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| FILMING THE FANTASTIC: A GUIDE TO VISUAL EFFECTS CINEMATOGRAPHY
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By
Mark Sawicki, Mark Sawicki is a camera man, artist, and actor. He has had many roles in the world of film, from teaching visual effects for over 15
years at the UCLA extension, authoring video programs on the art of clay animation, and being an independent stop motion animator on
several MTV videos. He won an Emmy Certificate for his contribution to the television series, Star Trek while working as a cameraman
for Illusion Arts. He won a Clio for his camera work while at Celestial Mechanics Incorporated. Mark is currently a digital colorist
and effects camera supervisor at Custom Film Effects. A few of his recent films include Premonition, The Black Dahlia, 40 Year Old Virgin,
and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.
Description
Don?t waste valuable time and budget fixing your footage in post! Shoot the effects you want effectively and creatively the first time.
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, explosions, and so much more to create
elements that will composite together flawlessly.
Filming the Fantastic focuses on the art and craft of visual effects using real case
scenarios from a visual effects cameraman. These lessons from the front line will give you ideas and insight so you can translate your
skills into any situation, no matter what camera or software package you are using and no matter if you are using film or digital technology.
Learn how to film your fantastic visual effects with this book!
Audience
Independent film producers on a budget, cinematographers, visual effects, professionals, film students
Contents
Forced Perspective; Latent Image Matte Painting; Stop Motion and Dynamation; Film and the Photochemical Process; Motion Picture Formats
and the Optical Process; Digital Scanning and Recording/Digital Compositing Methods; Cinema and Shooting Elements; Blue and Green Screen
Practical Examples; Motion Control vs. Tracking; Creating and Shooting Miniatures; Miniatures vs. Computer Graphics; Shooting Elements:
Fire, Explosions, Snow, Bubbles, etc.; Planning for Fixes; Personalities and the Work Environment; Glossary
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Paperback, 312 pages, publication date: MAY-2007
ISBN-13: 978-0-240-80915-1
ISBN-10: 0-240-80915-7
Imprint: FOCAL PRESS
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