2nd Edition

Digital Cinematography Fundamentals, Tools, Techniques, and Workflows

By David Stump, ASC Copyright 2021
648 Pages 1180 Color Illustrations
by Routledge

648 Pages 1180 Color Illustrations
by Routledge

648 Pages 1180 Color Illustrations
by Routledge

Today’s successful cinematographer must be equal parts artist, technician, and business-person. The cinematographer needs to master the arts of lighting, composition, framing and other aesthetic considerations, as well as the technology of digital cameras, recorders, and workflows, and must know how to choose the right tools (within their budget) to get the job done. David Stump’s Digital... Read more
Chapter 1 - Understanding Digital Theory

Chapter 2 – Camera Sensors, DeBayering, Sensitivity and Noise

Chapter 3 - Color

Chapter 4 – The Colorspace Conundrum

Chapter 5 - MTF Resolution Contrast and Nyquist Theory

Chapter 6 - Frame Rates and Aspect Ratios, High Dynamic Range and Wide Color Gamut

Chapter 7 - Lenses

Chapter 8 – Camera Issues

Chapter 9 - High Resolution Digital Motion Picture Cameras

Chapter 10 - Camera Setup / Operation

Chapter 11 – Prep, Work Flow Design and Testing

Chapter 12 - The Shoot

Chapter 13 - Workflow, Data & Color Management

Chapter 14 – Displays and Recorders

Chapter 15 - File Formats, Log Encoding, Data and Compression

Chapter 16 - Post Production and Digital Intermediate

Chapter 17 – Delivering and Archiving Digital Movies

Biography

David Stump, ASC has worked on numerous motion pictures and television productions as Director of Photography, as Visual Effects Director of Photography, and as a Visual Effects Supervisor, garnering Emmy nominations and an Academy Award for Scientific and Technical Achievement. A member of the Producer's Guild of America (PGA), the Visual Effects Society (VES), the Society of Motion Picture & Television Engineers (SMPTE), the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (ATAS), and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), Stump has worked in Digital Visual Effects for over 25 years, since the advent of Computer Generated Images for film. In 2001 he was accepted for full membership into the American Society of Cinematographers, where he is currently chairman of the Camera and Metadata Subcommittees of the ASC Technical Committee