ABSTRACT

This fully revised and updated edition of the classic book on cinematic composition provides readers with the necessary skills and technical know-how to create polished and narratively eloquent images, using a unique approach that combines an analytical, technical, and aesthetic understanding of the essential visual grammar of the shot.

Containing well over a hundred full-color case studies, this second edition was expanded to include brand-new shot types, and was completely updated to reflect developments in filmmaking technology and practices, including the DSLR revolution, the advent of mirrorless and compact cinema cameras, improvements in CMOS sensor performance, the introduction of 4K and higher video resolutions, and drone cinematography.

The Filmmaker's Eye: Learning (and Breaking) the Rules of Cinematic Composition 2nd edition is essential reading for anyone with an interest in motion media and cinematic storytelling, including independent filmmakers, directors, producers, cinematographers, editors, as well as those studying filmmaking, media aesthetics, and film studies.

chapter |4 pages

introduction

chapter |6 pages

finding the frame

chapter |10 pages

image systems

part |43 pages

Sizes

chapter |6 pages

extreme close-up

chapter |6 pages

close–up

chapter |6 pages

medium close–up

chapter |6 pages

medium shot

chapter |6 pages

medium long shot

chapter |6 pages

long shot

chapter |5 pages

extreme long shot

part |79 pages

Conventions

chapter |6 pages

over the shoulder shot

chapter |6 pages

establishing shot

chapter |6 pages

subjective shot

chapter |6 pages

two shot

chapter |6 pages

group shot

chapter |6 pages

split–screen shot

chapter |6 pages

canted shot

chapter |6 pages

overhead shot

chapter |6 pages

inverted shot

chapter |6 pages

emblematic shot

chapter |6 pages

abstract shot

chapter |6 pages

macro shot

chapter |5 pages

zoom shot

part |55 pages

Dynamics

chapter |6 pages

pan shot

chapter |6 pages

tilt shot

chapter |6 pages

dolly shot

chapter |6 pages

dolly zoom shot

chapter |6 pages

tracking shot

chapter |6 pages

Steadicam shot

chapter |6 pages

crane shot

chapter |6 pages

aerial shot

chapter |5 pages

sequence shot