Film Directing: Shot by Shot - 25th Anniversary Edition (eBook)

Visualizing from Concept to Screen

Steve D. Katz (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2019
Michael Wiese Productions (Verlag)
978-1-61593-308-2 (ISBN)

Infos

Shot by Shot is the world’s go-to directing book, now newly updated for a special 25th Anniversary edition! The first edition sold over 250,000 copies, making it one of the bestselling books on film di-recting of all time. Aspiring directors, cinematographers, editors, and producers, many of whom are now working professionals, learned the craft of visual storytelling from Shot by Shot, the most com-plete source for preplanning the look of a movie.

The book contains over 800 photos and illustrations, and is by far the most comprehensive look at shot design in print, containing storyboards from movies such as Citizen Kane, Blade Runner, Dead-pool, and Moonrise Kingdom. Also introduced is the concept of A, I, and L patterns as a way to sim-plify the hundreds of staging choices facing a director in every scene.

Shot by Shot uniquely blends story analysis with compositional strategies, citing examples then il-lustrated with the storyboards used for the actual films. Throughout the book, various visual ap-proaches to short scenes are shown, exposing the directing processes of our most celebrated au-teurs — including a meticulous, lavishly illustrated analysis of Steven Spielberg’s scene design for Empire of the Sun. Shot by Shot is the world’s go-to directing book, now newly updated for a special 25th Anniversary edition! The first edition sold over 250,000 copies, making it one of the bestselling books on film di-recting of all time. Aspiring directors, cinematographers, editors, and producers, many of whom are now working professionals, learned the craft of visual storytelling from Shot by Shot, the most com-plete source for preplanning the look of a movie.

The book contains over 800 photos and illustrations, and is by far the most comprehensive look at shot design in print, containing storyboards from movies such as Citizen Kane, Blade Runner, Dead-pool, and Moonrise Kingdom. Also introduced is the concept of A, I, and L patterns as a way to sim-plify the hundreds of staging choices facing a director in every scene.

Shot by Shot uniquely blends story analysis with compositional strategies, citing examples then il-lustrated with the storyboards used for the actual films. Throughout the book, various visual ap-proaches to short scenes are shown, exposing the directing processes of our most celebrated au-teurs — including a meticulous, lavishly illustrated analysis of Steven Spielberg’s scene design for Empire of the Sun.

Inhalt

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction



PART I — Visualization: The Process

1. Visualization

2. Production Design

3. Storyboards

4. Visualization: Tools and Techniques

5. The Production Cycle



PART II — Elements of the Continuity Style

6. Composing Shots: Spatial Connections

7. Editing: Temporal Connections



PART III — The Workshop

8. The Basics Applied

9. Staging Dialogue Sequences

10. Dialogue Staging with Three Subjects

11. Four or More Player Dialogue Stagings

12. Mobile Staging

13. Depth of the Frame

14. Camera Angles

15. Open and Closed Framings

16. Point of View



PART IV — The Moving Camera

17. The Pan

18. The Crane Shot

19. The Tracking Shot

20. Tracking Shot Choreography

21. Transitions

22. Format

23. Shadowing

24. Short Cuts

25. Parting Shots



Glossary

Recommended Reading

About the Author

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 29.4.2019
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Film / TV
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Theater / Ballett
• ISBN-10: 1-61593-308-5 / 1615933085
• ISBN-13: 978-1-61593-308-2 / 9781615933082