Film Director: A Practical Guide to Motion Picture and Television Techniques - Softcover

Bare, Richard L.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 002012130X ISBN 13: 9780020121305

Publisher: Wiley, 1973

Synopsis

Whether you're planning a short for friends or for school, or a major career as a director, The Film Director should go at the top of your list - even before you buy your first roll of film. It's the first step-by-step practical handbook by a pro's pro - a student filmmaker (USC) turned professional - who has been an award-winning TV and movie director for two decades. Bare takes the beginner all the way from fundamentals of camera angle, sound synch, lighting and setting to what a beginning director's salary scale is and what he can expect to make on reruns of his films.

But here is much more than a solid, nuts-and-bolts textbook. It's a fascinating behind-the-camera look at the director's world, with firsthand examples from such giants as Hitchcock, Wilder, Kubrick, Nichols, Stevens, Wise and Vidor. And in addition to the mechanics and techniques of staging and handling the camera, it outlines the dramatic and emotional methods of coaxing the best performance from actors and actresses, and tells how to keep the story moving.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wiley
• Publication date: 1973
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 002012130X
• ISBN 13: 9780020121305
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 256