The Language of the Lens explores the expressive power of the camera lens and the storytelling contributions that this critical tool can make to a film project. This book offers a unique approach to learning how lenses can produce aesthetically and narratively compelling images in movies, through a...

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Main Author:	Mercado, Gustavo (Author)
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York , NY Routledge 2019
Subjects:	Cinematography Photographic lenses Motion pictures / Aesthetics Motion pictures / Technique
Online Access:	Volltext
Summary:	The Language of the Lens explores the expressive power of the camera lens and the storytelling contributions that this critical tool can make to a film project. This book offers a unique approach to learning how lenses can produce aesthetically and narratively compelling images in movies, through a close examination of the various ways lens techniques control the look of space, movement, focus, flares, distortion, and the "optical personality" of your story's visual landscape. Loaded with vivid examples from commercial, independent, and world cinema, The Language of the Lens presents dozens of insightful case studies examining their conceptual, narrative, and technical approaches to reveal how master filmmakers have harnessed the power of lenses to express the entire range of emotions, themes, tone, atmosphere, subtexts, moods, and abstract concepts. The Language of the Lens provides filmmakers, at any level or experience, with a wealth of knowledge to unleash the full expressive power of any lens at their disposal, whether they are shooting with state-of-the-art cinema lenses or a smartphone, and everything in between
Item Description:	"A Focal Press book." Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on August 23, 2019)
Physical Description:	1 online resource
ISBN:	9780429823077 042982307X 9780429446894 0429446896 9780429823060 0429823061 9780429823053 0429823053