Fundamentals of Film Making

Häftad, Engelska, 2025

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Beskrivning

The Fundamentals of Film-Making provides an overview of the collaborative process of film-making.The book maps out the practical, technical and creative aspects involved, sets out the division of labour, and explains how each individual role combines to influence the final piece. The three primary stages of film production – pre-production, production and post-production – are covered through chapters dealing with each of the major departments: script; production; direction; production design; cinematography; sound and post-production.The book concludes with an examination of film analysis, providing context and connections between film theory and practice.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2025-10-30
Mått:198 x 252 x 18 mm
Vikt:480 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Fundamentals
Antal sidor:208
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN:9781350405349

Utforska kategorier

Film inom Kultur

Mer om författaren

Jane Barnwell is Senior Lecturer at London Metropolitan University. After graduating from Leeds University and the Northern School of Film and Television, she began her career at the BBC and has since worked extensively as a designer for film, television and theatre. Jane published a book entitled Production Design: Architects of the Screen in 2004 and was awarded an Arts and Humanities Research Council grant this year for her project London at Home. Jane continues to work in film production and has also branched into exhibition work.

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I am very impressed with the quality and content of this publication. It provides a very comprehensive and accessible introductory text on the subject. Both the Fundamentals I have seen follow a pattern of beautifully designed pages, the text is very well considered and reflected in the design.

Innehållsförteckning

How to get the most out of this book. Introduction. The team: Overview of the crew; Departments and job descriptions; Collaborating and working as a team. Scriptwriting: Treatments; Screenplay - format and layout; Narrative structures; Protagonists and antagonists; Adaptation; Genre; Loglines. Producing: Production planning for documentary and drama; Documentary proposals; Budgeting; Schedules; Locations; Equipment; Distribution and exhibition. Directing: Shot sizes - meaning and motivation; Camera movements - methods and meaning; Master shots, cutaways, inserts and reactions; Parallel action; Shooting scripts; Storyboards; Working with actors. Production design: Visualising and breaking down the script; Concepts - the look; Space; Light and colour; Period; Process; Special effects; Costume. Cinematography: Format; Picture composition and framing; Lighting; Colour; Lenses. Sound: Audio field production; Microphones; Post-production sound; Music; Sound effects. Post-production: Editing; Continuity; Manipulating time; Montage; Continuous shot. Making meaning: Documentary; Representation; Realism; Genre; Ideology; Auteur theory. Appendix: Essential viewing; Essential resources; Mini interviews. Index. Acknowledgements and credits.