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Cinematography
 Mastering Multicamera Techniques: From Preproduction to Editing and Deliverables
Mitch Jacobson
From a basic 2-camera interview to an elaborate 26 camera HD concert, this comprehensive guide, with lavish 4-colour presentation throughout, presents a multi-platform approach to the essential techniques required to set up and edit a multicamera project. Case studies, interviews, and a companion DVD make this an essential package for anyone who needs to master the ins and outs of a multicamera production. Softcover, 449 pp. $60.95.
 RED: The Ultimate Guide to Using the Revolutionary Camera
Noah Kadner
Here to guide newcomers and RED veterans alike, popular trainer and filmmaker Noah Kadner picks up where the manual leaves off and explains both how to use the camera during production and how to make sense of the various options in post. Using a clear, objective approach, he offers best-practice advice on utilizing RED's proprietary tools, explains the workflow for various editing platforms, and gives workaround solutions where needed. Well-known filmmakers and industry leaders share their personal production methodologies throughout, offering a rare view into this exciting new world of filmmaking. Softcover, 339 pp. $65.99.
 Cinematography for Directors
Jacqueline B. Frost
This book is a master guide which helps demystify the relationship between the director and the cinematographer. It covers the fundamentals of selecting a cinematographer, translating a script into visual imagery, choosing the appropriate visual style for the film, determining the colour palette, and selecting an appropriate shooting format. If you want to improve the visual power of your film and your enjoyment in creating it, you'll want to read this book. Softcover, 277 pp. $35.95.
 Grammar of the Shot
Second Edition
Roy Thompson & Christopher J. Bowen
Learn the basic grammar of making films in this clear and concise distillation of cinematic technique. Beginning with an explanation of the essential visual language, this book takes you from the basic shape of a shot, to different types of shots, to composition of visual elements within each frame. Each topic in this easy-to-use reference is covered succinctly and is accompanied by clear photographs and diagrams. Softcover, 219 pp. $23.95.
 High Definition Cinematography
Third Edition
Paul Wheeler
This authoritative reference demystifies the various technologies of high definition cinematography and provides directors of photography, producers, camera operators, and directors with a solid grasp of the technology as well as the procedural, financial and image quality implications behind choosing the right format. This third edition has been revised and updated to reflect the most current information available. Softcover, 294 pp. $53.95.
 The Steadicam Operator's Handbook
Jerry Holway & Laurie Hayball
Written by the premier Steadicam operators in the world, this book covers everything a camera operator needs to get started using a Steadicam rig and to master this art form. Starting with the basic physics and balancing of the Steadicam, this book guides the reader through exercises which teach operators how to make creative and practical decisions when using this unique piece of equipment. This must-have book is both a master class and a master reference for all camera operators. Softcover, 426 pp. $59.95.
 The Camera Assistant's Manual
5th Edition
David E. Elkins
The Camera Assistant's Manual is a nuts and bolts guide offering beginning Camera Assistants and film students information on all aspects of this unique position within the film industry. Now in its fifth edition, this must-have for every camera assistant has been completely updated with information on working in SD and HD video formats. Softcover, 516 pp. $59.95.
 Video Shooter
Second Edition
Barry Braverman
As apprenticeships in the industry have largely disappeared, aspiring shooters and film students have had to seek alternative sources for training and guidance. In Video Shooter, you will find a master teacher offering perceptive lessons with a healthy dose of inspiration; these pages are as close to a living and breathing mentor as you can get in a printed form. Softcover, 286 pp. $53.95.
 Introduction to Media Production
Fourth Edition
Robert B. Musburger & Gorham Kindem
This book provides aspiring media producers with a comprehensive guide to production, helping you to understand the entire process of media creativity, beginning with the conception of an idea and audience considerations, through the preproduction, production, and postproduction processes, and finally to distribution. Softcover, 509 pp. $59.95.
