On Film-Making An Introduction to the Craft of the Director

Name: On Film-Making An Introduction to the Craft of the Director
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ISBN: 9780571211258

ISBN-10: 0571211259

ISBN-13: 9780571211258

Edition: 2005

Authors: Alexander Mackendrick, Paul Cronin, Martin Scorsese

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A priceless examination of the filmmaker's craft, from the renowned director of Sweet Smell of Success After more than twenty years in the film industry as a screenwriter, storyboard editor, and director of memorable films such as "The Ladykillers, Alexander Mackendrick turned his back on Hollywood and began a new career as the Dean of one of the country's most demanding and influential film schools. His absolute devotion to the craft of filmmaking served as a powerful impetus to students at the California Institute for the Arts for almost twenty five years, with a teaching style that included prodigious notes, neatly crafted storyboards, and handouts containing excerpts of works by…

Book details

List price: $17.00
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Faber & Faber, Incorporated
Publication date: 8/31/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 336
Size: 5.75" wide x 8.75" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English

Alexander Mackendrick directed several films, including The Man in the White Suit, which earned him an Oscar Nomination for Screenwriting. He died in 1993. Paul Cronin is the editor of Herzog on Herzog.



Foreword



Introduction


Prologue



Dramatic Construction


The Pre-Verbal Language of Cinema


What is a Story?


Exposition


Modernist Trends


A Technique for Having Ideas


Slogans for the Screenwriter's Wall


Exercises for the Student of Dramatic Construction


When Not to Write a Shooting Script


Once Upon a Time...


Activity versus Action


Dramatic Irony


William Archer Revisited


Plausibility and Willing Suspension of Disbelief


Density and Subplots in Sweet Smell of Success


Cutting Dialogue


The Solomon Exercise


The Director and the Actor



Film Grammar


The Invisible Imaginary Ubiquitous Winged Witness


How to be Meaningless


Mental Geography


Condensing Screen Time


Drawing Lesson


Point of View


The Axis


Shot-to-Shot Relationships


Camera Coverage


Camera Movement


Citizen Kane


Epilogue