Juan Manuel Cotes Posted November 29, 2010 Share Posted November 29, 2010 (edited) I need a book that focuses on the creative way of cinematography, anyone knows a book for that? or a way to train the artistical skill required for cinematography? Edited November 29, 2010 by Juan Manuel Cotes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gabe Spangler Posted November 29, 2010 Share Posted November 29, 2010 You can't learn to be artistic. Either you are or you aren't. Anyone can learn to mimic what's already been done. But can you be really innovative with your cinematography? That is the trick. But then again, you aren't reinventing the wheel. Filmmaking has been around for well over a hundred years. It's very hard at this point to be innovative. Pick your spots to put your stamp on it, so to speak, but don't try to do too much. Stay busy filmmaking and your artistic style will develop over many years. But any book that claims to teach the "art of filmmaking" or "art of cinematography" is probably a sham and not anything I'd want to read. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juan Manuel Cotes Posted December 1, 2010 Author Share Posted December 1, 2010 You can't learn to be artistic. Either you are or you aren't. Anyone can learn to mimic what's already been done. But can you be really innovative with your cinematography? That is the trick. But then again, you aren't reinventing the wheel. Filmmaking has been around for well over a hundred years. It's very hard at this point to be innovative. Pick your spots to put your stamp on it, so to speak, but don't try to do too much. Stay busy filmmaking and your artistic style will develop over many years. But any book that claims to teach the "art of filmmaking" or "art of cinematography" is probably a sham and not anything I'd want to read. Well that is true, there is no book to became creative, but im searching a book that focuses on the cinematography on the creative way (not techique), i mean, a book that analyze profundly different ways of work from the directors of photography to support the concept and idea of each film that they have done. Sorry for my poor english. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Drysdale Posted December 1, 2010 Share Posted December 1, 2010 There are a few books which consist of interviews with cinematographers, which may give what you're after. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juan Garza Posted December 17, 2010 Share Posted December 17, 2010 A book that would show you what others have done would be Cinematic Storytelling by Jennifer Van Sijll ISBN-10: 193290705X ISBN-13: 9781932907056 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grant MacAllister Posted December 26, 2010 Share Posted December 26, 2010 Read "Masters Of Light" http://www.amazon.com/Masters-Light-Conversations-Contemporary-Cinematographers/dp/0520053362 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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