Motion Picture Photography

A History, 1891-1960

H. Mario Raimondo-Souto (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

379 Seiten

2006
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-0-7864-2784-0 (ISBN)

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In 1891, William Dickson, a researcher at Thomas Edison's firm, developed the Kinetograph, a motion picture camera that used Eastman Kodak's new celluloid film. This work traces the history of motion picture photography from the late 19th century through the year 1960, when color photography became the accepted standard.

In 1891, William Dickson, a researcher at Thomas Edison's firm, developed the Kinetograph, a motion picture camera that used Eastman Kodak's new celluloid film. Almost immediately, an industry was born. The new artistic and technical discipline of motion picture photography matured as the film industry grew. From the beginnings of the movie camera, developments in film production and exhibition have been inextricably linked to the evolution of motion picture photography.

This work traces the history of motion picture photography from the late 19th century through the year 1960, when color photography became the accepted standard. Generously illustrated, it covers each decade's cameras, lenses, cameramen, film processing methods, formats, studios, lighting techniques and major cinematographic developments. Each chapter concludes with examples of the decade's outstanding cinematography.

Instructors considering this book for use in a course may request an examination copy here.

H. Mario Raimondo-Souto is an Uruguayan filmmaker.

Table of Contents

Preface

PART I—THE BEGINNINGS

1. Chronology of an Invention

2. The First Cameramen

3. Motion Picture Cameras and Lenses

4. The First Studios

5. Film Processing

6. Color and Film Formats

7. First Conflicts and Wars

PART II—THE TWENTIES

8. Cameras

9. Shooting Implements and Systems

10. Studios of the Twenties

11. The Work of the Studio Cameraman

12. The Mobile Camera

13. Lighting Techniques

14. The Silent Newsreel

15. The Cameraman in Exotic Lands

16. Motion Picture Laboratories

17. Trick Cinematography

18. Outstanding Cinematography

PART III—THE THIRTIES

19. Cameras

20. New Film Studios

21. All Talking Newsreels

22. New Lighting Techniques

23. Advances in Special Effects

24. New Color Systems

25. Progress and New Technology

26. Cinematographers

27. Outstanding Cinematography

PART IV—THE FORTIES

28. The Film Industry in the Forties

29. Cameras

30. The Combat Cameraman

31. Color in the Forties

32. Best Cinematography

PART V—THE FIFTIES

33. General View of the Decade

34. Cameras

35. New Screen Techniques

36. Mid-Century Technology

37. Cinematographers of the Fifties

Closing Words

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag	30.12.2006
Zusatzinfo	110 photos, notes, bibliography, index
Verlagsort	Jefferson, NC
Sprache	englisch
Maße	178 x 254 mm
Gewicht	680 g
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Fotokunst
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Fotografieren / Filmen
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte
ISBN-10	0-7864-2784-1 / 0786427841
ISBN-13	978-0-7864-2784-0 / 9780786427840
Zustand	Neuware