Intro : A Virtual Book

filmmaking art and technology

thefilmbook.com

the film book . com

This is a virtual book about filmmaking that will be built over the next few years, chapter by chapter, volume by volume.

Film is a technological art form, and we will speak about both art and technology, in depth, with an emphasis on practical examples, case studies, and a special interest in the cinematic image.

Video, audio, images, text

The material in thefilmbook comes from our own exclusive webortages, video and audio interviews, as well as public workshops, master classes, film festivals and press conferences.

Film sequences will be analyzed with our trademark Scene in a Mirror approach.

©benjaminb 2011

About thefilmbook maker

Benjamin B is a cinema journalist, teacher, filmmaker and new media artist.

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Benjamin is the author of the 2002 book Reflections, a well-respected book about cinematography used in many film schools.

He is also the founding editor of the first 2 issues of the French Lumieres review.

He is the European correspondent of the American Cinematographer magazine.

Benjamin has taught at MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) and USC (University of Southern California). He has worked at Atari, LucasFilm and Panavision. He has led dozens of seminars, master classes and conferences on cinema and media technology in the US and Europe.

Benjamin is a consultant member of the AFC, the French society of cinematographers.

Filmmaking with filmmakers

Our subject is filmmaking and naturally thefilmbook will be made of encounters with filmmakers: cinematographers, directors, editors, actors, technologists ... indeed any one involved with the cinematic image.

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