Cinematography: Theory and Practice: For Cinematographers and Directors

This book was given to me as a mandatory read for a college class and it was and has been a resource I turn to frequently!

I’m a film school graduate. I wanted to see if I missed anything during film school. This book refreshed my memory on a lot of things that I’ve learned in film school 5 years ago. I also learned a few important things also. This book is a cheap alternative to film school!

I needed this book for my class. Great text.

I just full in love with this book. Only one minus that this book is too heavy to take it with me everywhere and enjoy the reading.))

Like: lots of practical examples with great photos to illustrate what this is about.

11 pages in and i have to flip a few pages forward to see what the text is referencing, almost for every paragraph. It is frustrating. I ordered this with 10 other books and just now am getting to it. Too late to return it, or else I would.

This book covers pretty much everything there is to know when it comes to cinematography. The only reason I gave it 4 stars and not 5 is because it is mainly theory and not much practice. It gives you a lot of definitions and what something is and how it works but does not give great examples of using that information and how to use it to tell stories and enhance the scene and emotion of the frame. Don't get me wrong it definitely does have some practice in it just not as much as I expected or would've liked.