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| Film Directing Shot by Shot: Visualizing from Concept to Screen (Michael Wiese Productions)
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Author: Steven D. Katz
Publisher: Michael Wiese Productions
Release Date: July 1991
ISBN-10: 0941188108
ISBN-13: 9780941188104
List Price: £16.99
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Film Directing Shot by Shot offers a good introduction to the rudiments of film production. Steven D. Katz walks his readers through the various stages of moviemaking, advising them at every turn to visualise the films they wish to produce. Katz believes that one of the chief tasks of filmmaking is to negotiate between our three-dimensional reality and the two-dimensionality of the screen. He covers the number of technical options filmmakers can use to create a satisfying flow of shots, a continuity that will make sense to viewers and aptly tell the film's story. Katz provides in-depth coverage of production design, storyboarding, spatial connections, editing, scene staging, depth of frame, camera angles, point of view and the various types of stable compositions and moving camera shots. --Jake Bond
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| Customer Rating: | | This book is one of many I have read on film making. I am a self taught independent professional film maker and I wish I had bought this book first. It's title says it all. It is very well written, well researched, worth the money. Get 'Grammer of the Shot' while you are at it. |
Comprehensive guide
| Customer Rating: | | This book is an essential guide for those beginning work in the film industry, particularly those who want to understand the basics of directing, editing, camera work and storyboarding. |
Solid training in film visualisation
| Customer Rating: | If you are a casual reader looking for a glossy book with colour photo'sof film sets, lighting, SFX and cameras etc, this is not for you. Ifhowever, you are a serious film student (or practitioner) and you want adetailed insight into how a motion picture idea is conceived and developedinto a workable project, then you need to make this part of your readinglist.
This is a thorough overview of the visualisation processes needed to takeyour project from an idea to a solid plan for production. As well ashelping you to develop your visualisation skills, it also has a goodtechnical overview of important techniques such as establishing lines,continuity, pacing etc.
There are examples (with original storyboard art) taken from someprominent films and directors to help you understand the reasoning behindthe way certain scenes were designed and executed.
The intangible or emotive aspects of creating a film are well covered...i.e. using camera angles and different focal lengths and POV's for helpingto describe the relationships between characters and what they are feelingor experiencing.
This is not a technical manual for lighting or how to use certain types ofcameras etc. These subjects are best covered in detail in seperatepublications. |
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