Directing Feature Films

Directing Feature Films

Author: Mark W. Travis

Publisher:

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780941188432

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The film director is the guide, the inspiration, the focus that can shepherd hundreds of artists into the creation of a single work of art. The author takes the reader step by step into the process of film-making.


Directing Feature Films

Directing Feature Films

Author: Mark W. Travis

Publisher:

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780941188432

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The film director is the guide, the inspiration, the focus that can shepherd hundreds of artists into the creation of a single work of art. The author takes the reader step by step into the process of film-making.


Exploring Movie Construction and Production

Exploring Movie Construction and Production

Author: John Reich

Publisher: Open SUNY Textbooks

Published: 2017-07-10

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9781942341475

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Exploring Movie Construction & Production contains eight chapters of the major areas of film construction and production. The discussion covers theme, genre, narrative structure, character portrayal, story, plot, directing style, cinematography, and editing. Important terminology is defined and types of analysis are discussed and demonstrated. An extended example of how a movie description reflects the setting, narrative structure, or directing style is used throughout the book to illustrate building blocks of each theme. This approach to film instruction and analysis has proved beneficial to increasing students¿ learning, while enhancing the creativity and critical thinking of the student.


Producing and Directing the Short Film and Video

Producing and Directing the Short Film and Video

Author: David K. Irving

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2013-03-20

Total Pages: 412

ISBN-13: 1136048340

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Producing and Directing the Short Film and Video is the definitive book on the subject for beginning filmmakers and students. The book clearly illustrates all of the steps involved in preproduction, production, postproduction, and distribution. Its unique two-fold approach looks at filmmaking from the perspectives of both producer and director, and explains how their separate energies must combine to create a successful short film or video, from script to final product. This guide offers extensive examples from award-winning shorts and includes insightful quotes from the filmmakers themselves describing the problems they encountered and how they solved them. The companion website contains useful forms and information on grants and financing sources, distributors, film and video festivals, film schools, internet sources for short works, and professional associations.


Filmmaking for Change, 2nd Edition

Filmmaking for Change, 2nd Edition

Author: Jon Fitzgerald

Publisher:

Published: 2017

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781615932771

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"Storytelling through entertainment is one of the most powerful forms of mass communication--informing, enlightening, and inspiring audiences to get involved. Filmmaking for Change shows artists how to produce movies that matter--from story ideas to production, film festivals to distribution."--Back cover.


The Director's Journey

The Director's Journey

Author: Mark W. Travis

Publisher:

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 336

ISBN-13:

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A study of the art of directing and directing techniques. It addresses questions such as: how do you draw all the talented artists together to share a single vision?; how do you express the writer's intentions?; and how do you keep the actors' performances fresh?


Left or Right? Directing Lateral Movement in Film

Left or Right? Directing Lateral Movement in Film

Author: Lubomir Kocka

Publisher: Vernon Press

Published: 2021-03-02

Total Pages: 248

ISBN-13: 1648891888

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‘Left or Right? Directing Lateral Movement in Film’ offers an in-depth analysis of film, television, and new media directing from a perspective of clearly articulated directorial concept linked to the placement and movement of performers in shot design. This book strives to demonstrate the mechanism of directional bias and how the effects of perceptual mechanisms can help film directors and image-makers to control, regulate, and modify the viewer’s perception of characters and story movement, ultimately leading to higher quality creations. This highly hands-on, practical book provides novel insights into the significance of laterality effects, equipping film directors, and image-makers who want to create aesthetically valuable and well-crafted visual products with functional tools to employ. The book also examines lateral organization in regard to biological sex, gender identity, class, races, ethnicity, religions, and age in LGBTQ+ films and porn cinema. ‘Left or Right? Directing Lateral Movement in Film’ holds broad appeal from experiences directors or cinematographers with an established body of work to students working to understand the language of cinema. It will also appeal to film and media theorists, as well as teachers of visual arts education.