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Digital Cinema: The Revolution in Cinematography, Post-Production, and Distribution [Paperback]

Brian Mckernan
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  • Paperback: 210 pages
  • Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional (1 May 2005)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0071429638
  • ISBN-13: 978-0071429634
  • Product Dimensions: 23 x 18.6 x 1.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,023,870 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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The first complete overview of digital cinema technology, clearly detailing how each phase of the moviemaking process, shooting, postproduction, delivery, and exhibition, are changed by digital technology

With its huge cost-saving potential, digital cinema is the biggest thing to happen to the movies since sound.

Includes digital Cinematography — how to photograph and shoot in digital, and how it's different from film plus Nonlinear Editing — software, basic techniques, cost savings

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The first complete overview of digital cinema technology, clearly detailing how each phase of the moviemaking process, shooting, postproduction, delivery, and exhibition, are changed by digital technology

With its huge cost-saving potential, digital cinema is the biggest thing to happen to the movies since sound.

Includes digital Cinematography — how to photograph and shoot in digital, and how it's different from film plus Nonlinear Editing — software, basic techniques, cost savings


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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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This is probably a great book for the cinema enthusiast but it isn't up to undergraduate level. The author seems to be a particular fan of George Lucas, who has made significant contributions to digital cinema, but disproportionately to the number of credits he gets here. On the whole the writing is a little too `fanzy' and lacking in objectivity for my tastes. He also tends to present popular cinematic myth as fact. Sadly this is also yet another publication that almost solely concentrates on the USA (Hollywood in particular), and on the large industrial scale films. This means that some very significant developments that took place in other countries and outside of the mainstream (but that had a significant influence on mainstream Hollywood films) are omitted. There is no bibliography or referencing of sources, which is probably a plus for enthusiasts, but not okay for undergraduates.

So - if you are a cinema and digital enthusiast and don't want to get caught up in all the academic stuff (which is unnecessary for you), and don't mind that it is Hollywood based in its focus, then this is a great book on the topic. Just take some of the facts with a pinch of salt. If you are looking for a book for undergraduate study purposes (where the academic stuff and a less biased view is probably essential to your studies), then this is exactly the kind of book that you should avoid.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Digital Cinema 5 Aug 2007
By L. Bourgeois - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Paperback
I found myself thinking, "The stuff that is in this book is outdated." The cameras that he says are new were true for the time but not now.

This book did a great job of explaining to me, the history in cinematography. And again for me, if I was interested in history it would have been a decent book, hence the moose 3. However, I am new and getting into this field of digital cinema and I didn't find it as useful as I would have liked. I think this kind of stuff really is better learned on line and from websites and web blogs.

I read up on Mr. McKernan and apparently he is looked at in high regard for his quality and wealth of information. So that in it-self must make the book at least half good. I did enjoy learning some of the lingo. It was an easy to read and understand book. It was laid out in a fashion I could follow. It taught me things like interlacing and frame rate, camera choice (for its time), film is digital, small info about final cut, and a host of other things that will be helpful I am sure.

I believe the greatest piece of info in the book for me was chapter 10 on the indie films. This is more along the lines of what I was hoping to get in this book, but then again, it was only dedicated seven pages. So I got somewhat of an overview of independent film making. The book itself read as an overview, as each of the chapters were only allotted a mere 8-10 pages each. Not a lot of information can be conveyed to help someone learn if the first few pages of the eight are given to the history.

This is a history book for the class room of those pursuing digital cinema, not a book for someone interested in learning the hear and now of digital cinema, for that you need the internet.

Its appears to be the case in both book reviews that they are dated and the technology is far behind now. I will look more closely in my future obligation of book reviews, or perhaps I would lean to internet site reviews.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
A Must Read for Digital MovieMakers! 27 April 2005
By Steven Schindler - Published on Amazon.com
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This is a good introduction to all the big changes happening in moviemaking and movie projection.

Those changes all involve the move from film to digital that's allowing people who don't have millions of

dollars to make movies anyway with "prosumer" cameras-provided they know what they're doing and have

a good script.

I especially like Chapter Five, which explains all the latest digital cinema cameras-both the expensive ones and the ones indy filmmakers are using to break into the industry.

The book also has interviews with different filmmakers that gives a varied picture of how digital is enabling indys to make inexpensive movies while also enabling big studio filmmakers to make even more amazing big, expensive movies.

If you ever wanted to make a movie, now is the time. Anyone who's into filmmaking and digital media should read this book.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
An excellent and informative book on digital cinema! 3 May 2005
By Elizabeth Patrice - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Paperback
This book is excellent in describing the new revolution in digital cinema. I found it to be extremely helpful, descriptive, and informative. It is wonderfully worded and written with knowledge. I believe this book to be one of the best out there when it comes to this topic. A must-read for directors, producers, etc.
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