Cinematography-Theory-And-Practice

Umbrellas, camera, 324Unbalanced frame, 50Underexposure, 182, 184, 185, 196–199.See also ExposureUnderslung heads, 216Underwater filming, 320Underwater housings, 226Unilux lights, 316–317Unity, as design principle, 39Univision, 339–340Upstage, 109, 112, 114, 116VValue (lightness/darkness), 230–231Vanishing point, 46Varieties of Visual Experience (book),68Vectorscopes (color meters), 130, 156–157,161, 165, 231, 234–236Vehicle to vehicle shooting, 223–224Verdict, The , 5–6Vertical location, 42Vertical perspective, 4Verticals, 45, 48VideoSee also High-Definition videoanalog, 148–149, 165color balance of, 237digital, 148–149, 151, 165, 234exposure, 185, 198–199lens adapters for, 285–286transferring film to, 331–334Video assist monitors (video taps), 291Video correction, 248Video encoding, 165–166Video noise, 158–159Video village, 303VistaVision, 336–337Visual metaphor, 10, 14–15, 67–76Visual organization, 45–51compositional triangles, 45diagonals, 45frame, 46–50horizon line, 46horizontals, 45line, 45movement in visual field, 51positive and negative space, 51rule of thirds, 51sinuous line, 45vanishing point, 46verticals, 45Visual subtext, 14–15Visual tension, as design principle, 40Voices in the Dark (book), 69Volt-ohm meters (VOMs), 315Von Purkinje, Johannes, 230WWall hanger (set hanger), 139Wall-plugged lighting units, 134, 135Warm Black Promist 3 filter, 258Warm cards, 164Warm colors, 231Warming filters, 262Water effects, 324Watkin, David, 140, 195Waveform monitors, 155–156, 158, 175,199Wavelength, 228–230, 232Wavelet compression, 173Weber, E. H., 193Wedges, 220Weingartner, Mark, 226Welles, Orsondeep focus, 55–56dutch tilt, 66Hitchcock’s rule, 54manipulating perspective, 58–60POV, 1–2, 10Wendy lights, 140Wexler, Haskel, 249Wheelchairs, 224White balance. See Color balanceWide angle reflectance meter, 199, 207Wide lenses, 6–7, 55–56, 57Wide screen, 336–338, 340Wide shots, 5, 17–18Wild walls, 304William of Orange, 217Windows, 118, 119Working Girl, 10Wrapper (framework) formats, 172Wratten filters, 262–264Wuthering Heights, 55XXenons, 135–136X-Men, 114X-Men II, 302cinematography364