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LEARNING THE CRAFT THROUGH FILM ANALYSIS
One of the quickest ways to learn the conceptual side of the film director’s craft is by close reading of films made by master directors. By close reading I mean not only watching a film many times but asking different questions with each successive viewing. What you are looking for is the armature—the craft—that supports the film. You begin to unearth this by watching a particular scene until you grasp how it is put together—how the camera and staging and work with actors have all been orchestrated into a harmonious whole. You watch for the dramatic power of transitions between scenes, for entrances of characters, for reveals, for the cinematic cohesiveness of a sequence, the personality ...
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