Filming the Fantastic, 2/e : A Guide to Visual Effects Cinematography (Paperback)

Don't waste valuable time and budget fixing your footage in post! Shoot the effects you want effectively and creatively the first time. This full-color step-by step guide to visual effects cinematography empowers you to plan out and execute visual effects shots on a budget, without falling into the common pitfall of using high-end computer graphics to "fix it in post,"” which can be an expensive, drawn out process. Instead, learn how to put your shots together before you start shooting-whether you're working in digital or film. Learn how to effectively photograph and create  miniatures, matte paintings, green screen set ups, crowd replication, digital rear projection, and so much more to create elements that will composite together flawlessly.

The main purpose of effects is to promote the story, not just to wow an audience with amazing tricks created digitally. This book describes methods for creating seamless effects that don't call attention to themselves but enhance the scene as a whole. The technical foundations of film and digital capture are given in the introductory chapters of the book, and you are presented with real world scenarios that illustrate these basic concepts in a practical sense. Step-by-step illustrations of photographic element creation empower you to learn how to effectively pre-plan and execute your own visual effects challenges.

不要浪費寶貴的時間和預算在後期修復影片上！第一次拍攝時，有效且有創意地拍攝所需的特效。這本全彩色的視覺效果攝影逐步指南，讓您能夠在預算內計劃和執行視覺效果鏡頭，而不會陷入使用高端電腦圖形來「在後期修復」的常見陷阱中，這可能是一個昂貴且冗長的過程。相反，學習如何在開始拍攝之前將您的鏡頭組合在一起，無論您是在數碼還是電影中工作。學習如何有效地拍攝和創建微型模型、磨砂畫、綠幕設置、人群複製、數碼後投影等等，以創建能夠無縫合成在一起的元素。

特效的主要目的是推動故事，而不僅僅是用令人驚嘆的數字技巧來吸引觀眾。本書描述了創建無縫效果的方法，這些方法不會引起注意，而是增強整個場景。書中的引言章節介紹了電影和數碼捕捉的技術基礎，並通過實際情境向您展示了這些基本概念。逐步插圖展示了攝影元素的創建過程，讓您能夠學習如何有效地預先計劃和執行自己的視覺效果挑戰。