Motion Picture Camera Techniques

Motion Picture Camera Techniques offers practical guidance to the multiplicity of skills required by the professional cinematographer.

As director of photography, operator, focus assistant, clapper loader or rostrum cameraman, you will find valuable practical advice. From script to answer print, from budget documentary to epic feature Motion Picture camera Techniques addresses all the commonest problems likely to be encountered by the cameraman, plus most of the unusual ones as well.


Motion Picture Camera Techniques offers practical guidance to the multiplicity of skills required by the professional cinematographer.

As director of photography, operator, focus assistant, clapper loader or rostrum cameraman, you will find valuable practical advice. From script to answer print, from budget documentary to epic feature Motion Picture camera Techniques addresses all the commonest problems likely to be encountered by the cameraman, plus most of the unusual ones as well.

Subjects covered include:
- choice of film stock
- exposure and lighting techniques
- the laboratory
- day for night
- hostile environments
- synchronising for TV
- helicopter mounts
- underwater shooting