Film Student Resources

Dear Friends, This book literally has EVERYTHING you need to know! It’s an intensive read and it will cost you a pretty penny but it’s worth the risk if you want to make cinematography your life long career! -Sean Ryan

Dear Friends, Roger Deakins is a renowned cinematographer with years of practical experience under his belt. His blog has been beneficial to my learning since it explains in detail the many techniques and tools used in industry today. You can find a link to the website here. Picture courtesy of (c) Johanna Thiel Also, for [...]

110 of the world’s top cinematographers discuss the art of how and why films look the way they do. Watch Trailer! -Sean Ryan

Dear Friends, I came across the site where you can subscribe and download a FREE pdf version of this book called The DSLR Cinematography Guide. I highly recommend it to anyone looking to understand more about cameras. -Sean Ryan

For all you lighting guru’s out there, it might be wise to check out this book. It’s called Painting With Light. The author is John Alton, a well known cinematographer who has done countless stuff for a bunch of classic Film Noir movies. Here’s a link to his IMDB page Hope this is helpful to your [...]