EA Quick Guide to Film DirectingE provides the reader with a concise and comprehensive overview of this creative and exciting occupation. Written in a fast-paced easy-to-understand fashion the book addresses such topics as what film direction is; the history of the profession; how to become a director; the creative and practical duties and challenges of a film director in the three stages of making a movie (preproduction production and postproduction); working with actors; working with the members of the technical crew (cinematographers editors production designers etc.); the director's support team (assistant director production manager and so on); and the business of being a film director. It also offers a brief look at some of the greatest and most influential film directors in the history of the cinema.

About the Author
RAY MORTON is a writer and script consultant. He is the author of the "Meet the Reader" column at Scriptmag.com and of six previous film-related books: King Kong: The History of a Movie Icon from Fay Wray to Peter Jackson; Close Encounters of the Third Kind: The Making of Steven Spielberg's Classic Film; Amadeus: Music on Film; A Hard Day's Night: Music on Film; A Quick Guide to Screenwriting; and A Quick Guide to Television Writing.


Book Information
ISBN 9780879108069
Author Ray Morton
Format Paperback
Page Count 104
Imprint Limelight Editions
Publisher Limelight Editions
Weight(grams) 127g
Dimensions(mm) 189mm * 133mm * 7mm