The Film Director Prepares · A Complete Guide to Directing for Film and Tv by Schreibman, Myrl A. -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

FOREWORD PREFACE ACKNOWLEDGMENTS INTRODUCTION PROLOGUE: SO YOU WANT TO BE A DIRECTOR? THE WRITTEN WORD—THE SCRIPT

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

PREVISUALIZATION, PLANNING, AND ACTORS

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

DIRECTORS AND ACTORS

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

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

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

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?”

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)

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

THE DIRECTOR AND…

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

DIRECTING TELEVISION, PART 1: SCRIPTED FORMATS

Movies for Television Episodic Narrative Television Sitcoms Soap Operas

DIRECTING TELEVISION, PART 2: NONSCRIPTED

Variety Event Television Nonfiction—Documentary and Realism Reality Television

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