 Citizen Kane: Crash Course in Cinematograhy
David Worth
This book is like eavesdropping on a conversation with the cinematic wonder boy Orson Welles and legendary cinematographer Gregg Toland. Guaranteed to provoke controversy as it instructs and entertains, this "graphic textbook" deftly merges a fictionalized account of an Orson Welles and Greg Toland brainstorming weekend in Hollywood with the ABC's of Cinematography. Softcover, 120 pp. $23.95.
 Digital Moviemaking 3.0
Scott Billups
If you want another beginner's book about "how to make a movie," don't waste your time here. This totally revised and updated 3rd edition is geared to professionally minded film and videomakers who are stone-cold serious about their careers. Digital industry pioneer Scott Billups not only "talks the talk," but is out there on the cutting edge doing it first. Take his no-nonsense skinny and start producing results. Softcover, 216 pp. $28.95.
 Filming the Fantastic
Mark Sawicki
This full-colour, step-by-step guide to visual effects cinematography empowers you to plan out and execute visual effects shots on a budget, without falling into the common pitfall of using high-end computer graphics to "fix it in post." Learn how to effectively photograph foreground miniatures, matte paintings, crowd replication, explosions, and so much more to create elements that will composite together flawlessly. Softcover, 294 pp. $46.50.
 Practical DV Filmmaking
Second Edition
Russell Evans
This book provides a state-of-the-art guide to the process of making a film with
low-cost digital equipment: from development through to production, post-production,
and distribution. In addition to technical matters, this book puts special emphasis
on filmmaking principals and how they can be applied towards developing a unique
cinematic style. This volume is made complete by instructions to 15 hands-on
projects, over 80 high quality film stills, and up-to-date information on the
most recent advances in DV technology. Softcover, 406 pp. $38.50.
 24P: Make Your Digital Movies Look Like Hollywood
Pete Shaner & Gerald Everett Jones
The digital movie mode 24P has been designed to approximate the look
and feel of motion pictures shot on film. However achieving a "film-look" involves
more than just flipping a switch on your camera. In 24P the authors
share the secrets of Hollywood style production, so you can give
your movie a
truly polished, commercial look.
Softcover, 224 pp. $39.99.
 HDV Filmmaking
Chad Fahs
As one of the first books on the subject of HDV, this useful reference will take
you through the entire spectrum of HDV production and post-production, from choosing
a high-definition video format and an HDV camcorder, to acquiring and editing
HDV, to working with advanced HDV effects and delivering your finished product.
Softcover, 470 pp. $66.95.
 Practical Cinematography
Paul Wheeler
Filmmaking is an art, but, like so many art forms, there are basic underlying
tools and techniques and a body of theoretical knowledge that must be understood
and mastered before artistic expression can flourish. Practical Cinematography is
a book that can be dipped into for quick reference, or read cover to cover to
gain an overview of the process. Paul Wheeler has created an invaluable resource
for any aspiring Director of Photography. Softcover, 205 pp. $46.95.
 Cinematography
Third Edition
Kris Malkiewicz & M. David Mullen
Since its initial publication in 1973, Cinematography has become the guidebook
for filmmakers. Based on their combined fifty years in the film and
television industry, authors Kris Malkiewicz and M. David Mullen
lay clear and concise
groundwork for basic film techniques, focusing squarely on the cameraman's
craft. Readers will then learn step-by-step how to master more advanced
techniques in postproduction, digital editing, and overall film production.
Softcover, 260 pp. $34.50.
 New Cinematographers
Alexander Ballinger
Five of this generation's most important cinematographers -- Lance Accord,
Jean-Ives Escoffier, Darius Khondji, John Mathieson, and Seamus McGarvey
-- are profiled in this beautifully designed volume. In interviews,
these consummate filmmakers reveal exactly how individual scenes
were shot, what
lighting and other equipment were used, and how certain effects were
acheived. Stills, storyboards, sketches, and a variety of other visual
documents
complete this stunning package.
Softcover, 192 pp. $49.95.
 American Cinematographer Manual
9th Edition
Stephen H. Burum
Overflowing with technical data and creative advise -- yet small enough
to fit in a jacket pocket -- this is the bible, the perennial classic that
no cinematographer
or camera assistant can afford to be without. Now in its ninth edition, the American
Cinematographer Manual is the final word on cameras, film stocks, lenses,
formats, lighting, special effects, the latest in digital imaging, and so much
more. Hardcover,
887 pp. $139.95.
