Grammar of the Film Language by Daniel Arijon is an evergreen text for learning the technical ins and outs of what directors, cinematographers, and editors go through to get their ideas on screen. I read this book hoping to learn the technical language for composing scenes in motion pictures. I thought it would help, considering many image and video-generating AIs have better outputs when the user describes the scene rather than explaining it. I've always looked at pictures from the point of ...
