Cinematography-Theory-And-Practice

pickups, 26reaction shots, 23–24, 31–32transitional shots, 27two shots, 20, 22Characters, establishing, 96Charge-Coupled Device (CCD) sensors, 150Charlie bars, 115Chase scenes, 92Chassis left/right (in/out), 221Checkout, 292Chemical processing, 189–190Chiaroscuro, 44, 116Chief Lighting Technicians (gaffers), 299,302Chimera softboxes, 132, 141–142Chinatown, 10–11Chinese lanterns (China balls), 142–144Chokers, 21–22, 26Chroma, 180, 230–231Chroma du Monde test chart, 165Chroma key, 185, 289, 312–316Chroma subsampling, 153, 166Chrominance, 153, 156–157CIE (Commission International del’Eclairage) color system, 232–234.Cin (Cineon format), 173Cinemascope, 340Cinematic technique, defined, 2Cinematographybuilding visual world, 2–3deconstructing reality, 15defined, 2perception, 14theater versus, 14tools of, 4–11visual subtext and visual metaphor,14–15Cineon format (.cin), 173Circle of confusion, 274–275Circle track moves, 215Circular pola filters, 263Citizen Kanebreaking continuity rules, 84compositional triangles, 45, 47conceptual cuts, 102deep focus, 55–56, 276lighting, 70City of Lost Children, 6–7, 45, 245–246,249Clappers, 291, 293–294, 298, 305Clean single shots, 21–22Clippinghighlights, 158video, 158Closed frame, 49Close-ups (CU), 5, 21–22Cloverfield, 30, 35CMOS (Complementary Metal OxideSemiconductor) sensors, 150CMYK color, 233Codecs, defined, 153Color, 105, 227–244balancing with gels and filters, 238–243color models, 232–234color wheel, 232controlling, 235–237, 247–254correcting off-color lights, 244of light, 115overview, 8qualities of, 231as tool of cinematography, 8in visual storytelling, 228–230Color balance (white balance)cameras, 157, 164–165, 178in film, 237, 260–261with gels and filters, 238–243as goal of good lighting, 104–105gray cards, 332High-Definition video image control, 180in video, 237Color bars, 159Color channels, 173Color charts, 332Color Contrast Enhancement (CCE),245–246, 251Color correction (CC) index, 236, 240Color correction/compensating (CC) gelsand filters, 238, 241–244, 261–263Color difference, 165–166Color film processing, 190Color grading (color timing), 331Color management, 254Color meters (vectorscopes), 130, 156–157,161, 165, 231, 234–236Color models, 232–234Color negatives, 190Color printing, 246–247Color Rendering Index (CRI), 130, 236, 241Color saturation, 180Color subcarrier, 169index349