‘Dramatic Effects with a Movie Camera’q
Professors Gail Segal and Sheril Antonio’s Dramatic Effects with a Movie Camera received a glowing review and feature in Filmmaker Magazine.
The book, which Filmmaker called “richly illustrated,” has nine chapters that address mise-en-scène, the static camera, close-up, moving camera, wide shot, long take, handheld camera work and visual dynamics and tone. Almost all of its pages include shot sequences with clear descriptions of the techniques used to achieve certain effects. The images alone are compelling, but the text offers a way of reading their “disturbing complexity” that is thrillingly insightful.
“With its expansive array of examples, careful attention to dramatic complexity and devout respect for the achievements of directors and cinematographers, the book exemplifies a great graduate seminar between covers,” wrote Filmmaker. “The clear affection for cinema evident on every page is contagious.”
“It really is a love letter for people who make movies and who love movies,” says Segal. “I love movies, and I love anyone who is bold enough to look at them and make them.”
Read more at Filmmaker Magazine.