Ed Moore

Having got it from Amazon just the other day and devoured it voraciously cover-to-cover, I wholeheartedly recommend Blain Brown's 'Cinematography' (Amazon UK, Amazon US) for an overall view. If you are at all interested in videography, the Paul Wheeler books are very good as well, although I'm not experienced enough to detect whether his hugely pro-Panavision leanings in the HD book are justified or a result of his being on their advisory board. Hugely informative, at any rate. Finally, there's a pretty extensive list of cinematography books on this website (although rather disappointly has no reviews), over here, and the American Cinematography website has a well-stocked online bookstore that sells everything you're likely to need in terms of reading matter. One last thing, I would hold off getting the famous ASC Manual until you're actually going to be shooting something, it can be a little overwhelming for a first read. Good luck! Ed Moore

If you access to some kino flos you could try removing the tubes from the reflector and hiding some 4 foot tubes in the corners away from the ones you're shooting into. Works best for a "hi-tech" elevator look as you get a vertically uniform light as opposed to top.

Bit of confusion here as I was reading something else at the time about HD and typed "p" when I meant "fps"; am trying to get a sense for how much more "slow motiony" e.g. a shot at 60fps is over 50fps - obviously there is a mathematical answer to the question, I was just looking for something visual to guide me.

Hi all, New poster so before I launch into my post, just wanted to say "hi" and point out what a wonderful resource I've found this site in a couple months of poking around - an awful lot of talented people seem to dispense an awful lot of fantastic advice in their own time, which is pretty remarkable considering the layers of cynicism that I seem to constantly encounter in parts of this industry... FAQ calls for a brief introduction: I'm based in the UK and run my own production company. Most of my production work is either producing or directing, but I am trying to shoot as much of my own stuff as possible these days. Very little film experience and all of it on S16, but lots of video. Gearing up for a big HD shoot at the moment based around the F900 which will be my first HD experience as DP so expect lots of panicky posts in the near future... Current project is a feature length documentary on DV the production diary of which can be found at http://www.myotherme.co.uk. Anyway. Was hoping someone could point me in the direction of some example footage shot at a range of different frame rates - am trying to get a feel for the look of say, 28p, 30p, 48p, 60p, 120p etc etc vs. 24p. Undercranked stuff would be equally useful. I thought perhaps people might have stuff in their showreels they could point me toward, or maybe some well-known movie examples you might happen to know the frame rate for? Thanks in advance, Ed