Professor or Dr. Robert Edgar

Develop the critical and creative skills to ‘translate’ a story from page to screen with this step-by-step guide to the process of screen adaptation. You'll learn to: interrogate a novel or short story to release its ‘inner film’ convert fictional prose into visual drama overcome the obstacles presented by different media ‘languages’ approach key strategic decisions - both technical and...

An effective filmmaker needs to have a good understanding of how film language works, and more importantly, how to actively influence an audience’s thoughts and feelings and guide their gaze around the screen. Packed with examples from classic and contemporary cinema, The Language of Film reveals the essential building blocks of film and explains how the screen communicates meaning to...