The collaborative art of filmmaking : from script to screen / Linda Seger.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Seger, Linda, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion pictures--Production and direction.

Motion pictures.

Physical Description:

xvi, 220 pages ; 24 cm

Edition:

Third edition.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2019.

Summary:

"The Collaborative Art of Filmmaking: From Script to Screen explores what goes into the making of Hollywood's greatest motion pictures. Join veteran script consultant Linda Seger as she examines contemporary and classic screenplays on their perilous journey from script to screen. This fully revised and updated edition includes interviews with over 80 well-known artists in their fields including writers, producers, directors, actors, editors, composers, and production designers. Their discussions about the art and craft and filmmaking - including how and why they make their decisions - provides filmmaking and screenwriting students and professionals with the ultimate guide to creating the best possible 'blueprint' for a film and to also fully understand the artistic and technical decisions being made by all those involved in the process"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Doing the write thing

The producer and the long run

The director : from vision to action

The actor and "the kindness of strangers"

Behind the scenes : ready on the set

The editor : a way of seeing

The composer : translating emotions

The audience : the last collaborator.

Notes:

"Focal Press book"

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

ebook version :

ISBN:

9780815382980

0815382987

9780815382997

0815382995

OCLC:

1048035198