Stanley Kubrick, director of the acclaimed filmsPath of Glory, Spartacus, Lolita, Dr. Strangelove, 2001: Space Odyssey. A Clockwork Orange, The Shining, and Full Metal Jacket, is arguably one of the greatest American filmmakers. Yet, despite being hailed as a giant by Orson Welles, little is known about the reclusive director. Stanley ...
A practical guide to production design for both professional and student film- and video-makers. Top production designers share their experiences and recount real-life experiences to explain the aesthetic, narrative and technical aspects of the craft. From the first reading of a script for creative design ideas to working with the post-production ...
By using photography as a storytelling medium, the cinematographer plays a key role in translating a screenplay into images and capturing the director's vision of the film. This text presents interviews with 13 cinematographers, who discuss their careers and the art and craft of feature film cinematography. The interviewees - who represent the ...
Independent filmmaking, though often regarded as a relatively contemporary phenomenon, has actually existed as long as movies themselves. In this single-volume reference work, author Vincent LoBrutto covers the subject from the inception of cinema through the 21st century, with alphabetical entries discussing filmmakers, significant films, genres, ...
"Sound-on-Film" contains interviews with 27 prominent men and women who discuss their careers and the art and craft of film sound. These sound creators represent many of the crafts working in film sound, including production sound, sound editing, sound design, additional dialogue replacement (ADR), Foley, re-recording mixing, and sound engineering ...
Martin Scorsese's current position in the international film community is unrivalled, and his name has become synonymous with the highest standards of filmmaking excellence. He is widely considered America's best living film director, and his "Taxi Driver" and "Raging Bull" appear frequently on worldwide surveys of the best films of all time. Here ...
Interviews with 21 prominent feature film editors highlight this look at the role of film editors, the importance of their work, and the nature of their craft. Organized to provide historical continuity and to trace professional collaborations among the subject, "Selected Takes" features editors whose credits include such diverse films as "Ben Hur ...
Though movies have remained our foremost cultural pastime for over 100 years, many of us still know very little about the tools used to create them. In this groundbreaking new book, Vincent LoBrutto provides an enjoyable and accessible education in the art of cinema: using 50 landmark films spanning the history of the medium, LoBrutto illustrates ...
In "By Design" 20 prominent feature film production designers talk about their careers, their relationships with Hollywood directors, and how they formulated and executed the technical and aesthetic designs of their film projects. The interviews explore production design techniques and the total process of establishing the visual "look" of a ...
In depicting Kubrick's career from teenage chess hustler to filmmaker extraordinaire, LoBrutto has gone to great lengths to interview members of Kubrick's immediate family, including his first and second wives; writers with whom Kubrick has worked such as Stephen King and Terry Southern; and actors such as Kirk Douglas, Tony Curtis and Matthew ...
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