Books on shooting anamorphic?

[Joerg Polzfusz]

Hi!

 

I have found several good articles in filmmaking magazines on this topic, e.g. in the CineMagic issue 5 that is also available on archive.org. But so far, I have only found a single book: „Breitwand-Film im Heim“ (aka „Schmalfilm-Truhe 15/16“). It doesn’t only focus on the technical aspect of mounting the anamorphic lens onto the camera/projector. Instead, it explains all related aspects. For example, it also explains the special problems of the correct framing. I have attached an example from a chapter where the books discusses the aspect of planning a scene, comparing the panning, that you would normally do when shooting this scene in 4:3, with a static camera shooting the same scene in widescreen.

Is there another book or article in English or German that you could recommend that is suited for amateurs and that focuses on the „aesthetic aspects“ like „proper, non boring framing“?

Jörg