hi i am a beginner and i am facing some real problems with film making specially specially lighting though i have some material but that is for normal shoots but suppose if i want to shoot a horror scene what will be the lighting techniques ........second case like there r 3 or 4 people in a room then what will be the setting of light specially when they are not sitting in 1 line they r all spread in room.......3rd case is in outdoor shoots specially in karachi,pakistan where sun shines highly these are some major problems.......even besides lighting problem if u can suggest some good books for complete film making i will be thankful to u (but still lighting is important too for me thts the area i fell tht i am somthng more then 0 ...lol)
thanks
adeel akhter
adeel akhter
Two very good books:
Not that much about lighting, though, but very good when it comes to camera motion, staging, framing and editing.
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There's a really good book on Cinematography by Blain Brown. Here is the review I wrote on Amazon.com.
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Cinematography: Theory and Practice
by Blain Brown
Excellent overall cinematography book
When I first read this book, I already knew quite a bit about cinematography. This book filled in a large number of gaps in my knowledge. It did a rare thing for a cinematography book ? it provided information on the actual lights that are used to create cinematic magic (HMIs, Fresnel lenses, PARs, etc.).
The author makes extensive use of computer design (Poser) to show actors, their positioning to the camera, and various lighting scenarios. Using these graphics, the book shows blocking from various angles ? all very helpful to the beginning filmmaker.
The book also includes up-to-date information relating to problems faced by current filmmakers (video-to-film transfer, aspects of HD photography, processes such as ENR, etc.). While only described in overview, the explanations were clear and provide a good foundation for these moving targets.
The only topic I thought should have been covered in more detail was blue screen/green screen photography. As anyone who has done compositing with some sort of chroma key knows, the technical aspects alone are difficult. However, that?s nothing compared to the problems of achieving artistic cinematography around/with these chroma key shots. It would have been great if some sense of the challenges and solutions of the cinematography of chroma keying would have been included.
Great book, though.
Dan Rahmel
Author: "Nuts and Bolts Filmmaking"
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well can u tell me the price of the book mr danr 7 and plz is there any way i can download books from net free of cost? any idea?
adeel akhter
adeel akhter
You might try searching the net specifically for tips on shooting in the bright sun and other problems rather than looking for a book. This net thing is pretty useful, I think it's here to stay.
RJSchwarz
San Diego, CA
RJSchwarz
Here are several places where you can buy Blain Brown's book
http://www.bestwebbuys.com/Cinematography-ISBN_0240805003.html?isrc=b-search
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well u have mistaken frdns
what i mean is like we download songs free of cost so is there anyways we can download books also on film making free of cost now u got what i mean?
adeel akhter
adeel akhter
well u have mistaken frdns
what i mean is like we download songs free of cost so is there anyways we can download books also on film making free of cost now u got what i mean?
adeel akhter
adeel akhter
You might want to check out the books thread:
http://www.filmmaking.net/fnetforum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=1575
But I doubt there are any you can download for free. A lot of people make more money selling books about making movies than they do from making movies :).
