Film Directing Fundamentals

Name: Film Directing Fundamentals
Brand: Taylor & Francis
SKU: 9781138052901
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See Your Film Before Shooting

By Nicholas T. Proferes

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Film Directing Fundamentals presents an organic methodology for novice directors to realise the dramatic potential of a screenplay on screen. Author Nicholas T. Proferes guides readers through analysing scripts and translating components into visual storytelling using a sample screenplay to demonstrate techniques. This book introduces basic directing concepts and terminology, making it ideal for students, entry-level professionals, screenwriters, and aspiring filmmakers eager to bring their stories to life.

The fourth edition includes a new foreword by Student Academy Award-winner Jimmy Keyrouz and an enhanced companion website with supplemental materials such as film analyses, study questions, and exercises.
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Ideal for film students, novice directors, screenwriters, and entry-level professionals seeking practical guidance on translating scripts to screen, as well as film educators looking for a comprehensive teaching resource.

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Film Directing Fundamentals gives the novice director an organic methodology for realising on-screen the full dramatic possibility of a screenplay. Unique among directing books, Nicholas Proferes provides clear-cut ways to translate a script to the screen. Using the script as a blueprint, the reader is led through specific techniques to analyse and translate its components into a visual story. A sample screenplay is included that explicates the techniques discussed.

Written for both students and entry-level professionals, the book assumes no knowledge and introduces basic concepts and terminology. Appropriate for screenwriters, aspiring directors and filmmakers, Film Directing Fundamentals helps filmmakers bring their story to life on screen.

This fourth edition is updated with a new foreword by Student Academy Award-winner Jimmy Keyrouz, who studied with author Nicholas Proferes. Additionally, it features an enhanced companion website by Laura J. Medina, available at www.routledge.com/cw/proferes. The website includes new supplemental material for both instructors and students, including two new analyses of contemporary films—Wendy and Lucy (2008) and Moonlight (2016)—study questions, suggested assignments and exercises, as well as the instructor’s manual written by Proferes in 2008.

Book Hero Magic summarised reviews for this book. While it's new and still learning, it may not be perfect - your feedback is welcome! HOW HAS THIS BEEN REVIEWED?

Acclaimed film director Milos Forman praises the book as essential alongside talent and luck for aspiring filmmakers. James Schamus, a noted film professor and producer, highlights Proferes' unique approach in explaining how directors think rather than dictating how to direct. Thomas Britt, film studies professor, emphasises the book's lasting value as both a student resource and academic text shaping future filmmakers and educators.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781138052901

Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 13 July 2017

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Routledge

Edition: 4th edition

Audience: Tertiary education

DIMENSIONS

Width: 184.0mm

Height: 260.0mm

Weight: 790g

Pages: 318

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About the Author

Nicholas T. Proferes was the director/cameraman and editor of Free at Last, a 90-minute documentary on Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., which was awarded Best Documentary at the Venice Film Festival in 1969; director of photography and editor of Wanda, a feature film directed by Barbara Loden, awarded Best Picture at the Venice Film Festival in 1971; and co-producer, director of photography, and editor of The Visitors, a feature film directed by Elia Kazan. In 2008, his screenplay Romeros, Julieta, & the General won best screenplay at the Los Angeles Greek Film Festival; and in 2009, his screenplay Handsome Harry, directed by Bette Gordon, premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival. He is Professor Emeritus at Columbia University.

Laura J. Medina is an educator and filmmaker. She has professional production credits on a wide variety of productions including studio and independent feature films, documentaries and TV series. Laura directed three short narrative films, screened at film festivals all over the U.S. Since 2011 she has been an Assistant Professor in the Department of Film and Theatre at the University of New Orleans, where she teaches producing, directing and advanced production. Laura has a BA in Political Science from Antioch College, an MFA in Filmmaking from New York University, and is a member of the Directors Guild of America.