The director's six senses An innovative approach to developing your filmmaking skills
Book - 2016
The Director's Six Senses is an innovative, unique, and engaging approach to the development of the skills that every visual storyteller must have. It's based on the premise that a director is a storyteller 24/7 and must be aware of the truth that he or she experiences in life in order to be able to reproduce it on the big screen. Through a series of hands-on exercises and practical experiences, the reader develops the directorial senses in order to be able to tell a story in the most effective way.
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- Published
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Studio City, CA :
Michael Wiese Productions
[2016]
- Language
- English
- Main Author
- Physical Description
- xiii, 126 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Bibliography
- Includes filmography (page 123).
Includes bibliographical references (page 124). - ISBN
- 9781615932344
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Assignment
- 1. Sight: Visual Storytelling
- Screen Rectangle
- One Frame, One Story
- Assignment
- 2. Touch: Production Design
- Environmental Reflections
- The Outer World as a Reflection of Ourselves
- The Outer World as a Deformed Expression of Ourselves
- Real Space to Touch
- Assignment
- 3. Hearing: Sound and Music
- Sound Awareness
- Music
- 4. Smell: Directing Actors
- How to Smell a Lie (Bad Performances)
- Directing Actors and Directing Beings
- Inspiration for Realistic Blocking
- 5. Taste: Style Exploration
- Exploration and Discovery
- Ultimate Taste: The End
- 6. Vision: Director's Inspiration
- It's Not Magic, It's Hard Work
- "Why?": The Question That Leads to All the Answers
- 7. "Do or Do Not, There is No Try": How to Put Everything Together
- Technical Stuff: Know Your Brushes
- Director's Preparation
- How to Communicate What You "Sense"
- Postproduction Notes: Editing, Sound, and Music
- Shooting Procedure
- 8. A Case Study: Dead Poets Society
- 9. Conclusion
- Appendix A. Movie References
- Appendix B. Book References
- About the Author