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E-raamat: Director's Idea: The Path to Great Directing [Taylor & Francis e-raamat]

(Tisch School of the Arts, New York University, NY, USA)
  • Formaat: 370 pages
  • Ilmumisaeg: 21-Feb-2006
  • Kirjastus: Focal Press
  • ISBN-13: 9780080465081
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  • Formaat: 370 pages
  • Ilmumisaeg: 21-Feb-2006
  • Kirjastus: Focal Press
  • ISBN-13: 9780080465081
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As a director, you must have a concept, a "director's idea", to shape your approach to the actors, the camera, and the script. With this clear idea your film will be deeper and more effective, and you will be able to differentiate--and therefore make the choice--between competent directing and great directing. Using case studies of famous directors as real-world examples of "director's ideas", the author has provided the theory and the practice to help directors immediately improve their work.

*Improve your work and make your film deeper, more layered, and more effective

*Book is a great blend of theory and practice

*Case studies of famous directors bring the concepts to life

As a director, you must have a concept, a "director's idea", to shape your approach to the actors, the camera, and the script. With this clear idea your film will be deeper and more effective, and you will be able to differentiate--and therefore make the choice--between competent directing and great directing. Using case studies of famous directors as real-world examples of "director's ideas", the author has provided the theory and the practice to help directors immediately improve their work.

