compose for the new shape
Widescreen advantages
Selling off the redundant format
Pan and scan
Cinematographers alarmed
Boom in shot
The growth of multiplexes
Common topline and super
Summary
9 Widescreen composition and TV
Introduction
Letterboxing
Aspect ratio conversion
Protect and save
Shooting for two formats
Composing for 16:9
Fidgety zooms
Transitional period
The viewer takes control
Inserting 4:3 material into a 16:9 production
Compilation programmes
Distortion and definition
Widescreen equals spectacle
Screen size
Endnote, or in a different aspect ratio, NDNOT
Summary
10 Past influences
Intuition
Early influences
The Rule of Thirds
More recent influences
Summary
11 News and documentary
Fact and fiction
Realism and fantasy
Film as illusion
Objectivity
Record versus comment
Operational awareness
Realistic camerawork
Technology as an aid to 'realism'
Documentary programmes
Professionalism
Engaging the attention of the audience
Summary
12 Composition styles
Visual styles
Style and technique
Technological development
Staging the artistes
Studio or location shooting
Shot structure and editing
Stylistic flourishes
Multi-camera live television conventions
The introduction of the zoom and television picture composition
Portable cameras
Customary technique
Genre
Summary of the history of style
13 Lighting and composition
The key pictorial force
Gradations of brightness
Contrast range
Exposure
Characteristics of light
Lighting technique
Past influences
Controlled lighting and composition
Naturalism and found light
Television lighting
Any two from cheap, good or fast – but not all three
Expressing an idea through an image
Decorative lighting
Summary
14 Colour
How the eye sees colour
White balance
Colour correction
Colour as subject
Monochrome
Colour and composition
Colour symbolism
Summary
15 Staging
Introduction to staging
Where shall I stand?
What is staging?
Staging people and staging action
Figure composition
Working at speed
Summary
16 Movement
Camera movement
Invisible movement
The development shot
Accentuating the effect of camera movement
Summary
17 Shooting for editing
Invisible stitching
Selection and structure
Basic editing conventions
Selection and editing
Telling a story – fact and fiction
News – unscripted shot structure
Variety of shot
Recap on basic advice for shooting for editing
Interviews
How long should a shot be held?
Basic editing principles
Types of edit
Emphasis, tempo and syntax
Multi-camera camerawork
Dance and composition
Summary
Endnote
Bibliography
Index
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