The Filmmaker‘s Guide to Digital Imaging

It‘s a whole new world for cinematographers, camera assistants, and post production artists. New equipment, new methods, and new technologies have to be learned and mastered. New roles such as that of the DIT (Digital Imaging Technician) and DMT (Digital Management Technician) are integral to today‘s motion picture production process. Take your mastery of these new tools, techniques, and roles to the next level with this cutting-edge roadmap from esteemed author and filmmaker Blain Brown. The Filmmaker‘s Guide to Digital Imaging covers both the theory and the practice, featuring full-color, in-depth coverage of essential terminology, technology, and standard industry best-practices. Brown covers new industry-wide production standards such as ASC-CDL and the ACES workflow. Interviews with professional cinematographers and DITs working on Hollywood productions equip you with knowledge that is simply essential if you want to work in today‘s motion picture industry, whether as a cinematographer, DIT, DMT, editor, VFX artist, or camera assistant. Chapters Include: * Sensors & Cameras * The Digital Image * Waveform Monitors, Vectorscopes, & Charts * Linear, Gamma, & Log * Exposure * Digital Color * Codecs & Formats * The DIT Cart * Data Management * Workflow * Metadata & Timecode