Voice & Vision

A Creative Approach to Narrative Filmmaking

This robust 4^th edition website contains award-winning example short films, interactive and high-resolution figures, forms and logs for preproduction, production, and postproduction, as well as video examples that illustrate key concepts found within the book. These digital resources, developed by the authors, are intended to be used alongside the text to provide additional learning opportunities.

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Some new features include:

A new example short film, Night Shift
An entire, new section dedicated to production safety
New recommended apps, readings, and web resources
A new section containing online chapters, introductions, and other resources from previous editions

About the book

Develop your creative voice whilst acquiring the practical skills and confidence to use it with this new and fully updated edition of Mick Hurbis-Cherrier’s filmmaking bible, Voice & Vision. Providing a solid grounding in the tools, techniques, and processes of narrative film, this comprehensive manual covers all the essentials whilst foregrounding artistic vision throughout.

Gustavo Mercado author of the bestselling filmmaking books “The Language of the Lens” and “The Filmmaker’s Eye”, joins Hurbis-Cherrier to walk the reader through every step of the process – from the transformation of an idea into a cinematic story, to the intricacies of promotion and distribution.

The fourth edition has been fully revised and includes updates such as: a more in-depth discussion of color grading tools, and their use in the filmmaking process; up to date information on the creative role of the Digital Imaging Technician; step-by-step procedures for effective camera tests and the development of custom LUTs in pre-production; and expanded sections on simple green screen effects, drone technology, funding, and distribution.

Whether using it in the classroom or looking for a comprehensive reference, Voice & Vision details all that’s needed to know about the filmmaking process, delivered in an accessible and reader-friendly format.

About the authors

Mick Hurbis-Cherrier has been teaching all levels of film production at Hunter College in New York City for well over a decade. He works professionally in both film and video and has performed a wide range of duties, including producing, writing, directing, cinematography, and editing. His films have been shown around the country and have garnered prizes at a number of festivals. He is also the co-author of Directing: Film Techniques and Aesthetics (2020), now in its sixth edition.

Gustavo Mercado is an award-winning independent filmmaker with well over a decade of experience as a writer, director, and cinematographer of narrative films. The first edition of The Filmmaker’s Eye: Learning (and Breaking) the Rules of Cinematic Composition, was translated into French, Spanish, Chinese, Polish, Turkish, Portuguese, Japanese, and Korean, and is being used by film programs at colleges and universities worldwide. His second title in the Filmmaker’s Eye film book series, The Language of the Lens: The Power of Lenses and The Expressive Cinematic Image was translated into Turkish, Spanish, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and Ukranian. He teaches cinematography, editing, screenwriting, and film production at Hunter College’s Film & Media Studies Department in New York City.

Other titles by the authors

Directing

Film Techniques and Aesthetics

6th Edition

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The Filmmaker’s Eye

Learning (and Breaking) the Rules of Cinematic Composition

2nd Edition

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The Filmmaker’s Eye: The Language of the Lens

The Power of Lenses and the Expressive Cinematic Image

1st Edition

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