The Film Director Prepares by Schreibman, Myrl A. -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Title Page Dedication Contents Foreword Preface Acknowledgments Introduction Prologue: So You Want to Be a Director? Chapter 1 - The Written Word—The Script

Where to Begin? Read, Read, Read Theme The Text Guiding the Screenplay

Chapter 2 - Previsualization, Planning, and Actors

Storyboards and Shot Lists—The Fallacy Planning—The Director in Collaboration Understanding Actors—You Gotta Love ‘Em!

Chapter 3 - Directors and Actors

The Director’s Instinct Directors and Casting Director-Actor Relationships

Chapter 4 - Directing the Camera

Movement—the Visual Language Aspect Ratio and Types of Shots Subjective and Objective Shots Subjective and Objective Close-up and Eye-line

Chapter 5 - Camera Coverage—Part 1

Cutting in Your Head Coverage and the Theme The Master Shot The Master, the Moving Master, and the Master That Moves Crossing the Line Eye-line Understanding Coverage Standard Camera Coverage Degrees of Shot Subjectivity—Two Characters Three-Character Coverage

Chapter 6 - Camera Coverage—Part 2

Staging Around a Table Multiple-Character Scenes Coverage Process Best Camera Position Spatial Realities of Coverage and Dirty Shots Reverse Angles, Staging, and Emotional Moments Coverage and Continuity Selective Coverage and Miscellaneous Coverage Issues Two-Camera Narrative Coverage The “What If?”

Chapter 7 - Moving Shots and Sequences

Dolly Shots Hand-held Shots Steadicam Shots Crane and Jib Shots Vehicle Shots Action, Stunts, and Fights High Angles, Low Angles, and Point of View (POV)

Chapter 8 - On the Set

The First A.D. and the Script Supervisor—The Right and Left Hands of the Director On-set Preparation On-set Policy On-set with the Crew On-set with Actors Soundstages and Locations—Time Management and Compromise

Chapter 9 - The Director and …

Producers Budgets Production Designers Cinematographers Bagel and Lox Meetings Editors Then What?

Chapter 10 - Directing Television, Part 1: Scripted Formats

Movies for Television Episodic Narrative Television Sitcoms Soap Operas

Chapter 11 - Directing Television, Part 2: Nonscripted

Variety Event Television Nonfiction—Documentary and Realism Reality Television

Chapter 12 - The Business of Directing

Overview Negotiating and Pitching Relationships, Networking, and Your Ego Your Creative Introduction The Business Around You Be Prepared

Afterword About the Author Copyright

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