First Time Director: How to Make Your Breakthrough Movie
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Language: English
Published by Michael Wiese Productions, 2003
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Bettman (film, Chapman University) gives practical advice on how to handle the craft and people-management side of film directing. The book is tailored specifically for the director taking on his or her first professional assignment, and focuses on what a director must know to control the set. Cover.
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- Title
- First Time Director: How to Make Your Breakthrough Movie
- Author
- Gil Bettman
- Publisher
- Michael Wiese Productions
- Publication year
- 2003
- Condition
- Good
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0941188779
- ISBN 13
- 9780941188777
This book explains in precise, easy to understand language everything the novice director needs to know before taking on his or her first professional assignment.
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" Betttman’s voluminous tome on directing, is the real deal. A must-read for any serious aspiring director." -- INDIE SLATE MAGAZINE
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