Cinematography

Cinematographer Bruno Delbonnel's "A Very Long Engagement"









Introduction to Cinematography

http://classes.yale.edu/film-analysis/htmfiles/cinematography.htm

http://filmschoolonline.com/sample_lessons/sample_lesson_cinematography.htm

The Importance of the Image

http://www.imdb.com/Name?Zsigmond,+Vilmos

Internet Exercises

http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0072556269/student_view0/chapter5/internet_exercises.html

Visions of Light, a History of Cinematography











FILM QUESTIONS:

Lenses and film: "fast" and "slow"; what is "depth of field"?
Lighting: what are "key" lights, ambient light
How can you recognize a "film noir"?
What "hour" is only 20 minutes long?
When was the first color movie? What process?
Camera terms: "nailed down," hand-held, stedicam; "mobile frame"
What was the effect of sound on cinematography?
Color: The Last Emperor? Who said green means knowledge, etc.? What is "flashing"?
What two elements of film art appeal most directly to the emotions?
What is the scientific word for a "happy accident"--as in the rain scene In Cold Blood?
What is an "anamorphic" ratio?
What was the "studio look"? Which studios strived for "Gloss, Grit, and Glamour"?
Who was Gregg Toland?
What is "New York Style"?What is "zooming and dollying" (as in Goodfellas)
Who was the "prince of darkness" Why?

Cinematographer David Watkin's "Out of Africa"











Cinematographer Robert Elswit's "Good Night and Good Luck"














Cinematographer Christopher Doyle's "Hero"









Cinematographer César Charlone's "City of God"





















Cinematographer Conrad Hall's "Road To Perdition"

Cinematographer Peter Pau's "Croughing Tiger, Hidden Dragon"

Cinematographer Ghislain Cloquet's "Tess"

Cinematographer Jordan Cronenweth's "Blade Runner."








Cinematographer Vittorio Storaro's "The Last Emperor"












Cinematographer Haskell Wexler's "Matewan"










Cinematographer Freddie Young's Lawrence of Arabia

"300"












Based on the epic graphic novel by Frank Miller, 300
is a ferocious retelling of the ancient Battle of Thermopylae

in which King Leonidas and 300 Spartans fought to
the death against Xerxes and his massive Persian army.

# posted by The Great Lawgiver @ 2:17 PM