Filming the Fantastic - A Guide to Visual Effects Cinematography (Paperback, 2nd edition)

Visual effects cinematography is the art of creating special effects during a film or video shoot using camerawork, optical illusions, and miniatures to create realistic-looking effects. Filming the Fantastic reveals the secrets of achieving these effects to filmmakers on a modest budget. Many effects are now created in postproduction (after the shoot) and require incredibly expensive workstations and 3D animation software that are beyond the reach of independent filmmakers. With this book, filmmakers are empowered to create professional effects during the shoot for little money. Sawicki teaches filmmakers to invent solutions and use their ingenuity to get it right the first time so they don't have to "fix it in post," a notoriously expensive and time-consuming process that derails many movies. The book has been updated from start to finish, including new technology, even more inside secrets, HD, even more step-by-step illustrations, and more user-friendly advice from inside the trenches. A website features step-by-step features with raw footage and backgrounds, a compilation, and several lectures given by the author. Readers learn how to effectively photograph and create miniatures, matte paintings, green screen setups, crowd replication, digital rear projection, replicate props, models, fire, smoke, floods, and explosions, and so much more -- all to create elements that will composite together flawlessly.

General

Imprint:	Focal Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	September 2011
First published:	2011
Authors:	Mark Sawicki
Dimensions:	235 x 191 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	368
Edition:	2nd edition
ISBN-13:	978-0-240-81473-5
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Photography & photographs > Special kinds of photography > Cinematography, television camerawork
LSN:	0-240-81473-8
Barcode:	9780240814735

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