Directing the narrative and shot design : the art and craft of directing
Lubomir Kocka (Author)
This book is a "directing-altering book" as it provides high-quality learning resources that encourage and challenge film enthusiasts, aspiring directors, film students, and professionals to strive for new levels of excellence and impact in their film directing, television directing, and new media directing.This book puts forward a well-informed and innovative discussion of critical director's choices that have not previously been considered by existing texts on film and television directing. This book presents a wide range of directorial concepts and directing exercises that include:• Psycho-physiological regularities in left-right/right-left orientation transferred to a shot design. How directors can manipulate the viewer's perception of a character and of the journey they are on using screen direction.• Methodology and visual strategy for rendering a scene based on character perspective.• The directorial concept of emotional manipulation.• Demystifying the 180-degree rule. -- Publisher's website
xvii, 427 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
9781622734962, 1622734963
1246728212
Preface ~Part i: Directorial concepts :Chapter 1: Director ; Chapter 2: Visual concept ; Chapter 3: Concept of visual units ; Chapter 4: Manipulating film time ; Chapter 5: Controlling space ; Chapter 6: Blocking strategies ; Chapter 7: Multiple-character scene ; Chapter 8: Demystifying the 180-degree rule - crossing the line ; Chapter 9: Concept of character perspective ; Chapter 10: Concept of storyteller's perspective ; Chapter 11: Emotional manipulation/emotional design ; Chapter 12: Psycho-physiological regularities in left-right/right-left orientation ; Chapter 13: Directorial-dramaturgical analysis ; Chapter 14: Director's book ; Chapter 15: Previsualization ; ~Part ii: Studios - directing exercises: Chapter 16: i. Studio - application of genre conventions ; Chapter 17: ii. Studio - blocking in depth ; Chapter 18: iii. Studio - blocking in 360-degree space ; Chapter 19: iv. Studio - modeling character perspective ; Chapter 20: v. Studio - alternation in storyteller's perspective ; Chapter 21: vi. Studio - externalizing/physicalizing inner state of mind of the character ; Chapter 22: vii. Studio - harmonious portrait and discordant portrait ; ~Part iii: Video assignments: Chapter 23: Self-portrait ; Chapter 24: Video-study of character ; Chapter 25: Video-study of place ; Chapter 26: Photoscript ; Chapter 27: Video-storyboard one scene - two ways of approaching ; Chapter 28: short live action narrative film ; ~Part iv: Studio scripts~Part v: Quiz, tests, charts, templates ; Epilogue ; Photo album ; About the author ; Index
Includes index