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The Director’s Toolkit is a comprehensive guide to the role of the theatrical director. Following the chronology of the directing process, the book discusses each stage in precise detail, considering the selection and analysis of the script, the audition process, casting, character development, rehearsals, how to self-evaluate a production and everything in between. Drawing on the author’s own experience in multiple production roles, the book highlights the relationship between the director,...

This book is a practical guide to aid in the process of creating, developing and presenting successful Theatre/TV/Film design/technology portfolios in the fields of scenery, costumes, lighting and sound. The book will consist of four sections or chapters. The first section is dedicated to the realization of effective portfolio showcases and it will identify materials and techniques used to produce them. This chapter will also identify specific requirements by discipline including scenery, costum...

This book is intended for people who wish to "break into" the world of directing, and are interested in the field of corporate programmes. It aims to give a useful grounding in directing and provides an insight to the real world of the working director. By dealing at a basic, practical level of what to think and do when directing a corporate video, "Corporate Video Directing" stresses how a corporate director needs to identify the aims and objectives of the video. It also discusses the effect on...

This guide for actors and directors develops a valid method for training performers to act from their core--whether they are cold reading, auditioning, or performing for film or television. This book teaches actors how to achieve and respond to believable and honest emotions before the camera, and it maintains that the key to a successful performance lies in how the actors relate to one another and to the circumstances. Exercises, including script examples, throughout the book give readers an e...

Early in 1937, a young film editor went on-location to St. George, Utah, for the filming of Republic's The Painted Stallion. Rain and cast problems put the production hopelessly behind schedule. The studio summarily fired the director and replaced him with the film editor. Thus was born the career of one of Hollywood's most famous serial directors, Bill Witney. Witney went on to direct or codirect 23 Republic serials, working with such stars as William Benedict, Hoot Gibson, Bela Lugosi,...

A dynamic investigation of processes of cultural reproduction – remaking and remodelling – which considers a wide range of film adaptations, remakes and fan productions from various industrial, textual and critical perspectives.

This volume brings together a series of essays that interrogate the notion of figuration in Indian cinemas. The essays collectively argue that the figures which exhibit maximum tenacity in Indian cinema often emerge in the interface of recognizable binaries: self/other, Indian/foreign, good/bad, virtue/vice, myth/reality and urban/rural.

A detailed, theoretically attuned analysis of all of the Scorsese-directed features from The Last Waltz  to Bringing Out the Dead . Grist illuminates Scorsese's authorship, but also reflects back upon a range of informing contexts.

In this edited volume, Kasi Lemmons, the first African-American woman auteur to solidly and steadily produce a full body of work in cinema—an oeuvre of quality, of note, of international recognition—will get the full film-studies treatment. This collection offers the first scholarly examination of Lemmons’ films through various frameworks of film theory, illuminating her highly personal, unique, and rare vision. In Lemmons’ worldview, the spiritual and the supernatural manifest in the natural, c...

This book examines a set of theoretical perspectives that critically engage with the notion of postmodernism, investigating whether this concept is still useful to approach contemporary cinema. This question is explored through a discussion of the films written and directed by Quentin Tarantino, largely regarded as the epitome of postmodern cinema and considered here as theoretical contributions in their own right.  Each chapter first presents key ideas proposed by a specific theorist and then p...

Die Drehbuchforschung ist ein junges, sich rasch entwickelndes internationales Forschungsfeld. Der Sammelband führt Forschungen aus dem deutschsprachigen Raum zusammen, die sich mit dem Drehbuch als schriftliches Artefakt und als Teil des Produktionsprozesses auseinandersetzen. Neben grundlegenden theoretischen Konzepten der Drehbuchforschung stehen historische und archivbasierte Analysen sowie gegenwartsbezogene Problemstellungen im Vordergrund. Praxisnah finden außerdem Akteure und Abläufe der...

Whether hand-held, shoulder-held, head-mounted, dollied, boomed or on a Steadicam, Camera Operating is like acting - that is, it is about reacting. For the audience, the operating can put them where they want to be in the moment they want to be there, because of where they were the moment before. This handbook helps directors and cinematographers create powerful shots with a strong motivation behind each move. You will gain a strong understanding of the fundamentals of camera operation, namely:...

America's luckiest guy? The real story behind the most important man in the lives of Michelle Pfeiffer and Ally McBeal. I love Ally McBeal, says one female fan. "She's gorgeous, she has a great job, men are crazy about her, and she's still unhappy! Well, if Ally can be unhappy then I can be unhappy too." Is that what the popularity of Ally McBeal is about? Misery loves company? Only partly. The dialogue is scintillating, the characters peculiar, the stories - and not just those fantasy moments -...

Drama documentary is a programme category unique to television. Combining the factual approach of documentary with the entertainment values of drama, dramadoc/docudrama has featured in television schedules for over 40 years, and has often been the focus of controversy. Questions are frequently asked about how the viewer is to judge between fact and fiction, and whether such programmes invade individuals' privacy. This is an introductory book which defines the form, and reviews its history and de...