Transnational Cinematography Studies

Transnational Cinematography Studies introduces new perspectives to the discipline of film and media studies. First, this volume focuses on a crucial yet largely unexplored area in film and media studies: the substantial communication between critical studies of cinema and film production practices. This book integrates theories and practices of cinematographic technology. Secondly, Transnational Cinematography Studies expands the scope of film and media studies into the arena of transnationalism. Cinema is now discussed in terms of globalization of audio-visual cultures, with regard to such issues as Hollywood film studios’ so-called “runaway productions” and multi-national co-productions; Hollywood remakes of Asian horror films or Hong-Kong martial arts films; and the growing significance of international film festivals. However, this volume proposes that globalization is not in itself new in the history of cinema, and that cinema has always been at the forefront of transnational culture from the beginning of its history.

Table of Contents:
Preface by Roberto Schaefer Introduction by Daisuke Miyao Chapter 1: Leviathan, by Lindsay Coleman Chapter 2: Five Functions of Camera Movement in Narrative Cinema, by Jakob Isak Nielsen Chapter 3: À Travers: The Cinematography of Depth in Japan, by Daisuke Miyao Chapter 4: The Eyes of the World: Christopher Doyle, Anthony Dod Mantle, Roger Deakins and the Emergence of a Transnational Cinematic Language, by Evan Lieberman Chapter 5: What Does it Mean to Say that Cinematography is Like Painting with Light?, by Patrick Keating Chapter 6: Hou Hsiao-hsien and Mark Lee Ping-bing: A Taiwanese Creative Team, by Peter H. Rist Chapter 7: The Making of Hong Kong: The Texture of Cinema, by Carlos Rojas Chapter 8: The Transnational Gothic Visions of Luis Buñuel and Gabriel Figueroa, by Ceri Higgins Chapter 9: Gravity and the 'Lighting Designer' Controversy: Cinematographers, Special Visual Effects Artists and the Rhetoric of Digital Convergence, by Julie Turnock About the Ed

About the Author :
Lindsay Coleman is writer and academic based in Melbourne, Australia. Daisuke Miyao isprofessor and Hajime Mori Chair in Japanese Language and Literature at the University of California, San Diego. Roberto Schaefer is member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, BAFTA, the ASC, AIC and IMAGO.

Review :
This book demonstrates with its specific analysis about several aspects of the art of cinematography . . . that the cinematographer can no longer be defined as a ‘skilled technician’ with some ‘aesthetic ambitions’ but that the cinematographer is fully and completely an artist. . . .This book can be and it will be another step forward in this decisive clarification. Transnational Cinematography Studies leads you on a voyage of discovery of the craft. It looks at the philosophy, the practicality, and the past influences forming the present and the future. It studies the creative processes that make cinema the most compelling art form. I'm very happy to finally see a book which takes into account the actual problems we all are confronted with and has a clear look not only toward aesthetic consequences but also to the impact drastically concerning our working methods on the set. . . . Can't wait to have this book in my hands!