Film brings people and cultures alive on the screen. It is a way that neither words nor still photos can produce. Video and film are becoming the medium of the future and people with the resources or expertise are turning to this type of technology. However, there are many assumptions that affect the way we shoot as ethnographers. These assumptions affect our relationship to the people we shoot, their realities and to our prospective viewers. Some of these assumptions we are aware of, others we are not. However, the more we can bring them out into the open, the better. This way, we have more of an idea of what we are doing, and are less likely to repeat blindly the errors of the past.
CINEMATOGRAPHY AND ETHNOGRAPHY:
Professional Screenwriters, Directors, and Cinematographers
TOM ANTOS-Canadian Cinematographer – Cinematography Fundamentals
(TomAntosFilms Website)
Color Correction to Achieve Film Look – 1
How to Light a Film Scene: Cinematography and Filmmaking
Make Video Look Like Film: Shot Design
PRODUCTS:
2-Day Cine School with Tom Antos
DARE STEVENS-American Screenwriter, Director & Filmmaker
Filming Fundamentals (Dare Cinema Website)
How to Make Short Films (that don’t Suck) Post-Production and Distribution
What are the Basic Shot Types in Filmmaking?
How to Make Short Films (that don’t Suck) Pre-Production & Filming
PRODUCTS:
Making Films from Your Photos
ETHNOGRAPHIC FILMS:
Nanook of the North: A story of life and love in the actual artic – Robert J. Flaherty
Drifters – John Grierson
Concorico Monsieur Poulet – Jean Rouche
The Battle of San Pietro – John Huston
Titicut Follies – Frederick Wiseman
The Civil War – Ken Burns
BOOKS AND REFERENCES:
Cross-Cultural Filmmaking: A Handbook for Making Documentary and Ethnographic Films and Videos by llisa Barbash and Lucien Taylor
Making Movies, by Sidney Lumet
Moviemakers’ Master Class: Private Lessons from the World’s Foremost Directors, by Laurent Tirard
Take One to Take Four, by Robert J. Emery
The Five Cs of Cinematography – by Joseph V. Mascelli
Rebel without a Crew: Or How a 23-Year-Old Filmmaker With $7,000 Became a Hollywood Player, by Robert Rodriquez
The Filmmaker’s Handbook: A Comprehensive Guide for the Digital Age by Steven Ascher, Edward Pincus, Carol Keller
Film Production: The Complete Uncensored Guide to Filmmaking by Greg Merritt
Perspectives in Anthropology 