Film Directing: Shot by Shot - 25th Anniversary Edition: Visualizing from Concept to Screen / Steve D Katz
Publication details: Michael Wiese Productions 2019; Studio City, CA : Michael Wiese Productions, [2019]Edition: 25th anniversary editionDescription: xii, 388 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 26 cmISBN:- 9781615932979
- 791.43 KAT 23
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard Loan | Moylish Library Journals Collection | 791.43 KAT (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 39002100607531 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
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.
Includes bibliographical references.
Aspiring directors, cinematographers, editors, and producers, many of whom are now working professionals, learned the craft of visual storytelling from this book. This book blends story analysis with compositional strategies, citing examples then illustrated with the storyboards used for the actual films.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Introduction (p. x)
- About the Photographs and Storyboards Used in This Book (p. xii)
- Part I Visualization: The Process
- 1 Visualization (p. 3)
- 2 Production Design (p. 5)
- 3 Storyboards (p. 21)
- 4 Visualization: Tools and Techniques (p. 83)
- 5 The Production Cycle (p. 105)
- Part II Elements of the Continuity Style
- 6 Composing Shots: Spatial Connections (p. 129)
- 7 Editing: Temporal Connections (p. 153)
- Part III The Workshop
- 8 The Basics Applied (p. 167)
- 9 Staging Dialogue Sequences (p. 181)
- 10 Dialogue Staging with Three Subjects (p. 203)
- 11 Four or More Player Dialogue Stagings (p. 217)
- 12 Mobile Staging (p. 229)
- 13 Depth of the Frame (p. 237)
- 14 Camera Angles (p. 247)
- 15 Open and Closed Framings (p. 267)
- 16 Point of View (p. 275)
- Part IV The Moving Camera
- 17 The Pan (p. 287)
- 18 The Crane Shot (p. 299)
- 19 The Tracking Shot (p. 305)
- 20 Tracking Shot Choreography (p. 317)
- 21 Transitions (p. 347)
- 22 Format (p. 353)
- 23 Shadowing (p. 359)
- 24 Short Cuts (p. 365)
- 25 Parting Shots (p. 373)
- Glossary (p. 375)
- Recommended Reading (p. 383)
- About the Author (p. 388)