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The Filmmaker's Eye: The Language of the Lens

Paperback • 2019 • 1. edition

The Filmmaker's Eye: The Language of the Lens

By Gustavo Mercado

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About the book

The Language of the Lens explores the expressive power of the camera lens and the storytelling contributions that this critical tool can make to a film project. This book offers a unique approach to learning how lenses can produce aesthetically and narratively compelling images in movies, through a close examination of the various ways lens techniques control the look of space, movement, focus, flares, distortion, and the "optical personality" of your story's visual landscape. Loaded with vivid ...Show more

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ISBN

9780415821315

Publisher

Taylor & Francis Ltd

Published year

2019

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1

Original title

The Filmmaker's Eye: The Language of the Lens

Format

Paperback

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