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Blain Brown - The Filmmaker’s Guide to Digital Imaging: for Cinematographers, Digital Imaging Technicians, and Camera Assistants - 9780415854115 - V9780415854115
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The Filmmaker’s Guide to Digital Imaging: for Cinematographers, Digital Imaging Technicians, and Camera Assistants

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Description for The Filmmaker’s Guide to Digital Imaging: for Cinematographers, Digital Imaging Technicians, and Camera Assistants Paperback. Num Pages: 310 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: AJRD; APFX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 266 x 192 x 16. Weight in Grams: 954.

It’s a whole new world for cinematographers, camera assistants, and postproduction artists. New equipment, new methods, and new technologies have to be learned and mastered. New roles such as that of the DIT (Digital Imaging Technician), Digital Loader, and Data Manager are integral to today’s motion picture production process. Take your mastery of these new tools, techniques, and roles to the next level with this cutting-edge roadmap from esteemed author and filmmaker Blain Brown.

The Filmmaker’s Guide to Digital Imaging covers both the theory and the practice, featuring full-color, in-depth coverage of essential terminology, technology, and industry-standard best-practices. Brown covers new ... Read more

Topics include:

  • Digital sensors and cameras
  • The structure of digital images
  • Waveform monitors, vectorscopes, and test charts
  • Using linear, gamma, and log encoded video files
  • Exposure techniques for HD and UltraHD
  • Understanding digital color
  • Codecs and file formats
  • The DIT cart
  • Downloading, ingesting, and managing video files
  • Workflow from camera to DIT cart to post
  • Using metadata and timecode

The companion website (www.focalpress.com/cw/brown) features additional material, including demonstrations and interviews with experienced DITs and cinematographers.

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Product Details

Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Weight
741g
Number of Pages
310
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780415854115
SKU
V9780415854115
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-2

About Blain Brown
Blain Brown is a cinematographer, director and writer based in Los Angeles. He has been the director of photography on features, commercials, music videos, industrials and other types of projects. He has directed and edited features and commercials, worked as a producer and has had three screenplays produced. Educated at Long Island University, Harvard Graduate School of Design and M.I.T, ... Read more

Reviews for The Filmmaker’s Guide to Digital Imaging: for Cinematographers, Digital Imaging Technicians, and Camera Assistants
"It's been a painful transition from film to digital for many cinematographers. Brown takes the mystery out of it and presents the technical aspects of this change seamlessly. It is, after all, about art!" - Judy Irola, ASC, Conrad Hall Chair in Cinematography and Color Timing, USC School of Cinematic Arts "As a practicing cinematographer who also teaches, ... Read more

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