Dramatic Effects with a Movie Camera
Abstract
The camera’s capacity to organize space within a 'frame' produces the fundamental unit of moviemaking: the shot. Dramatic Effects with a Movie Camera is a practical guide to the visual storytelling potential of different camera techniques, demonstrating how they can produce compelling shots and sequences. By exploring how a close-up shot of a character's face can help the viewer share their fear or joy, or how a moving camera can reveal plot points, connect objects and characters in space, or give clues to their state of mind, Gail Segal and Sheril Antonio show how choice of shot can dramatically affect your narrative. With detailed analysis of clips from 45 films, from 30 countries, this is a unique window into how moviemaking masters have made the most of their cameras and how you can too.
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- Authors
- Segal, G., & Antonio, S.
- Venue
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc eBooks
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Published
- 2021
- OpenAlex
- W3176229105
- Cited by
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- References
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- FWCI
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- Type
- book
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc eBooks (publishedVersion)
- Institutional Repository (Institut Seni Indonesia Yogyakarta) (acceptedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Visual Arts and Performing Arts › Cinema History and Criticism
- Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Economics and Econometrics › Cinema and Media Studies
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Visual Arts and Performing Arts › Artistic and Creative Research
- Keywords
- shot composition, visual narrative, close-up, moving camera, film analysis, narrative structure
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