Direction category: 829 books
by Lucy Fischer, Mark Shiel, Merrill Schleier
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2015
How is the look of a film achieved? In Art Direction and Production Design, six outstanding scholars survey the careers of notable art directors, the influence of specific design styles, the key roles played by particular studios and films in shaping the field, the effect of technological changes...
Music Direction for the Stage
A View from the Podium
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2015
Theater music directors must draw on a remarkably broad range of musical skills. Not only do they conduct during rehearsals and performances, but they must also be adept arrangers, choral directors, vocal coaches, and accompanists. Like a record producer, the successful music director must have the...
Direction
Readings in Theatre Practice
Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2012
Is directing an art? Do directors need to be trained? What do directors actually do? These questions and more are answered in this accessibly written survey of the art of theatre direction. Its broad scope ranges across the theatres of both America and Europe, looking at practices from Stanislavski up to the present day.
Changing Direction: A Practical Approach to Directing Actors in Film and Theatre
Foreword by Ang Lee
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2018
The second edition of this elegant and accessible primer offers a helpful reference and resource for directing actors in film, television, and theatre, useful to directors, actors, and writers. Combining underlying theory with dozens of exercises designed to reveal the actor's craft, Lenore DeKoven...
The Technical Director's Toolkit
Process, Forms, and Philosophies for Successful Technical Direction
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2015
In the world of theatre, the technical director is responsible for overseeing the safe and efficient realization and implementation of scenery for the stage. The Technical Director’s Toolkit is the first book to address every nut and bolt of this multifaceted job, guiding you though the step-by-step...
Directing Professionally
A Practical Guide to Developing a Successful Career in Today’s Theatre
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2019
How do you develop both the craft of directing as well as a professional career in freelance directing in today's theatre industry? Drawing on his own extensive experience and that of other theatre professionals from the US and UK, Kent Thompson illuminates a pathway from training, apprenticeship...
The Directors: The Playboy Interview
50 Years of the Playboy Interview
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
The filmmakers who defy convention and validate the legitimacy of the auteur theory are revealed in probing, wide-ranging and provocative interviews that first appeared in Playboy magazine. From foreign masters of direction and style Ingmar Bergman and Federico Fellini to champions of independent film...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2002
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2002
Steven Spielberg has fashioned an enviable career as a writer, producer, and director of American motion pictures, winning Academy Awards for Best Direction (Saving Private Ryan, Schindler's List), and for Best Film (Schindler's List). With David Geffen and Jeffrey Katzenberg he founded Dreamworks...
British Film Design
A History
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2010
British Film Design' is about the things that you see when you close your eyes and think of British cinema. It is about Dr No's hideaway, the ballet of The Red Shoes, the buffet of Brief Encounter, Vera Drake's parlour, Hogwarts School … and a thousand other visions of British films. Moreover, 'British...
Theatre
Its Art and Craft
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2017
Successful theatre relies on a complex interaction of all theatrical elements: script, direction, acting, and design interact in shifting configurations to offer a new work of art at every performance. Examining these relationships often enriches the theatrical experience.
Theatre: Its Art...
Martin Scorsese
Interviews, Revised and Updated
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2017
Martin Scorsese (b. 1942) has long been considered one of America’s greatest cinematic storytellers. Over the last fifty years he has created some of the most iconic moments in American film, never afraid to confront controversial issues with passion. While few of his films are directly autobiographical,...
Shoot Like Scorsese
The Visual Secrets of Shock, Elegance, and Extreme Character
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2016
Martin Scorsese directs films that range from the subtlest studies of relationships to violent gangster movies, with characters who are driven to the extremes of their personality. This book looks at Scorsese’s key techniques, showing how he uses space, framing, and a strong sense of direction, to en-sure that your films are brimming with tension, shock, and emotion.
by Chris McDonnell
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2018
Netflix’s BoJack Horseman has quickly become one of the most critically acclaimed animated comedy series in recent memory. Set in an off-kilter, cynically spun rendering of modern-day Hollywood, the show follows washed-up horse actor BoJack Horseman (voiced by Will Arnett) as he attempts to turn...
William Cameron Menzies
The Shape of Films to Come
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2015
He was the consummate designer of film architecture on a grand scale, influenced by German expressionism and the work of the great European directors. He was known for his visual flair and timeless innovation, a man who meticulously preplanned the color and design of each film through a series of...