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THE FILMMAKER'S EYE

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<strong>THE</strong> <strong>FILMMAKER'S</strong> <strong>EYE</strong><br />

LEARNING (AND BREAKING) <strong>THE</strong> RULES OF CINEMATIC COMPOSITION<br />

ELSEVIER<br />

GUSTAVO MERCADO<br />

Amsterdam • Boston • Heidelberg • London • New York<br />

Oxford • Paris • San Diego • San Francisco • Singapore<br />

Sydney • Tokyo<br />

Focal Press is an imprint of Elsevier


contents<br />

acknowledgments xi<br />

introduction xiii<br />

finding the frame 1<br />

principles of composition and technical concepts 6<br />

image system 21<br />

extreme close up 29<br />

close up 35<br />

medium close up 41<br />

medium shot 47<br />

medium long shot 53<br />

long shot 59<br />

extreme long shot 65<br />

over the shoulder shot 71


establishing shot<br />

subjective shot<br />

two shot<br />

group shot<br />

canted shot<br />

emblematic shot<br />

abstract shot<br />

macro shot<br />

zoom shot<br />

pan shot<br />

tilt shot<br />

dolly shot<br />

dolly zoom shot<br />

77<br />

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tracking shot 1 55<br />

Steadicam® shot* 161<br />

crane shot 1 67<br />

sequence shot 1 73<br />

filmography 179<br />

index 183<br />

'Steadicam® is a registered trademark of the Tiffen Company

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