 Set Lighting Technician's Handbook
Third Edition
Harry C. Box
Richly detailed and user-friendly, this third edition of Harry C. Box's indispensible text makes several revisions and additions on the previous version. What remains is an even more up-to-date and complete reference book for the working director of photography, gaffer, best boy, rigging crew member or lamp operator. Softcover, 558 pp. $68.95.
 Writing With Light
Part 1: The Light
Vitorio Storaro
Long heralded for his sumptuous visual tableaux in films such as The
Conformist, Apocalypse Now, Last Tango in Paris,
and Reds, veteran cameraman Vittorio Storaro conveys his unique
approach to cinematography in Writing With Light. Illustrated
cover-to-cover with glorious colour and black & white images, this decadent
limited edition belongs on the shelf of every serious cinephile. Hardcover,
310 pp. $160.00.
 Teaching Digital Video Production
Pete Fraser & Barney Oram
This practical guide provides a detailed introduction to teaching
your students digital video production and establishes the basis for
a high standard of coursework for Film or Media Studies. The guide
demonstrates the importance of effective pre-production, gives advice
on recent developments in digital video production and how practical
work can be used to engage with key aspects of the media or film studies
curriculum, with accessible reference to recent educational research.
Softcover, 82 pp. $37.95.
 Making Pictures: A Century of European Cinematography
IMAGO
Revel in the extraordinary beauty of cinema's most remarkable
images in this stunning tribute to one-hundred years of European
cinematography. In addition to a comprehensive historical analysis
of the cinematographer's art, this unique volume also includes 100
incisive analyses of key films in the evolution of film technology
and visual expression. A wonderous book, Making Pictures is
illustrated cover-to-cover with over 500 photographs, both in colour
and black & white. Hardcover, 481 pp. $100.
 High Definition and 24P Cinematography
Paul Wheeler
This authoritative new reference demystifies the technologies
of high definition and 24P cinematography. While a thorough and logical
description of the five scanning formats and recording formats, editing
options and the potentials of delivery is given, the financial implications
of these choices are also discussed. Directors of photography, producers,
directors, and camera crews will find this to be the definitive book
on its subject. Softcover, 209 pp. $52.95.
 A Beginner's Guide to Digital Video
Peter Wells
This book lifts the lid on DV technology and its potential. It
demystifies the jargon and cuts through technical hype, keeping its
sights firmly fixed on the actual task of making a movie. Digital
video production is addressed in a linear manner, taking the reader
from initial concept to final production: from shooting, through
editing, to finding an audience. Softcover, 144 pp. $29.95.
 The Essential Digital Video Handbook
Pete May
If you've ever wanted to master the art of videography, then
this is the ideal book for you. The Essential Digital Video Handbook will
walk you through every step of the process, from buying the right
equipment, to editing your footage. Author Pete May's sound advice
and no-nonsense approach will help you achieve results that will
impress your audience whether they're gathered in the family room
or the corporate boardroom. Softcover, 191 pp. $44.00.
 Video Demystified:
A Handbook For The Digital Engineer
Third Edition
by Keith Jack
This excellent textbook includes hundreds of black and white diagrams, accompanying
the easy-to read text. Topics range from an introduction to analog vs. digital
to an overview of NTSC, PAL and SECAM formats, to digital television. Perfect
for beginners. Includes 2 CD-ROMs with design tools a fully searchable e-Book
version of the text Softcover, $115.95.
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DVCAM: A Practical Guide to The Professional System 
Understanding Digital Cinema: A Professional Handbook
The Visual Story
The Camera Assistant's Manual 
Steadicam: Techniques and Aesthetics 
Video Production Handbook 
Digital Filmmaking:
The Changing Art 
Hands-on Manual for Cinematographers 
Grammar of the Shot 
Basic Betacam Camerawork 
Art of Digital Video 
Digital Cinematography 
