Film Directing: Shot by Shot

A go-to guide to directing films, updated here on the twenty-fifth anniversary of its initial release. Looks at processes of celebrated auteurs.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction

PART I - Visualization: The Process
1. Visualization
2. Production Design
3. Storyboards
4. Visualization: Tools and Techniques
5. The Production Cycle

PART II - Elements of the Continuity Style
6. Composing Shots: Spatial Connections
7. Editing: Temporal Connections

PART III - The Workshop
8. The Basics Applied
9. Staging Dialogue Sequences
10. Dialogue Staging with Three Subjects
11. Four or More Player Dialogue Stagings
12. Mobile Staging
13. Depth of the Frame
14. Camera Angles
15. Open and Closed Framings
16. Point of View

PART IV - The Moving Camera
17. The Pan
18. The Crane Shot
19. The Tracking Shot
20. Tracking Shot Choreography
21. Transitions
22. Format
23. Shadowing
24. Short Cuts
25. Parting Shots

Glossary
Recommended Reading
About the Author