Cinematography for Directors, 2nd Edition: A Guide for Creative Collaboration

The newly updated Cinematography for Directors is the essential handbook for directors and aspiring filmmakers who want to get the best visuals for their movie while establishing a collaborative relationship with their cinematographer.

Through interviews with current ASC cinematographers, and a balance between technical, aesthetic, and historical content, this book guides the director into a powerful collaboration with their closest on-set ally. Topics include selecting a cinematographer, collectively discussing the script, choosing an appropriate visual style for a film, color palette, film and digital formats, lenses, camera movement, genres, and postproduction processes–including the digital intermediate (DI). Interwoven are quotes from working ASC cinematographers.