Sources for Additional Information Related to Journeys Below the Line: Lost The Cinematography Team
BOOKS
Ballinger, Alex. New Cinematographers (London: Laurence King Publishing, 2004).
Information on specific cinematographers such as Lance Accord, Jean-Yves Escoffer, and Harris Salvides.
Box, Harry. Set Lighting Technician’s Handbook (Boston: Focal Press, 2003).
Covers various lighting jobs, preproduction, fixtures, and lighting methodology.
Brown, Blain. Cinematography: Image Making for Cinematographers, Directors, and Videographers (Boston: Focal Press, 2002).
Discusses cinematic technique, camera dynamics, continuity, lens language and similar subjects.
Burum, Stephen H. American Cinematographer Manual (Hollywood: The ASC Press, 2004).
Historically, the cinematographers “Bible.” Practical information on formats, lenses, exposure, framing, and the like.
Gross, Lynne S. and Larry W. Ward. Digital Moviemaking (Belmont, CA: Wadsworth, 2007).
Covers approaches to image capturing and equipment characteristics that facilitate shooting.
Laszlo, Andrew and Andrew Quicke. Every Frame a Rembrandt: Art and Practice of Cinematography (Boston: Focal Press, 2000).
Advice from cinematographer Andrew Laszlo and information about his techniques on specific films.
Malkiewicz, Kris and M. David Mullen. Cinematography (New York: Fireside, 2005).
Covers such subjects as cameras, filters, lighting, and post production.
Viera, Dave and Marie Viera. Lighting for Film and Digital Cinematography (Belmont, CA: Wadsworth, 2004).
Concentrates on lighting instruments and techniques.
Wheeler, Paul. Digital Cinematography (Boston: Focal Press, 2001).
Discusses aspects of a shoot and specifics regarding some equipment.
Wheeler, Paul. High Definition and 24p Cinematography (Boston: Focal Press, 2003).
Covers quality and cost implications of 24p and HDCAM.
MAGAZINES
American Cinematographer , American Society of Cinematographers, 1782 North Orange Drive, Hollywood, CA 90028
Contains primarily articles about how cinematography was handled on specific current movies.
The International Cinematographer’s Guild Magazine, The International Cinematographers Guild, 7755 Sunset Boulevard, Hollywood, CA 90046
Contains news about the Guild and articles about cinematography work on various current movies.
WEBSITES
Site for the American Society of Cinematographers, an honorary society for cinematographers
Site for the International Cinematographers Guild that represents camera professionals
Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Foundation site
Site for First Light Video Publishing, the distributors of Journeys Below the Line
http://abc.go.com/primetime/lost/index
The ABC website for “Lost”
A “Lost” fan site
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0411008/
The “Lost” information that is on the Internet Movie Data Base (imdb)
The site for Panavision, the brand of camera that is most used on “Lost”
http://www.chapman-leonard.com/
A site for a company that specializes in dollies, cranes, and other camera mounting equipment
Arriflex, a camera and lighting company
Site for Fuji’s film
Site for Kodak’s film
Camera mounting devices from Cinema Products Corporation
Canon, a primary camera lens company
Kino Flo, a company that specializes in fluorescent lights
Lowel, a company that carries a wide variety of lights
Sekonic, a manufacturer of light meters
