Film Directing Shot by Shot: Visualizing from Concept to Screen (Michael Wiese Productions)
by Steve Katz
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Author: Steve KatzEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 1991-08-14
ISBN: 0941188108
Number of pages: 325
Publisher: Michael Wiese
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Book Review: Steven D. Katz positions the Filmmaker as Graphic Designer.
Summary: 5 Stars
Film Directing Shot by Shot is a step back from the filmmaker's lens. This book is a praise of preplanning shots and putting them together in the filmmaker's head. Steven D. Katz has presented a great resource not laden with hard technical terminology limited to the professional.
Katz explores the graphic design of a shot, presenting alternate examples of shot layout side by side. The author encourages seeing shots on the storyboard and how they play together, seeing the movie as static pictures before any film is spent. As he explains: "look at each sequence as a complete statement. Developing an intuitive sense of the overall perceptual effect of a sequence is one of the skills necessary for visualization." (pp 160) He offers traditional process but encourages experimental methods where appropriate.
I was pointed toward the book as an art professional interested in filmmaking. Having read other film preproduction books this has been the best so far.
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