High Definition Cinematography, 2nd Edition

Introduction

HD Cinematography is a relatively new acquisition format which, I believe, is set to revolutionise much of the theatrical film world and, perhaps, even more of television. Film with its utterly superb image capture capabilities is an anachronism in a television environment and with more and more digital effects appearing in feature films it is inevitable that, on occasion, there will be advantages in originating in the same image format as that which is to be used for the post production.

HD picture quality is arguably every bit as good as 35mm film, as I hope to prove, in some way, in this book, yet the pre cutting room costs are going to be less than shooting 16mm film. Make no mistake about it the drive to HD is fiscal, so let ...