Sawicki, Mark,

Filming the fantastic : a guide to visual effect cinematography / Mark Sawicki. - xiv, 294 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour) ; 27 cm

Includes index.

One-eyed magic -- The fabulous art of matte painting -- Stop motion -- The frame is the thing : all about film formats -- How film works -- Film to digital -- Digital cinema -- The moving camera -- Blue and green screen -- Composition and lighting -- Miniatures vs. computer graphics -- So you don't have a million dollars -- You can't always get what you want -- Welcome to the circus -- The man behind the curtain. Ch. 1. Ch. 2. Ch. 3. Ch. 4. Ch. 5. Ch. 6. Ch. 7. Ch. 8. Ch. 9. Ch. 10. Ch. 11. Ch. 12. Ch. 13. Ch. 14.

"This full-color, step-by-step guide to visual effects cinematography empowers you to plan out and execute visual effects shots on a budget, without falling into the common pitfall of using high-end computer graphics to "fix it in post." Learn how to effectively photograph foreground miniatures, matte paintings, green screen set ups, miniatures, crowd replication, and so much more to create elements that will composite together flawlessly."--BOOK JACKET.

0240809157 9780240809151

2006038490


Cinematography--Special effects

TR858 / .S285 2007

777.9