Good site to learn about cameras?

I'm 17 and still have a year left of school, but I'd like to enter a film university. I have been told I have the "director's eye", as when I think of a scene I know the shot, lighting, angle, etc that I want. However, I have close to 0 knowledge of how cameras work, including lens, focus, etc and all technical terms that accompany the art. Is there a website or even book that could help me learn how to achieve a certain feel to a scene using colors and lighting, the camera vocabulary, etc?

I'm 17 and still have a year left of school, but I'd like to enter a film university. I have been told I have the "director's eye", as when I think of a scene I know the shot, lighting, angle, etc that I want. However, I have close to 0 knowledge of how cameras work, including lens, focus, etc and all technical terms that accompany the art. Is there a website or even book that could help me learn how to achieve a certain feel to a scene using colors and lighting, the camera vocabulary, etc? Thank you. You can learn the fundamentals of photography by buying a good used digital SLR camera. You can find excellent ones on KEH. I recently purchases a Nikon D200 for conversion to IR only that cost me under $250.

The other thing you can do is to start writing screenplays. Write as many as you can to tell all the stories you have hidden in your mind. Being able to visualize each scene, including how you will light it, where your actors will be when the interact with the scene and speak their lines and where the camera will be when you shoot each scene, will put you well on your way toward becoming a successful director or motion pictures or videos.

Below is a link to the handbook we were given when I was in film school. After reading it from cover to cover a few times, you will better understand what it takes to learn the language of film before you start shooting your first short.

The second link will help you learn how to balance ISO, shutter speed and lens aperture.

And the third link will give you an idea of how scenes are lit using continuous lighting to simulate firelight, one of the many challenges facing a director when converting a script into a shooting script.

These links should get you headed in the right direction and prepare you for attending the uni to study film Filmmaking for Dummies: http://www.amazon.com/...0470386940" class='ext_link'>http://www.amazon.com/...0470386940

There are whole books devoted to the subject of lighting alone: http://www.amazon.com/...zon.com/s/" class='ext_link'>http://www.amazon.com/...zon.com/s/ http://keerok.wordpress.com/2014/12/17/how-to-learn-photography/

Filmmaking for Dummies: http://www.amazon.com/Filmmaking-Dummies-Bryan-Michael-Stoller/dp/0470386940

There are whole books devoted to the subject of lighting alone: http://www.amazon.com/s/

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