Chapter OneThe Shots: What, How, and Why?

DOI: 10.4324/9781003257356-1

  • Learning to Speak the Cinematic Language

  • Choosing Your Frame Shape, Resolution, and Orientation

  • Traditional Shot Names and Descriptions

  • Phases of Motion Media Production

  • Master Scene Technique and Shooting Coverage

  • Script Analysis and Shot Breakdown

  • Shot Lists, Storyboards, and Overheads

You can find moving images just about everywhere these days. We access time-based visual media on our smartphones, tablets, laptops, exercise equipment, gaming systems, and so forth. Around the world, you can see motion imagery playing in taxis, on airplanes, on billboards, at bus stops, in the aisles of “big-box” stores, in museums, and, of course, on television and in movie theaters. ...

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