Directing the Camera: How Professional Directors Use a Moving Camera to Energize Their Films

by Gil Bettman

The first half of this book is devoted to teaching a systemized approach that can be used to design the very best moving shot for any dialogue scene, no matter how complex or long. Bettman’s “Five Task” approach enables the aspiring director to quickly grasp this difficult element of directorial craft. In the second half the reader is taught how to shoot action sequences using moving and static cameras and the gamut of lenses to achieve the magic trick essential to shooting action — making stunts that are highly controlled and neither violent nor dangerous look completely mind-blowing.

232 pages, Paperback

First published October 30, 2013

Reviews

[Rase McCray · Rating 4 out of 5]

A nifty little book that talks about moving cameras and how to use them when filmmaking. The book is extremely practical, with lots of excellent little tips and frameworks you can immediately use if you’re directing movies. I encouraged my DP to also read it, though it’s probably more obvious to them.

[Mahmoud Al Sayed · Rating 5 out of 5]

Before i start reading this book, i thought that i knew something, but it turned out to be that there are alot more to know!

This book has a brilliant amount of information that will definitely help you excel in building your career!

I highly recommend this book for those who are studying film.