The Citizen Kane Crash Course in Cinematography: A wildly fictional account of how Orson Welles learned everything about the Art of Cinematography in half an hour. Or was it a weekend?

Unusual book which uses a fictional episode - a single weekend in which Gregg Toland taught Orson Welles the basics of cinematography - to illustrate a range of camera techniques, including lighting, panning, insert shots, camera positions and zoom lenses. A narrative account of the weekend's events and the men's conversation, both of which contain bawdy humour, is accompanied by black & white sketches and diagrams illustrating the techniques and equipment discussed. There are also tables of settings for camera speed, colour filters, 35mm footage etc.

Part of the Bill Douglas and Peter Jewell Collection