سینما با سرعتی شگفتانگیز به ویژه در قالب روایتی، تکامل پیدا کرده است. دوربینهای سبک، ضبطهای قابل حمل و پیشرفتهای فنی دیگر و نیز هزینۀ اندک کرایۀ وسیلۀ نقلیه و فیلم خام و ظهور و چاپ ارزان امکان ساختن فیلم کاملاً حرفهای و کم بازیگر را تقریباً برای همگان فراهم کرده است. اگر رویای نسل گذشته این بود که رمان بزرگی بنویسند، به نظر میرسد که هدف نسل جوان ساختن فیلمهای بسیار خوب است. این کتاب در اصل به این قشر و کسان دیگری که روز به روز بیشتر به فیلم و رسانههای تصویری دیگر روی میآورند، تقدیم میشود. این کتاب طراحی شده تا تعداد سالهای کارآموزی کاهش پیدا کند و از کار نه چندان قابل اتکای جمعآوری تکه پارههای اطلاعات از این جا و آنجا و تدوین قواعد بنیادی روایت فیلم اجتناب شود. در اینجا با نظریهها مواجه نمیشوید، بلکه با حقایقی رو به رو میشوید که طی دورهای طولانی به وسیلۀ فیلمسازان دنیا به محک آزمایش در آمده و ثابت شدهاند و میتوان فوراً آنها را در مورد هر فیلمی، اعمال کرد.
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This book is the book that I recommend to anyone who wants to start thinking about making a film. The title is appropriate: Arijon provides a practical and thorough visual breakdown of the possible sequence/scene constructions in cinema. Let's say you want to shoot a scene with four people, but you only want to cover it in five shots...Arijon has performed the sometimes mind-bending task of wrapping your brain around the three-dimensional placement of the camera and how that will play on the two-dimensional screen for you. It is not theory, it is not academic, it is an invaluable reference book for any filmmaker. If you are simply an enthusiast, this could provide an interesting insight into some of the nuts and bolts aesthetic concerns a director faces. Or, it could be incredibly dry - depends what kind of fan you are.
Absolutely brilliant book! It's not really a book that you would read cover-to-cover. It's more of a help-book. You face a production problem, and you turn to the book for help - and you'll find it! It's brilliant if you are planning or making a film - how do you best narrate the film, or how do you shoot a particular scene so that the meaning of it will come to the foreground. For instance - how do you shoot a dinne scene with 11 people at the table, without crossing the infamous "lines", and so that the audience won't get confused as to whop is sitting where etc. Great handbook - great help. Very detailed illustation on how to shoot various types of scenes: two people meeting but walking in from opposite directions, two people leaving in certain angles etc. You'll find it all here!
A perfect book for understanding the visual and artistic language of Blocking, Camera Movements, and cuts. A must read for all the aspiring Filmmakers.
This book is incredibly thorough. After reading just a few chapters I see television shows and movies in a completely different way. I am more cognizant of the blocking and camera set-ups that the producers are using to get their particular shots. This is a reference book I will keep close to me. The illustrations are a little dated, and in some of the illustrations the men and the women look-alike, and the men look alike as well, so you have to concentrate to understand the relative positions of the characters as the camera views change, but other than that it is five stars.