Visions of light
Subtitle: the art of cinematography
By: a presentation of the American Film Institute and NHK Japan Broadcasting Corporation in collaboration with the the American Society of Cinematographers ; produced by Stuart Samuels ; directed by Arnold Glassman, Todd McCarthy, Stuart Samuels ; written by Todd McCarthy
Contributors: American Film Institute; Nihon Hoso? Kyokai; American Society of Cinematographers; Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc; Image Entertainment (Firm)
Publisher: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment; Distributed by Image Entertainment
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Beverly Hills, Calif.]; Chatsworth, CA
Language: eng
Format: [videorecording] :
Number of pages: 92
Subjects: Cinematography; Documentary films
Other titles: Art of cinematography
Description: The story of cinematography as seen through the lenses of the world's greatest filmmakers and captured in classic scenes from over 125 immortal movies. Traces the evolution and innovations of cinematography beginning in an era when the movie camera was a marvelous invention, and examines how the filmmaking process was complicated by new cinematic trends and technologies.
Notes: Originally produced as motion picture in 1992.

Director of photography, Nancy Schreiber; editor, Arnold Glassman; executive producers, Terry Lawler, Yoshiki Nishimura.

Featured cinematographers: Gordon Willis, Greg Toland, William Fraker, Vittorio Storaro.

Not rated.

DVD; digital mono.