*Improve your work and make your film deeper, more layered, and more effective

*Book is a great blend of theory and practice

*Case studies of famous directors bring the concepts to life

As a director, you must have a concept, a "director's idea", to shape your approach to the actors, the camera, and the script. With this clear idea your film will be deeper and more effective, and you will be able to differentiate--and therefore make the choice--between competent directing and great directing. Using case studies of famous directors as real-world examples of "director's ideas", the author has provided the theory and the practice to help directors immediately improve their work.
Acknowledgments xiii
Part I: What the Director Does
Introduction
2(10)
What Does the Director Do?
3(1)
Who Is the Director?
4(1)
How Did We Get Here
5(1)
Where Are We Today?
6(2)
The Structure of the Book
8(1)
How I Came to Write This Book
9(3)
The Director's Idea
12(12)
The Unity of the Production
15(9)
The Competent Director
24(16)
What the Audience Wants
25(2)
Directors and Competence
27(2)
Case Study I. The Competent Director: Antoine Fuqua (``King Arthur,'' 2004)
29(3)
Case Study II. The Competent Director: Simon Wincer (``The Lighthorseman,'' 1087)
32(8)
The Good Director
40(14)
How the Director's Idea Works
41(6)
A Case Study in Good Directing: Michael Mann's ``Collateral''
47(2)
Adding Value to a Project
49(3)
The Director's Idea
52(2)
The Great Director
54(18)
Voice
56(1)
Three Contemporary Great Directors in America
57(6)
Three Contemporary Great Directors Outside America
63(9)
Text Interpretation
72(14)
The Case of Steinbeck's East of Eden
76(2)
Interior/Exterior
78(2)
Young/Old
80(1)
Male/Female
81(1)
Political/Sociological/Psychological
82(2)
Tone
84(2)
The Camera
86(18)
The Shot
87(2)
Camera Placement
89(2)
Proximity
89(1)
Objectivity
89(1)
Subjective Camera Placement
90(1)
Camera Height
90(1)
Camera Movement
91(3)
Movement from a Fixed Point
92(1)
Movement from Movement
93(1)
Lighting
94(1)
Art Direction
95(1)
Sound
96(1)
The Edit
97(7)
Continuity
97(1)
Clarity
98(1)
Dramatic Emphasis
99(1)
New Ideas
99(1)
Parallel Action
99(1)
Emotional Guidelines
100(1)
Tone
100(1)
The Main Character
101(1)
Conflict
101(1)
Story Form
101(3)
The Actor
104(18)
Casting
105(3)
The Character Are
108(2)
An Aside about Actors as Directors
110(1)
Philosophies of Acting
111(1)
Outside In
112(1)
Inside Out
113(1)
The American School
113(1)
The European School
114(8)
Part II: The Case Studies of Directing
Sergei Eisenstein: The Historical Dialectic
122(12)
Introduction
123(1)
Text Interpretation
123(2)
Directing the Actor
125(3)
Directing the Camera
128(2)
Directing for the Edit
130(4)
John Ford: Poetry and Heroism
134(14)
Introduction
135(3)
``The Grapes of Wrath'' (1940)
137(1)
``My Darling Clementine'' (1946)
137(1)
``They Were Expendable'' (1945)
137(1)
``The Searchers'' (1956)
138(1)
Text Interpretation
138(3)
Directing the Actors
141(2)
Directing the Camera
143(5)
George Stevens: The American Character -- Desire and Conscience
148(14)
Introduction
149(3)
``Alice Adams'' (1935)
150(1)
``Gunga Din'' (1939)
150(1)
``The More the Merrier'' (1943)
150(1)
``A Place in the Sun'' (1951)
151(1)
``Giant'' (1956)
152(1)
Text Interpretation
152(2)
Directing the Actors
154(2)
Directing the Camera
156(6)
Billy Wilder: Existence at Stake
162(12)
Introduction
163(4)
``The Lost Weekend'' (1945)
165(1)
``Sunset Boulevard'' (1950)
165(1)
``The Apartment'' (1960)
165(1)
``Double Indemnity'' (1944)
166(1)
Text Interpretation
167(2)
Directing the Actor
169(2)
Directing the Camera
171(3)
Ernst Lubitsch: The Life Force of Romance
174(14)
Introduction
175(6)
``Trouble in Paradise'' (1932)
178(1)
``Ninotchka'' (1939)
179(1)
``The Shop Around the Corner'' (1940)
180(1)
``To Be or Not To Be'' (1942)
180(1)
Text Interpretation
181(2)
Directing the Actors
183(1)
Directing the Camera
184(4)
Elia Kazan: Drama as Life
188(16)
Introduction
189(8)
``Panic in the Streets'' (1950)
194(1)
``On the Waterfront'' (1954)
195(1)
``East of Eden'' (1954)
196(1)
``America, America'' (1963)
196(1)
Text Interpretation
197(1)
Directing the Actor
198(2)
Directing the Camera
200(4)
Francois Truffaut: Celebrate the Child
204(14)
Introduction
205(4)
``The 400 Blows'' (1966)
206(1)
``Stolen Kisses'' (1968)
207(1)
``Love on the Run'' (1978)
207(1)
``Day for Night'' (1972)
208(1)
Text Interpretation
209(3)
Directing the Actor
212(1)
Directing the Camera
213(5)
Roman Polanski: The Aloneness of Existence
218(14)
Introduction
219(5)
``Rosemary's Baby'' (1968)
221(1)
``Chinatown'' (1974)
221(2)
``Tess'' (1981)
223(1)
``The Pianist'' (2002)
224(1)
Text Interpretation
224(3)
Directing the Actor
227(2)
Directing the Camera
229(3)
Stanley Kubrick: The Darkness of Modern Life
232(14)
Introduction
233(5)
``2001: A Space Odyssey'' (1968)
235(1)
``Barry Lyndon'' (1975)
236(1)
``Full Metal Jacket'' (1987)
237(1)
``Eyes Wide Shut'' (2000)
237(1)
Text Interpretation
238(4)
Directing the Actor
242(1)
Directing the Camera
243(3)
Steven Spielberg: Childhood Forever
246(14)
Introduction
247(5)
``Jaws'' (1975)
249(1)
``Raiders of the Lost Ark'' (1981)
249(1)
``E.T.'' (1982)
250(1)
``Saving Private Ryan'' (1998)
251(1)
Text Interpretation
252(2)
Directing the Actors
254(1)
Directing the Camera
255(5)
Margarethe Von Trotta: Historical Life and Personal Life Intersect
260(14)
Introduction
261(7)
``The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum'' (1975)
264(1)
``The Second Awakening of Christa Klages'' (1977)
264(1)
``Marianne and Juliane'' (1981)
265(2)
``Rosenstrasse'' (2004)
267(1)
Text Interpretation
268(2)
Directing the Actor
270(2)
Directing the Camera
272(2)
Lukas Moodysson: Empathy and Its Limits
274(14)
Introduction
275(7)
``Fucking Amal'' (1998)
277(1)
``Together'' (2000)
278(1)
``Lilja 4-Ever'' (2002)
279(2)
``A Hole in My Heart'' (2004)
281(1)
Text Interpretation
282(2)
Directing the Actor
284(1)
Directing the Camera
285(3)
Catherine Breillat: The Warfare of Sexuality
288(12)
Introduction
289(6)
``Romance'' (1999)
292(1)
``Fat Girl'' (2001)
293(1)
``Sex Is Comedy'' (2002)
294(1)
``Anatomy of Hell'' (2004)
294(1)
Text Interpretation
295(1)
Directing the Actor
296(1)
Directing the Camera
297(3)
Mary Harron: Celebrity and Banality
300(16)
Introduction
301(9)
``I Shot Andy Warhol'' (1995)
306(1)
``American Psycho'' (2000)
307(3)
Text Interpretation
310(2)
Directing the Actor
312(1)
Directing the Camera
313(3)
Conclusion
316(14)
Appendix Finding the Director's Idea
330(8)
Strategy for Reading the Script
331(2)
Moving Toward Interpretation
333(2)
Choosing the Director's Idea
335(3)
Index 338
Ken Dancyger is the author of numerous books on screenwriting, editing, and production. He conducts screenwriting forums and workshops in North America, Europe, and Asia. A past chair of Undergraduate studies in the Department of Film and Television at NYU, he is currently Professor of Film and Television at the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University.