Film directing fundamentals : see your film before shooting

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Author:

Proferes, Nicholas T.

ISBN:

9780240805627

Personal Author:

Proferes, Nicholas T.

Edition:

2nd ed.

Publication Information:

Amsterdam ; Boston : Focal Press, c2005.

Physical Description:

x, 277 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

Contents:

Ch. 1. Introduction to film language and grammar -- Ch. 2. Introduction to the dramatic elements embedded in the screenplay -- Ch. 3. Organizing action in a dramatic scene -- Ch. 4. Staging -- Ch. 5. The camera -- Ch. 6. Camera in Notorious patio scene -- Ch. 7. Detective work on scripts -- Ch. 8. Staging and camera for A piece of apple pie -- Ch. 9. Marking shooting scripts with camera setups -- Ch. 10. Working with actors -- Ch. 11. Managerial responsibilities of the director -- Ch. 12. Postproduction -- Ch. 13. Alfred Hitchcock's Notorious -- Ch. 14. Peter Weir's The Truman show -- Ch. 15. Federico Fellini's 8-1/2 -- Ch. 16. Styles and dramatic structures -- Ch. 17. What next?

Abstract:

"Film Directing Fundamentals gives the novice director an organic methodology for realizing on the screen the full dramatic possibility of a screenplay. Unique among directing books, this book provides clear-cut ways for translating a script to the screen. Using the script as a blueprint, the reader is led through specific techniques to analyze and translate its components into a visual story. A sample screenplay is included that explicates the techniques. The book assumes no knowledge and thus introduces basic concepts and terminology."--BOOK JACKET.

Subject Term:

Motion pictures -- Production and direction.

Electronic Access:

Table of contents http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0421/2004019069.html
Publisher description http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/els051/2004019069.html

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Unique among directing books, Film Directing Fundamentals provides a clear-cut methodology for translating a script to the screen. Using the script as a blueprint, Proferes leads the reader through specific techniques to analyze and translate its components into a visual story. A sample screenplay is included that explicates the techniques. The book assumes no knowledge and thus introduces basic concepts and terminology.