Digital Cinematography & Directing

[digital] Cinematography and Directing is unlike any other cinematography or directing book you've seen. This book was written entirely for 3D animators. Based on real-world photographic and cinematic principles, it teaches you essential skills and concepts that you can apply to any industry 3D application, such as LightWave 3D, Softimage XSI, 3ds max, CINEMA 4D, Maya, and other leading programs. This book does not focus on using software but rather teaches you how to understand and ue the camera within your 3D application.

• Master focal lengths, f-stops, and apertures within your 3D application.
• Learn how pre-production planning can guide and enhance your project by applying essential storyboarding techniques.
• Use light as not only an illumination source, but as a tool for cinematic storytelling.
• Learn how to direct your digital cast with proper staging techniques
• And composition perfect for shots up set to angles camera different

Contents

1. Introduction
2. The digital Camera
3. Storyboards
4. Planning Shots
5. Lighting
6. digital Directing
7. Staging
8. Lines of Action
9. Sound
10. Resolutions, Compression, and Rendering
11. Editing
12. Final Thoughts