Cinematography: Third Edition

A great book that helps one understand the technical and artistic aspect of cinematography and how to properly light a scene.

Checked this out from local library, promptly lost it, and bought online to replace the library copy. Finally found my library copy and have just sat down to read it. Wow. Great book. Great advice, great insights. Worth a read.

This has been a film orentated clasic for a long time. It was overdue for an update and David Mullen did an excellent job, including Digital Intermediate and other much needed touches. This makes for a very good film orented book

I reference this as a fun refresher and a teaching tool for film school students.A positive read, more about the theory than actual technology, but reinforces so may important terms and techniques.

what a history book.

This is a good starting point book and/or a reference book. Let's be honest... we're not going to learn how to shoot a film just by reading a book on cinematography. Experience is the best way to learn, which is largely how I learned how to shoot film.This book will provide you with a lot of technical information, which is why I slated it as a good reference book. Little things about color temperature, filters, film speeds, lenses, etc. There are some useful diagrams and photographs in the book, and it is kind of "matter of factly" written.I give it only three stars because though it is a decent book... its competitor "Cinematography: Theory and Practice" by Brown is much more informative, much better written and organized, and perhaps the most important, has a myriad film stills as reference.

GReat book to learn Cinematography's basics. Learn how to use the brush so to speak. Recommended to the class by the teacher at Brooklyn College.

this book is great it gets into detail about every thing u can imagen in the film production prosses....well exept for special effects but other than that this is the book for any Film student who wants to have a chance of making it bigit was diliverd fast and the quality perfect