Film Directing Fundamentals, 3rd Edition

Table of contents

1. Cover
2. Halftitle
3. Title
4. Copyright
5. Contents
6. Foreword
7. Acknowledgments
8. Introduction
9. PART 1. Film Language and a Directing Methodology
   1. 1. Introduction to Film Language and Grammar
      1. The Film World
      2. Film Language
      3. Shots
      4. Film Grammar
      5. The 180-Degree Rule
      6. The 30-Degree Rule
      7. Screen Direction
      8. Film-Time
      9. Compression
      10. Elaboration
      11. Familiar Image
   2. 2. Introduction to the Dramatic Elements Embedded in the Screenplay
      1. Spines
      2. Whose Film is it?
      3. Character
      4. Circumstance
      5. Dynamic Relationship
      6. Wants
      7. Expectations
      8. Actions
      9. Activity
      10. Acting Beats
      11. Dramatic Blocks
      12. Narrative Beats
      13. Fulcrum
   3. 3. Organizing Action in a Dramatic Scene
      1. Dramatic Elements in Alfred Hitchcock’s Notorious Patio Scene
      2. Notorious Patio Scene Annotated
   4. 4. Staging
      1. Patterns of Dramatic Movement
      2. Changing the Stage with in a Scene
      3. Staging as Part of a Film’s Design
      4. Working with a Location Floor Plan
      5. Floor Plan for Notorious Patio Scene
   5. 5. Camera
      1. The Camera as Narrator
      2. Reveal
      3. Entrances
      4. Objective Camera
      5. Subjective Camera
      6. Where Do I Put It?
      7. Visual Design
      8. Style
      9. Coverage
      10. Camera Height
      11. Lenses
      12. Composition
      13. Where to Begin?
      14. Working Toward Specificity in Visualization
      15. Looking for Order
      16. Dramatic Blocks and Camera
      17. Shot Lists, Storyboards, and Setups
      18. The Prose Storyboard
   6. 6. Camera in Notorious Patio Scene
      1. First Dramatic Block
      2. Second Dramatic Block
      3. Third Dramatic Block
      4. Fourth Dramatic Block and Fulcrum
      5. Fifth Dramatic Block
10. PART 2. Making Your Film
    1. 7. Detective Work on Scripts
       1. Reading Your Screenplay
       2. A Piece of Apple Pie Screenplay
       3. Whose Film Is It?
       4. Character
       5. Circumstance
       6. Spines For A Piece of Apple Pie
       7. Dynamic Relationships
       8. Wants
       9. Actions
       10. Acting Beats
       11. Activity
       12. Tone for A Piece of Apple Pie
       13. Breaking A Piece of Apple Pie into Actions
       14. Designing a Scene
       15. Visualization
       16. Identifying the Fulcrum and Dramatic Blocks
       17. Supplying Narrative Beats to A Piece of Apple Pie
       18. Director’s Notebook
    2. 8. Staging and Camera for A Piece of Apple Pie
       1. Staging
       2. Camera
       3. Beginning of Second Dramatic Block
       4. conclusion
    3. 9. Marking Shooting Script with Camera Setups
    4. 10. Working with Actors
       1. Casting
       2. Auditions
       3. First Read-Through
       4. Directing During Rehearsals
       5. Directing Actors on the Set
    5. 11. Managerial Responsibilities of the Director
       1. Delegating Authority While Accepting Responsibility
       2. The Producer
       3. The Assistant Director
       4. A Realistic Shooting Schedule
       5. Working with the Crew
       6. Working with the Director of Photography
    6. 12. Postproduction
       1. Editing
       2. Music and Sound
       3. Locking Picture, or, How Do You Know When It’S Over?
       4. An Audience and a Big Screen
11. PART 3. Organizing Action in an Action Scene
    1. 13. Staging and Camera for Over Easy Action Scene
       1. Development of Screenplay
       2. Director’s Preparation for Directing an Action Scene
       3. Where to Begin?
       4. Over Easy Action Scene/Staging and Camera Angles for Storyboard Artist
12. PART 4. Organizing Action in a Narrative Scene
    1. 14. Staging and Camera for Wanda Narrative Scene
       1. What is the Scene’s Job?
       2. Choosing a Location
       3. Staging
       4. Camera Style in Wanda
13. PART 5. Learning the Craft Through Film Analysis
    1. 15. Alfred Hitchcock’s Notorious
       1. Overview of Style and Design
       2. First Act
       3. Second Act
       4. Third Act
       5. Summary
    2. 16. Peter Weir’s The Truman Show
       1. Overview of Style and Design
       2. First Act
       3. Second Act
       4. Third Act
       5. Summary
    3. 17. Federico Fellini’s 8½
       1. A Masterpiece?
       2. The Director as Auteur
       3. Dramatic Construction
       4. Overview of Style and Design
       5. Detective Work
       6. First Act
       7. Second Act
       8. Third Act
       9. Summary
    4. 18. Styles and Dramatic Structures
       1. Style
       2. Narrative, Dramatic, and Poetic Visual Styles
       3. The Variety of Dramatic Structures
       4. Tokyo Story, Yasujiro Ozu (1953, Japan)
       5. Some Like it Hot, Billy Wilder (1959)
       6. The Battle of Algiers, Gillo Pontecorvo (1965, France)
       7. Red, Krzysztof Kieslowski (1994, Poland, France, Switzerland)
       8. Sex, Lies, and Videotape, Steven Soderbergh (1989)
       9. Shall We Dance?, Masayuki Suo (1996, Japan)
       10. The Celebration, Thomas Vinterberg (1998, Denmark)
       11. The Insider, Michael Mann (1999)
       12. The Thin Red Line, Terrence Malick (1998)
       13. In the Mood for Love, Kar Wai Wong (2001, China)
       14. Little Children, Todd Field (2006)
    5. 19. What Next?
       1. Building Directorial Muscles
       2. Writing for the Director
       3. Begin Thinking about your Story
       4. Concocting your Feature Screenplay
       5. “Writing” Scenes with Actors
       6. Shooting your Film Before you Finish Writing it
       7. The Final Script
       8. Shooting without a Screenplay?
       9. Questions Directors should ask about their Screenplays
       10. Conclusion
14. Bibliography
15. Index