The Five C's of Cinematography: Motion Picture Filming Techniques

• The Five C's of Cinematography is one of the three most important books on cinematic technique ever published -- American Cinematographer

• Mr. Mascelli provides the attentive reader with the equivalent of a complete course in filmmaking. -- New York Times

The Five C's is the most widely respected book on cinematography ever published. With the aid of hundreds of photographs and diagrams, it clearly and concisely presents all of the essential concepts and techniques of motion picture camera work.

The five C's, and some of the related subjects this book covers, are:

• Camera Angles -- Objective, Subjective, Point-of-View, Subject Size, Subject Angle, Camera Height

• Continuity -- Cinematic Time and Space, Filming Action, Master Scenes, Screen Direction, Transitional Devices

• Cutting -- Types of Editing, Cross-Cutting, Cutting on Action

• Close-ups -- Over-the-Shoulder, Cut-in, Cutaway

• Composition -- Compositional Rules, Compositional Language, Types of Balance, Attracting or Switching the Center of Interest.

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