Product Description

• Insider author gives no-nonsense advice
• Required reading for film students, educators, anyone interested in film

From script analysis to post production, here is the all-inclusive guide to directing for film and television. Written by noted director-producer Myrl Schreibman, The Film Director Prepares offers practical insights on filmmaking, using real-life examples directors won’t learn in school. With topics including working with actors, using the camera to tell a story, setting mood, staging, maintaining performance levels, covering shots, and directing for different mediums, The Film Director Prepares will leave new directors truly prepared for their careers.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #35473 in Books
• Published on: 2006-11-22
• Released on: 2006-11-22
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 256 pages

About the Author
Myrl A. Schreibman is an award-winning producer-director and an adjunct professor at the UCLA Department of Film, Television, and Digital media. Movie Maker magazine named his Indie Producer’s Handbook: Creative Producing from A to Z the number-one book on producing. He lives in Los Angeles.

Customer Reviews

Required Reading for Actors
"Read, read, read," says Schreibman and he might as well be talking about THE FILM DIRECTOR PREPARES, as essential to the actor as to anybody and everybody else who ever worked on a set. This is the book -- fascinating and entirely accessible -- to afford each of us an extra dollop of confidence in approaching a role, a rehearsal, a conversation about how to play a scene; to give actors an understanding of why directors make the choices they do and how we can best serve the vision of the whole. Wish I'd had this book years and years ago and I'm so glad to have it now!

Learn the Rules to Break the Rules
Practical and easy-to-grasp, this book breaks down directing to its most essential elements: the philosophy and the process. The book is a great starting guide for the newbie. Use it to learn just the fundamental principles of filmmaking, and then go out and discover your own principles.

Great Resource!
The Film Director Prepares: A Complete Guide to Directing for Film and TV is a great text and resource for the beginner looking at the construct of filmmaking and the director's role as well as great advice and insight for those at intermediate and experienced levels. The added CD from Frame Forge is outstanding and invaluable for storyboarding your project. Overall an excelent resource!