Cinematography for Directors: A Guide for Creative Collaboration

by Jacqueline B. Frost

The essential handbook for directors and aspiring filmmakers who want to get the best visuals for their films while establishing a collaborative relationship with their cinematographer. This is the only book that focuses exclusively on the relationship between the director and cinematographer.

Genres: Film, Nonfiction, Art

292 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2009

Reviews

[Sherif Nagib · Rating 2 out of 5]

الكتاب متواضع وملئ بالتكرار، وقديم للغاية ونصفه أصبح غير قابل للتطبيق. الحوارات مع مديري التصوير جيدة ولكنها مليئة بالتكرار وكان يمكن الاكتفاء بقدر أقل. قد يكون مدخل جيد لمبتدئ في عالم التصوير السينمائي ولكنه لا ينتقل لمرحلة أبعد في فهم الصورة أو علاقتها بالقصة، ولهذا أجد العنوان خادعاً.

[Amro (Amartya) · Rating 4 out of 5]

Really well written , factual and helps a lot

[Rubinny · Rating 5 out of 5]

Pese a que no me parece perfecto, porque tiene partes que dan un poco de pereza, las que no, son interesantísimas y he aprendido mucho.

[David Ross · Rating 5 out of 5]

A great study of the Director/Cinematographer relationship and what each brings into the partnership. Each section gives a complete history and break down of all the important aspects of film on screen and then cuts to interview snippets from a host of phenomenal practitioners. It'll definitely give you a few points to ponder in regards to your next project or collaboration.

[Madeline Miller · Rating 4 out of 5]

I get what Avery in The Flick by Annie Baker meant when he felt it was a tragedy that film was switching to digital. Like I’m about to become even more annoying about film than I already was. My family is going to disown me for it.

[Saran Baran · Rating 5 out of 5]

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[Ally · Rating 4 out of 5]

The best textbook I can find for aspiring directors who are more story oriented and haven’t done much cinematography work. This textbook answered every technical question I had. Would recommend.

[Omar Manjouneh · Rating 3 out of 5]

Well written as an overview but it doesn't surpass that limit. " visual References " and " The Color Palette " are the most valuable chapters, also the interviews - though it get very repetitive - but describes the director/cinematographer relationship well. The very disappointment was for the technical issues which were described from a flat surface like the chapter where Jacqueline describes in " Lighting for Genre " the kind of production that distinguishes Hollywood Studio from each other stuffed by dozens of names and dates as It was a history lecture, It would have been better if she had choose just a fewer names but dedicated mare time to analyze the individual style of each name solely instead of useless information that can be found easily on Wikipedia.

[Nadine Al lahham · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is perfect for 1rst year film students and amateurs. I really needed this book when I was trying to go deeper into Brodwell's book "Art of Film". Professional and seniors are familiar with a lot of the information provided in the book. However, I really liked the interviews done with the cinematographers. They talked about their personal experience with famous directors and their preferences in the use of cameras. I recommend this book for everyone because you'll benefit from the interviews more than the information.

[Patrick · Rating 2 out of 5]

This is an okay introduction to cinematography, but if you have taken a cinematography course or film production class, you won't really learn anything from it. The prose is merely serviceable, and the author tends to repeat sentences and concepts within the same paragraph or page. The film stills are also often distorted in perspective, which pretty much defeats the point of using them to illustrate a particular film or style.

[Jonathan Brooker · Rating 5 out of 5]

Well recommended reference, particularly technical content which goes a long way to helping the Above the Line folks understand what is required to get the right shot, composition, lighting, positioning, blocking etc.

We have had our copy for just 2 weeks and already its looking worn and very used.

[Abdulaziz Lamlum · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great, Fantastic to knowing all the general etiquette when the two roles work together, there is however at the end the talk too much on types of film stock, this can be either good or bad depending on what you want

[Alexa · Rating 5 out of 5]

A great book that explains basic technical and aesthetic approaches to the collaboration between cinematographer and director. I learned a lot.

[Godfrey]

The book is awesome!

[Rama]

its a good thing