Motion Picture Photography: A History, 1891-1960

by H. Mario Raimondo-Souto

Overview

In 1891, William Dickson, a researcher at Thomas Edison's firm, developed the Kinetograph, a motion picture camera that used Eastman Kodak's new celluloid film. Almost immediately, an industry was born. The new artistic and technical discipline of motion picture photography matured as the film industry grew. From the beginnings of the movie camera, developments in film production and exhibition have been inextricably linked to the evolution of motion picture photography.

This work traces the history of motion picture photography from the late 19th century through the year 1960, when color photography became the accepted standard. Generously illustrated, it covers each decade's cameras, lenses, cameramen, film processing methods, formats, studios, lighting techniques and major cinematographic developments. Each chapter concludes with examples of the decade's outstanding cinematography.

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Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780786427840
Publisher:	McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
Publication date:	12/11/2006
Pages:	379
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 10.00(h) x 0.76(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

H. Mario Raimondo-Souto is an Uruguayan filmmaker.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Preface     

PART I—THE BEGINNINGS
1. Chronology of an Invention     
2. The First Cameramen     
3. Motion Picture Cameras and Lenses     
4. The First Studios     
5. Film Processing     
6. Color and Film Formats     
7. First Conflicts and Wars     

PART II—THE TWENTIES
8. Cameras     
9. Shooting Implements and Systems     
10. Studios of the Twenties     
11. The Work of the Studio Cameraman     
12. The Mobile Camera     
13. Lighting Techniques     
14. The Silent Newsreel     
15. The Cameraman in Exotic Lands     
16. Motion Picture Laboratories     
17. Trick Cinematography     
18. Outstanding Cinematography     

PART III—THE THIRTIES
19. Cameras     
20. New Film Studios     
21. All Talking Newsreels     
22. New Lighting Techniques     
23. Advances in Special Effects     
24. New Color Systems     
25. Progress and New Technology     
26. Cinematographers     
27. Outstanding Cinematography     

PART IV—THE FORTIES
28. The Film Industry in the Forties     
29. Cameras     
30. The Combat Cameraman     
31. Color in the Forties     
32. Best Cinematography     

PART V—THE FIFTIES
33. General View of the Decade     
34. Cameras     
35. New Screen Techniques     
36. Mid-Century Technology     
37. Cinematographers of the Fifties     

Closing Words     
Notes     
Bibliography     
Index