This books include aid of hundreds of fotographs and diagrams, it clearly and concisely present the essential concept and techniques of motion picture camerawork and the allied areas of filmmaking that they interact with and impact.
Branching out from five central subject areas, the five C’s - Camera angles, Continuity, Cutting, Close-ups, Composition - Mascelli offers filmmakers a detailed and practical course in visual thinking.

Included are discussion of:
o Cinematic time and space
o Compositional rules
o Point-of-view
o Camera height and angle
o Master scenes
o Types of editing
o Screen direction
etc...