- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Chapter One – The Shots: What, How and Why?
- What to Show Your Audience?
- Choosing Your Frame
- The Basic Cinematic Building Blocks – An Introduction to Shot Types
- The Extended Family of Basic Shots – The Powers of Proximity
- Why Do We Even Have Different Shot Types?
- Pulling Images from the Written Page
- Phases of Film Production
- Let’s Practice
- Chapter One – Review
- Chapter Two – The Basics of Composition
- Chapter Three – Composition – Beyond the Basics
- Chapter Four – Lighting Your Shots – Not Just What You See, but How You See It
- Light as an Element of Composition
- Light as Energy
- Color Temperature
- Quantity of Light: Sensitivity
- Quantity of Light: Exposure
- Quality of Light: Hard Versus Soft
- Contrast
- Color
- Basic Character Lighting: Three-Point Method
- Set and Location Lighting
- Controlling Light – Basic Tools and Techniques
- Light … and the Light Years of Learning
- Chapter Four – Review
- Chapter Five – Will it Cut? Shooting for Editing
- Chapter Six – Dynamic Shots – Subjects and Camera in Motion
- Chapter Seven – Working Practices and General Guidelines
- Slate the Head of Your Shots
- Communicating with Talent
- Safe Action/Safe Title Areas
- How to Manually Focus a Zoom Lens
- Always Have Something in Focus
- Control Your Depth of Field
- Be Aware of Headroom
- Shooting Tight Close-Ups
- Ensure an Eye Light
- Try to Show Both Eyes of Your Subject
- Be Aware of Eye-Line Directions in Closer Shots
- Follow Action with Loose Pan and Tilt Tripod Head
- Shooting Overlapping Action for the Edit
- Storyboards and Shot Lists
- Aim for a Low Shooting Ratio
- Frame for Correct “Look Room” on Shots that Will Edit Together
- Shoot Matching Camera Angles when Covering a Dialogue Scene
- Ways to Cross the 180 Degree Line Safely
- Place Important Objects in the Top Half of Your Frame
- Be Aware of the Color Choices Made Throughout Your Project
- Keep Distracting Objects out of the Shot
- Beware of Continuity Traps While Shooting a Scene
- Use the Depth of Your Film Space to Stage Shots with Several People
- In a Three-Person Dialogue Scene, Matching Two-Shots can be Problematic for the Editor
- Zooming During a Shot
- Motivate Your Truck-In and Truck-Out Dolly Moves
- Allow the Camera More Time to Record Each Shot
- Allow Actions to Complete Before Cutting Camera
- Use Short Focal Length Lenses to Reduce Handheld Camera Shake
- Beware of Wide Lenses when Shooting Close-Up Shots
- Shooting a Chromakey
- Shooting B-Roll, 2nd Unit, and Stock Footage
- Shooting a Talking Head Interview
- During Documentary Filming, Be as Discreet as Possible
- Chapter Seven – Review
- Chapter Eight – A Few Words of Advice
- Know the Rules Before You Break the Rules
- The Reason for Shooting is Editing
- Your Shots Should Enhance the Entire Story
- Involve the Viewer as Much as Possible
- Take Pride in the Quality of your Work and your Set Etiquette
- Know Your Equipment
- Be Familiar with Your Subject
- Understand Lighting – Both Natural and Artificial
- Study What Has Already Been Done
- In Conclusion
- Appendix A – Helpful Resources for the New Filmmaker
- Appendix B – Essential Crew Positions for Motion Picture Production
- Glossary
- Index
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