Setting Up Your Shots is an encyclopedia of camera moves and cinematic storytelling techniques that directors of all levels will find useful. Written in clear, non-technical language and laid out in a nonlinear format with self-contained chapters for easy reference, this book provides detailed descriptions of more than 100 camera setups, angles and techniques, using examples from over 140 popular films.
Whether you need to learn the difference between a jump cut and a match cut or you're a working filmmaker looking for visual ideas on how to best communicate the stories you want to tell, this is an excellent primer for beginning filmmakers, as well as a handy quick-reference guide for experienced directors. It also contains 150 references to the greatest shots of your favorite films, including - 2001: A Space Odyssey,
- Blue Velvet,
- Citizen Kane,
- The Matrix,
- The Usual Suspects
- and Vertigo.
135 pages, 11 x 7 ISBN 0-941188-73-6
Jeremy Vineyard is a Los Angeles based writer, director and software engineer. He has just completed post-production on The Meridian Project, a sci-fi short film he wrote and directed. He is also working on an epic fantasy graphic novel series called Paraxis, which you can learn more about by visiting www.paraxis.com.
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