Film Directing: Shot by Shot – 25th Anniversary Edition: Visualizing
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Shot by Shot is a comprehensive guide to preplanning the look of a movie, as well as visual storytelling. The 25th Anniversary edition is updated with 800 photos and illustrations, including storyboards from films such as Citizen Kane, Blade Runner, Deadpool, and Moonrise Kingdom. It includes the concept of A, I, and L patterns to simplify the hundreds of staging choices a director faces, and provides analyses of various visual approaches to short scenes. It also features an in-depth analysis of Steven Spielberg’s scene design for Empire of the Sun. The book is published by Michael Wiese Productions, has 400 pages, and is written in English.
Shot by Shot is the world’s go-to directing book, now newly updated for a special 25th Anniversary edition! The first edition sold over 250,000 copies, making it one of the bestselling books on film di-recting of all time. Aspiring directors, cinematographers, editors, and producers, many of whom are now working professionals, learned the craft of visual storytelling from Shot by Shot, the most com-plete source for preplanning the look of a movie. The book contains over 800 photos and illustrations, and is by far the most comprehensive look at shot design in print, containing storyboards from movies such as Citizen Kane, Blade Runner, Dead-pool, and Moonrise Kingdom. Also introduced is the concept of A, I, and L patterns as a way to sim-plify the hundreds of staging choices facing a director in every scene. Shot by Shot uniquely blends story analysis with compositional strategies, citing examples then il-lustrated with the storyboards used for the actual films. Throughout the book, various visual ap-proaches to short scenes are shown, exposing the directing processes of our most celebrated au-teurs ― including a meticulous, lavishly illustrated analysis of Steven Spielberg’s scene design for Empire of the Sun. Read more
Publisher: Michael Wiese Productions; Anniversary edition (April 29, 2019)
Language: English
Paperback: 400 pages
ASIN: 1615932976
Weight: 1.9 pounds
Dimensions: 7.25 x 1.25 x 10 inches
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| Weight | 1.9 kg |
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| Dimensions | 7.25 × 1.25 × 10 cm |
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