Synopses & Reviews
Film Directing Shot by Shot is a complete catalogue of visual techniques and their stylistic implications for both the filmmaker and videomaker a "textbook" which enables working filmmakers (as well as screenwriters and others) to expand their stylistic knowledge. Extensively illustrated comparisons of cinematic techniques using illustrated and photographic storyboards and well-written, it should find an audience among both seasoned and novice filmmakers.
Review
""Now that you???ve got a couple of shorts under your belt, why not get a little more analytic? Steven Katz??'s book gives a great breakdown of the fundamentals of film directing. It??'s not something you might want to start off by reading, but once you are ready to have your films take that next step this should be number one on your to do list. Katz breaks down film language for you so that you can learn how to speak it in your own way."" - www.austinfilmfestival.com
Synopsis
This international best-seller is filled with visual techniques for filmmakers and screenwriters who want to expand their stylistic knowledge.
- A complete cataolgue of visual techniques and their stylistic implications
- Includes over 750 illustrations, photos, and original storyboards from Spielberg's Empire of the Sun, Hitchcock's The Birds, and Welles' Citizen Kane
- Essential for both seasoned and novice filmmakers
Synopsis
An instant classic since its debut in 1991, Film Directing: Shot By Shot and its famous blue cover is one of the most well-known books on directing in the business, and is a favorite of professional directors as an on-set quick reference guide.
This international best-seller is packed with visual techniques for filmmakers and screenwriters to expand their stylistic knowledge.
Contains in-depth information on shot composition, staging sequences, pre-visualization, depth of frame, camera techniques, and much more.
Contains over 750 storyboards and illustrations, including never before published storyboards from Steven Spielberg's Empire Of The Sun, Orson Welles's Citizen Kane, and Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds.
Synopsis
A complete catalogue of motion picture techniques for filmmakers. It concentrates on the 'storytelling' school of filmmaking, utilizing the work of the great stylists who established the versatile vocabulary of technique that has dominated the movies
since 1915. This graphic approach includes comparisons of style by interpreting a 'model script', created for the book, in storyboard form.
Synopsis
This international best-seller is filled with visual techniques for filmmakers and screenwriters who want to expand their stylistic knowledge.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Part I : Visulatization: The Process
Part II: Elements of the Continuity Style
Part III: The Workshop
Part IV: The Moving Camera