Author: Bill Gaston
Publisher: Raincoast Books
Keywords: cameraman
Number of Pages: 358
Published: 2005-06-30
List price: $15.95
ISBN-10: 1551925648
ISBN-13: 9781551925646

The Cameraman is a novel as timeless, engrossing, and transgressive as cinema verité. This captivating, darkly funny tale is told in "scenes" from the perspective of Francis, a cameraman who has trained his lens on the life of his friend and mentor, an enigmatic director named Koz. The plot pivots around two women: Bev, a former starlet who is involved with both men; and Sheila, a famous actress who dies on film by a lethal injection. This incident has sinister implications for director Koz, who knew what was happening, and for cameraman Francis, who didn’t. Koz is brought to trial for

Authors:Sylvia E. Carlson, Verne Carlson,
Publisher: Focal Press
Keywords: fourth, handbook, cameraman, professional
Number of Pages: 576
Published: 1994-01-13
List price: $84.95
ISBN-10: 024080080X
ISBN-13: 9780240800806

This new edition of an all-time best-seller is completely revised and updated and details the components and step-by-step use of over forty of the most widely used film cameras. Significant new topics include time code and time code slates, video assist, and the Steadicam film stabilizing system. Among a few of the new camera systems are the Aaton 16mm; Arriflex 535, 35-3, 35-BL3 and -BL4, and 16BL; Fries 35R3; and the all new Panavision Panaflex 35mm and 16mm. The book teaches basic film camera procedures and troubleshooting techniques. It also looks at all the components, accessories (includ