On Directing

Author : David Mamet
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0140127224
Total Pages : 129 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book On Directing Film written by David Mamet and published by Penguin. This book was released on 1992-01-01 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A masterclass on the art of directing from the Pulitzer Prize-winning (and Oscar and Tony-nominated) writer of Glengarry Glen Ross, Speed the Plow, The Verdict, and Wag the Dog Calling on his unique perspective as playwright, screenwriter, and director of his own critically acclaimed movies like House of Games, State and Main, and Things Change, David Mamet illuminates how a film comes to be. He looks at every aspect of directing—from script to cutting room—to show the many tasks directors undertake in reaching their prime objective: presenting a story that will be understood by the audience and has the power to be both surprising and inevitable at the same time. Based on a series of classes Mamet taught at Columbia University's film school, On Directing Film will be indispensible not only to students but to anyone interested in an overview of the craft of filmmaking. "Passion, clarity, commitment, intelligence—just what one would expect from Mamet." —Sidney Lumet, Academy Award-nominated director of 12 Angry Men, Dog Day Afternoon, Network, and The Verdict

Author : Helen Krich Chinoy
Publisher : Allegro Editions
ISBN 13 : 9781626549616
Total Pages : 482 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Directors on Directing written by Helen Krich Chinoy and published by Allegro Editions. This book was released on 2013-07 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now that directors such as Stephen Spielberg, George Lucas, and Francis Ford Coppola are celebrated along-side movie stars, it is hard to imagine that little more than a century ago the director was a nameless, faceless entity-an overseer of workflow in the shuffle of shadows offstage. In surveying the pioneers who transformed theater into the dynamic art form it is today, Directors on Directing presents a timeless collection of writings offering insight into what it means to direct and how to better appreciate theatrical performances.

Author : Elia Kazan
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0307277046
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Kazan on Directing written by Elia Kazan and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2010-01-12 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Elia Kazan was the twentieth century’s most celebrated director of both stage and screen, and this monumental, revelatory book shows us the master at work. Kazan’s list of Broadway and Hollywood successes—A Streetcar Named Desire, Death of a Salesman, On the Waterfront, to name a few—is a testament to his profound impact on the art of directing. This remarkable book, drawn from his notebooks, letters, interviews, and autobiography, reveals Kazan’s method: how he uncovered the “spine,” or core, of each script; how he analyzed each piece in terms of his own experience; and how he determined the specifics of his production. And in the final section, “The Pleasures of Directing”—written during Kazan’s final years—he becomes a wise old pro offering advice and insight for budding artists, writers, actors, and directors.

Author : Arthur Laurents
Publisher : Knopf
ISBN 13 : 0307270882
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.87/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mainly on Directing written by Arthur Laurents and published by Knopf. This book was released on 2009 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From playwright, screenwriter, and director Laurents comes a mesmerizing book about theater, art and the artist, the insider and the outsider--and the making of two of the greatest musicals of the American stage: "Gypsy" and "West Side Story."

Author : Harold Clurman
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 0684826224
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book On Directing written by Harold Clurman and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 1997-04-03 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published: New York: Collier Books, 1972.

Author : Frank Hauser
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 080271708X
Total Pages : 161 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Notes on Directing written by Frank Hauser and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2008-09-15 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An accessible edition of a classic guide to film and theater directing offers insight into the craft's unique challenges from managing personalities and anticipating problems to working with a script and the key elements of staging, in a primer that also features life lessons gleaned by the co-authors throughout their careers. Reprint. 30,000 first printing.

Author : Michael Rabiger
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1136042490
Total Pages : 690 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Directing written by Michael Rabiger and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2013-04-02 with total page 690 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Directing: Film Techniques and Aesthetics is a comprehensive manual that teaches the essentials of filmmaking from the perspective of the director. Ideal for film production and directing classes, as well as for aspiring and current directors, Directing covers all phases of preproduction and production, from idea development to final cut. Thoroughly covering the basics, Directing guides the reader to professional standards of expression and control, and goes to the heart of what makes a director. The book outlines a great deal of practical work to meet this goal, with projects, exercises. The third edition emphasizes the connection between knowing and doing, with every principle realizable through projects and exercises. Much has been enhanced and expanded, notably: aspects of dramaturgy; beats and dramatic units; pitching stories and selling one's work; the role of the entrepreneurial producer; and the dangers of embedded moral values. Checklists are loaded with practical recommendations for action, and outcomes assessment tables help the reader honestly gauge his or her progress. Entirely new chapters present: preproduction procedures; production design; script breakdown; procedures and etiquette on the set; shooting location sound; continuity; and working with a composer. The entire book is revised to capitalize on the advantages offered by the revolutionary shift to digital filmmaking.

Author : Gabriella Giannachi
Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 0312224834
Total Pages : 161 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book On Directing written by Gabriella Giannachi and published by Palgrave Macmillan. This book was released on 1999-09-11 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The profession of directing is barely a century old. On Directing considers the position of the director in theater and performance today. What is a director? How do they begin work on a play or performance? What methods are used in rehearsal? Is the director an enabler, a collaborator or dictator? As we enter the new millennium, is the very concept of directing under increasing threat from changes in thinking and practice? The full diversity of today's approaches to directing are explored through a series of interviews with leading contemporary practitioners. On Directing is a landmark book about the director's craft.

Author : John Badham
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781932907148
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book I'll be in My Trailer written by John Badham and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on the extensive experiences of veteran Director John Badham, as well as no-holds-barred tales from such celebrated directors and actors as Sydney Pollock, Mel Gibson, James Woods, and Jenna Elfman, this text is an insightful read for directors at all levels of their craft.

Author : John A. Gallagher
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0313390282
Total Pages : 317 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Film Directors on Directing written by John A. Gallagher and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 1989-05-04 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Independent director and screenwriter John Andrew Gallagher, interviews 21 filmmakers on the craft of motion picture directing. Francois Truffaut, the late great French director, as well as Michael Cimino, Ulu Grosbard, Dennis Hopper, Alan Parker, Susan Seidelman, Joan Micklin Silver and many others reveal behind-the-scenes anecdotes about well known films and stars. The big gamblers who spend millions per film as well as the colorful low-budget kings provide an intriguing look at the mechanics of filmmaking. Choosing and preparing the screenplay, working with actors and crew, dealing with the distributor, and advice to young filmmakers--all are covered in this book's illuminating interviews. Serious students of cinema, filmmakers, movie buffs, and people fascinated by film will find Film Directors on in this book's illuminating interviews.