All-In-One Movie Book

LET ME INTRODUCE MYSELF = 9 SO YOU'VE GOT A CAMERA Cine is Not Snapshooting = 10 The Wrong Way = 11 The Right Way = 11 Film Making Proper = 12 Think of Your Audience = 13 How to Develop an Idea = 14 From Idea to Planned Shooting = 15 Giving It Shape = 16 Experimental Shots = 17 Four Ways of Filming It = 17 What Kind of Film? = 18 YOU AND YOUR AUDIENCE How Will the Audience React? = 19 Filming for Yourself = 21 Filming for Others = 24 The Difference in Approach = 27 Show Them the Facts = 28 Camera Angles = 29 CAN IT BE DONE? How the Simple Camera Works = 31 What It Will Do = 34 Single-frame Shooting = 35 The Disappearing Trick = 36 Holding the Camera = 37 Ask Questions First-Shoot Afterwards = 38 Shooting in Colour = 39 Shooting Movement = 41 Adding Interest = 42 TIME AND TIMING Film Length = 44 Shot Length = 45 You Control the Pace = 47 Making the Decision = 48 Playing About with Time = 49 Shots You Don't Need = 51 CAMERAS AND EQUIPMENT Basic Camera Types = 53 Super-8 Loading = 55 Double-8 Loading = 57 Bag or Case? = 59 Using a Tripod = 59 Exposure Meters =61 Built-in Meters = 62 Through-the-Lens Meters = 63 Optical Viewfinders = 64 Reflex Viewfinders = 65 Also in the Viewfinder = 67 The Motor = 68 Filming Speeds = 68 Reverse Action = 70 The Colour Films You Can Use = 72 Black-and-White Films = 73 Colour or Black and White? = 74 LENSES AND THEIR USES Focus = 78 Focal Length = 80 Converter Lenses = 81 Zoom Lenses = 81 Zooming Range = 82 Dual-Range Zoom = 83 Zoom Controls = 84 Using a Zoom Lens = 84 Supplementary Close-Up Lenses = 86 Using Close-Up Lenses = 88 Special Lenses = 89 What Is Focus? = 89 Foreground and Background = 90 Focus and Movement = 91 Using Depth of Field Tables = 93 Depth of Field and Focal Length = 95 Image Size and Perspective = 96 Fun With Lenses = 97 EXPOSURE TECHNIQUE How the Meter Can Be Fooled = 99 Film Contrast and Shadow Areas = 101 Automatic and Manual = 101 Manual: Finding the Exposure = 104 General reading = 104 Reading off the subject = 104 Reading off your hand = 105 The average reading = 106 Grey card method = 106 Incident light readings = 106 CAMERA AND SUBJECT People Are Useful = 108 Candid Shots = 109 People As People = 110 Children = 111 Directing Children = 112 Children on the Move = 113 Friends = 114 Somebody Else's Film = 115 Domestic Animals = 116 Small Animals = 118 Wild Life and Zoo Animals = 119 Sport = 120 Special Interests = 123 Weddings = 124 Travel = 128 Family = 133 Composing the Picture = 130 MORE AMBITIOUS FILMS Script = 136 From Paper to Film = 139 Unplanned Films = 140 Planning Beyond the Script = 140 Locations and Arrangements = 141 Shooting with Actors = 142 Finding the Actors = 144 Colour in Your Film = 147 Colour Continuity = 148 Controlling the Colour = 149 Watch the Continuity = 150 Continuity of Action = 151 MOVING THE CAMERA Track and Pan = 153 When to Pan = 154 When to Tilt = 155 Track or Zoom = 156 Vibrating the Camera = 157 LIGHTING EQUIPMENT Other Equipment = 163 FILMING INDOORS Available Light = 165 First Steps with Lights = 166 A Step or Two Further = 168 Light and Distance = 168 Modelling = 170 Building up the Lighting = 171 Shadows = 173 Exposure Problems = 174 Adapting to the Limitations = 175 Lighting to Suit the Subject = 176 Moving Subjects = 177 EFFECTS AND TRICK FILMING Fades = 179 Dissolves = 179 Wipes = 181 Night Scenes = 181 Diffusion and Distortion = 182 Ghosts = 182 Split Screen Effect = 184 Reverse Action with Non-Reverse Cameras = 185 Filters = 185 When to Use Tricks and Effects = 187 PUTTING IT TOGETHER The Splicer = 190 The Viewer = 191 Rewind Arms = 191 Cement Splices = 192 Tape Splices = 193 Sorting out Material = 194 The Rough Cut = 194 Errors and Corrections = 195 Rules in Editing = 196 Preliminary Editing = 197 A Second Bite = 199 The Final Version = 199 The Effect of Cutting = 200 Pace and Rhythm = 202 USING AND MAKING TITLES Make Your Own = 203 Lettering Is Easy = 204 Shooting Titles = 205 Animated and Moving Titles = 206 Add the Leader = 207 PROJECTOR AND SCREEN Choosing Your Projector = 208 How It Works = 209 The Intermittent = 209 The Light Source = 210 The Lens = 211 Rewind and Reverse Running = 211 Running Speeds = 211 Threading the Film = 212 Setting up a Projector = 212 Screens = 213 PUTTING ON THE SHOW Setting up = 215 Preparing the Programme = 216 Sound Accompaniment = 217 INDEX = 218

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