Principal Cinematography
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| The American Society of Cinematographers |
| Homepage for the professional, certifying organization of professional cinematographers in America.
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http://www.theasc.com/
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| Traditional Film Camera Techniques |
| A site that outlines basic cinematography techniques and terms such as field of view, camera angle and movement, and depth of field. Intended for computer designers emulating film techniques, but useful for film students.
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http://www.siggraph.org/education/materials/HyperGraph/animation/cameras/traditional_film...
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| Three-Point Lighting |
| An illustrated overview of this lighting technique.
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http://www.mavart.com/art-film-three-point.html
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| Film Analysis: Visual Style |
| Film clips and images demonstrating various elements of visual style, including lighting, framing, aspect ratio, focus, and focal length.
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http://www.tcf.ua.edu/Classes/Jbutler/T440/VisualStyleIllustrations.htm
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| Gregg Toland – Sharp Practice |
| A biography of the cinematographer for Citizen Kane, with an evaluation of his technical and artistic innovations.
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http://www.bfi.org.uk/sightandsound/archive/innovators/toland.html
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| The Dark Room |
| An innovative site that discusses various historical, aesthetic, and thematic elements of film noir.
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http://www.cinepad.com/filmnoir/dark_room.htm
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| Film Noir |
| Images, production stills, and poster art from the classic examples of film noir.
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http://www.moderntimes.com/palace/noir.htm
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| The French New Wave |
| An introduction to the French New Wave, with an historical overview and a discussion of stylistic components.
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http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/Stephen_Nottingham/cintxt2.htm
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| French Directors |
| A web resource most major French directors, including all of the directors of the French New Wave. Includes essays, biographies, filmographies, and links.
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http://worldfilm.about.com/cs/frenchdirectors/
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| Paris Match |
| An essay from Sight and Sound by Geoffrey Nowell-Smith on the influence of Cahiers du Cinéma on Godard’s filmmaking.
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http://www.bfi.org.uk/sightandsound/2001_06/godard.html
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| A Certain Tendency in the French Cinema |
| An English translation of Truffaut’s seminal essay as published in the pages of Cahiers du Cinéma. For download as a MS Word document.
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http://www.agrft.uni-lj.si/programi/zgteofilm/A certain tendency in the french cinema.doc
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| Steadicam FAQ |
| A comprehensive Steadicam FAQ, prepared by Eric Swanson.
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http://www.videoschmideo.com/Stedifaq.1.html
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| The Parlor Scene in Psycho: Images of Duality |
| A sequence analysis of the pivotal scene from Psycho, discussing mise-en-scène and cinematography for their effect on motif and mood.
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http://www.imagesjournal.com/issue02/features/psycho.htm
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2003 McGraw-Hill Higher Education