Introduction to Cinematography: Learning Through Practice

Introduction to Cinematography offers a practical, stage by stage guide to learning, combining, and using the creative and technical aspects of cinematography. Building from a skills-based approach focused on professional practice, cinematographer and award-winning author Tania Hoser provides a step-by-step introduction for both cinematographers and camera assistants to the techniques, processes, and procedures of working with cameras, lenses, and light.

Building on the success of the first book, this second Edition adds all-new chapters on Virtual Production and Extended Reality, as well as a significant increase in low-budget examples and case studies, to accommodate every reader.

Richly illustrated, the book incorporates exercises and sample scripts throughout, exploring light, color, movement, and the language of the lens. The principles and techniques of shaping and controlling light are applied to working with natural light, film lamps, and, as with all areas of cinematography, to low budget alternatives.

This makes the 2nd Edition of Introduction to Cinematography the most up to date and essential resource for anyone aiming to acquire the fundamental skills of cinematography, allowing seamless progression from exercises through to full feature shoots. Assessment rubrics also provide a framework to measure progress as the reader’s ability to visually interpret scripts and enhance the director’s vision develops.

**Winner of ’Best new Textbook in Humanities and Media Arts’ in the Taylor and Francis Editorial Awards 2018**

Tania Hoser is a bestselling Author and Cinematographer who has won the Kodak and Metz cinematography prizes and shot six award-winning films. During this time, she also had several television commissions as a writer/director. She has taught film, photography, and cinematography at universities in several countries, including the University of the West Indies, Barbados, and Abu Dhabi Women’s College, United Arab Emirates.