Mick Hurbis-Cherrier has been teaching all levels of film production and screenwriting at Hunter College in New York City for over two decades. He works professionally in both film and video and has performed a wide range of duties, including producing, writing, directing, cinematography, and editing. His films have been shown around the country and have garnered prizes at a number of festivals. He is also the co-author of Directing: Film Techniques and Aesthetics (2020), now in its sixth edition.

Gustavo Mercado is an award-winning independent filmmaker with well over a decade of experience as a writer, director, and cinematographer of narrative films. The first edition of The Filmmaker's Eye: Learning (and Breaking) the Rules of Cinematic Composition, was translated into French, Spanish, Chinese, Polish, Turkish, Portuguese, Japanese, and Korean, and is being used by film programs at colleges and universities worldwide. His second title in the Filmmaker's Eye film book series, The Language of the Lens: The Power of Lenses and The Expressive Cinematic Image was translated into Turkish, Spanish, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and Ukranian. He teaches cinematography, editing, screenwriting, and film production at Hunter College's Film & Media Studies Department in New York City.

DEDICATION; COMPANION WEBSITE CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION; WHAT'S NEW IN THE FOURTH EDITION; PART I DEVELOPING YOUR FILM ON PAPER; CHAPTER 1: FROM IDEA TO CINEMATIC STORY; CHAPTER 2: THE SCREENPLAY; CHAPTER 3: THE VISUAL LANGUAGE AND AESTHETICS OF CINEMA; CHAPTER 4: ORGANIZING CINEMATIC TIME AND SPACE; CHAPTER 5: FROM SCREENPLAY TO VISUAL PLAN; PART II PREPARING FOR PRODUCTION; CHAPTER 6: PREPARING FOR PRODUCTION; CHAPTER 7: THE CAST AND CREW; PART III TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES: PRODUCTION; CHAPTER 8: THE DIGITAL VIDEO SYSTEM; CHAPTER 9: THE DIGITAL VIDEO CAMERA; CHAPTER 10: THE CAMERA LENS; CHAPTER 11: CAMERA SUPPORT; CHAPTER 12: BASICS OF EXPOSURE; CHAPTER 13: BASICS OF LIGHT AND LIGHTING; CHAPTER 14: LIGHTING AND EXPOSURE: BEYOND THE BASICS; CHAPTER 15: SOUND FOR PRODUCTION; CHAPTER 16: LOCATION SOUND TECHNIQUES; CHAPTER 17: ON-SET PROCEDURES; CHAPTER 18: SET ETIQUETTE AND PRODUCTION SAFETY; Part IV Tools and Techniques: Postproduction; CHAPTER 19: POSTPRODUCTION OVERVIEW: WORKFLOW AND THE EDITING STAGES; CHAPTER 20: THE ART AND TECHNIQUE OF EDITING; CHAPTER 21: THE SOUND DESIGN IN FILM; CHAPTER 22: GRADING, MASTERING, AND DISTRIBUTION; BIBLIOGRAPHY; FILMOGRAPHY; PHOTO AND ILLUSTRATION CREDITS; INDEX