Shooting the Scene

The Art and Craft of Coverage for Directors and Filmmakers
1. Auflage 2024
ISBN: 978-0-367-74613-1
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 290 Seiten, Format (B × H): 183 mm x 260 mm, Gewicht: 748 g

Navigating the necessary skills for shooting fiction film or TV is a challenge for any filmmaker. This book demystifies the art and craft of “coverage”—explaining where to put the camera to shoot any kind of scene.

Author Mark Rosman takes readers step by step through the basics such as scene analysis, blocking actors, composition, shot listing, storyboarding, and screen direction to the more advanced, including how to shoot fights, car chases, and visual effects scenes. Rosman draws on his extensive film career to reveal the tips and tricks professional directors use to shoot creatively, quickly, and effectively on any budget and design the perfect shooting plan to make memorable and impactful film and TV. Through simple descriptions, clearly drawn diagrams, storyboard panels, and frames from famous movies, this book is a comprehensive and in-depth look at the art and craft of mastering coverage.

Ideal for students of directing and film production as well as any filmmaker looking for a guide to shooting any scene.

Includes two bonus online chapters covering on set procedure and how to watch your dailies.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate, Undergraduate Advanced, and Undergraduate Core

Autoren/Hrsg.

Rosman, Mark

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Filmwissenschaft, Fernsehen, Radio Filmproduktion, Filmtechnik
• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Filmwissenschaft, Fernsehen, Radio Fernsehproduktion

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part 1: The Fundamentals of Shooting a Scene  1. Directing the Camera  2. The Three Non-Camera Related Elements that Affect Coverage  3. The Director's Visual Toolkit  4. Using the Toolkit  5. Putting it All together  6. Planning Tools  7. Shooting for the Editing Room  8. Common Coverage Mistakes  9. Director's Steps in Creating a Shooting Plan  Part 2: Adding Style and Tackling Coverage Challenges  10. Style, Vision, and Artistry  11. Applying Style to Coverage  12. Challenging Scenes  13. Shooting Efficiently and Effectively  14. Multiple Cameras  15. Tips, Tricks, and Pointers  16. Coverage Collaborators  Part 3: Advanced Coverage  17. Scenes with Complex Elements: Non-Action  18. Scenes with Complex Elements: Action  19. Scenes with Complex Elements: Visual Effects  20. Coverage into the future

Über Autor(innen)

Mark Rosman is a Continuing lecturer of film and TV production at UCLA’s School of Theatre, Film, and Television, where he teaches directing, production, and beginning and advanced coverage. He is an award-winning writer and director of film and television, having directed family classics such as A Cinderella Story and Life-Size, as well as countless other features, TV movies, and TV episodes for Warner Bros., Universal, CBS, Disney, ABC Family, USA, TBS, Hallmark, and Lifetime.