ABSTRACT

Unique among directing books, Film Directing Fundamentals provides a clear-cut methodology for translating a script to the screen. Using the script as a blueprint, Proferes leads the reader through specific techniques to analyze and translate its components into a visual story. A sample screenplay is included that explicates the techniques. The book assumes no knowledge and thus introduces basic concepts and terminology.

part |2 pages

Part One: Learning How to Draw

chapter 1|11 pages

Introduction to Film Language and Grammar

chapter 3|9 pages

Organizing Action in a Dramatic Scene

chapter 4|10 pages

Staging

chapter 5|14 pages

The Camera

chapter 6|20 pages

Camera in Notorious Patio Scene

part |1 pages

Part Two: Making Your Film

chapter 7|20 pages

Detective Work on Scripts

chapter 10|11 pages

Working with Actors

chapter 12|5 pages

Postproduction

part |2 pages

Part Three: Learning the Craft Through Film Analysis

chapter 13|19 pages

ALFRED HITCHCOCK’S NOTORIOUS

chapter 14|25 pages

Peter Weir’s the Truman Show

chapter 15|35 pages

Federico Fellini’s 8-1/2

chapter 16|17 pages

STYLES AND DRAMATIC STRUCTURES 240

chapter 17|14 pages

What Next?