Moving Images, Understanding Media

124 Moving Images: Making Movies, Understanding Media

2048  1536 for 2K professional cameras), which indicates to the fi lmmaker

the amount of visual information that will be recorded, and as a result the

ability of the camera to record fi ne detail for an image that will be projected on

a large cinema screen or shown on a television screen or computer monitor.

Th e pixels that form the image are distributed uniformly across the face of

the sensor, but if the sensor encounters diffi culty in registering the light or

if there is misreading of the electronic information, this causes areas of poor

image quality known as noise.

Figure 4-3 Light, darkness,

and color at night,

photographed on 35mm

slide. (Courtesy http://www

.farleyfi lm.com)

Figure 4-4 Composition,

light, darkness, and color

values create a cinematically

enticing arrangement on a

35mm slide. The viewer is

compelled to want to know

what is going to happen

here. (Courtesy http://www.

farleyfi lm.com)

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