A Beautifully Designed and Well-Structured Film Course
Made for Apple Books – 2022 Update
It’s an interactive entry-level film program designed by university and secondary school teachers and career filmmakers.
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Learn Filmmaking at Home
Practice at your own pace
Prep for Film School
It’s based on first-year film programs
A Time-saving Teaching Aid
Reference Book, Textbook & Guide
For iPad, iPhone, and Mac!
Learn, Shoot & Edit on One Device
This book lives on all three devices that share an Apple ID.
On iPad and iPhone, switch from the Apple Book to Camera and iMovie.
On a Mac, use your preferred camera and editing app.
Learn through study, practice, and review.
★★★★★ “I based my film course on Cyber Film School. The sections and chapters break up strategies and topics clearly – great for planning class and film exercises.”
~ Adam Palmer, Chehalis Community School, Aggasiz, BC
★★★★★ “A structured film course equivalent to a first-year university curriculum for less than the price of a basic textbook.”
~ Lance Carlson, Cinematographer/Instructor
George Brown College, Toronto
Get a solid grounding in film in theory and practice.
Essential concepts are reinforced; complex rules and techniques are easy to grasp and apply:
- Hands-on exercises can be done on your device’s Camera and Editing apps
- Insightful interview clips with A-list filmmakers
- Interactive galleries
- Actual movie clips for analysis
- On-set video tutorials
- Web portals throughout the book take the reader to exclusive online content for deeper study.
★★★★★ “Multi-touch features are very effective. Our students represent a wide array of learning abilities, and successfully went through Cyber Film School as our main source of theory content in my video class.”
~ Patti Jenkins, Parry Sound High School, Parry Sound, ON
Revised and Updated in 2022 – Version 2.0
357 Pages
Over 200 Videos
Over 700 Images & Illustrations
ISBN 9780968878521
by Stavros C. Stavrides & Maurizio Belli
What’s Inside
We begin with our human disposition to optical illusions.
Early filmmakers made tools and techniques to trick our eyes and brain into seeing movement.
These ‘tricks’ evolved into the structured visual film ‘language’ filmmakers use to this day.
Subsequent chapters illustrate and teach ‘language’ through frequent practice.
Students become equipped with ‘evergreen’ skills, ready for advanced studies or to enter the profession with a solid understanding of the craft.
Our Chapters
The Magic of Cinema
Shot Vocabulary
Composition
Scene Coverage
Screen Continuity
Camera Movement
Sound
Lighting
Lens
The Five Stages of Production
Screenwriting Primer
★★★★★ “I’m loving the Book. It’s very clear, not overwhelming, and set up in chunks which differentiates it for varied skilled readers. Interactive and definitely user friendly.”
~ Evdoxia Darios, Assistant Principal, New York, Board of Education
How To Navigate This Book
4:28 minutes
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Download this updated edition today. Once you install it on your iOS device and/or Mac, it lives in your device’s native Books app that ships with every Apple device.
From then on, you get automatic notifications of updates as we add new chapters, features, and improvements – just like an app, directly through Apple.
Customize Your Learning or Teaching Experience
An entire class could study from the same edition while each individual can write their notes in their own copy, which turn into flip cards for self-study or quizzes.
It’s just one example of how this platform facilitates independent learning.
★★★★★ “I recommend Cyber Film School to my students as a resource for both film theory and film practice. Beautifully designed and easy to navigate – an excellent and timeless resource.”
~ Mark Terry, Ph.D., Contract Faculty York University, Toronto, Canada
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SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
You can view this book with Apple Books on a device with iOS 12
or later or macOS 10.14 or later. You can also use an iOS device
with iBooks 3 or later and iOS 5.1 or later, or a Mac with iBooks 1.0
or later and OS X 10.9 or later.