Genre filmmaking : a visual guide to shots and style / Danny Draven.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Draven, Danny.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cinematography.

Motion pictures--Production and direction.

Motion pictures.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (265 p.)

Edition:

1st edition

Place of Publication:

New York ; London : Focal Press, c2013.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Beautifully illustrated with hundreds of 4-color images from the movies you love, this book is the last one you will need to understand the artistic and technical considerations of making a genre film. Author Danny Draven walks you through the aesthetic, narrative, and camera techniques necessary to understand the basic formula that genre adheres to, and then shows you how to create an original work within that context.Draven will show you a technique or narrative structure from a popular movie, reveals the craftsmanship required to achieve it, then tells you how and when it shou

Contents:

Cover; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; DEDICATION; Acknowledgements; Section One The Horror Genre; The Scary Dolly Zoom; The Ghost Reveal; The Weapon POV; The Victim's Eye; The Body Split; Silhouette Reveal; The Gross Out; The Jump Scare; Reflection Scares; Terror from Behind (Split Focus); The Monster Trap; The Weapon Shadow; Jaws of Death; The Body Hole; Danger at the Door; Lurking from Above; The Voyeur; The Monster Inside; Deadly Weapon Tracking Shot; Section Two The Comedy Genre; The Seduction Shot; The Lustful Gaze; The Floating Camera; Slow and Sexy Body Reveal; The Surreal 360 Kiss

Split ScreenThe Imagined Self; The Marriage Transition; Dual Scenes Sequence; The Changing Seasons Sequence; Multiple Dates 360; Section Three The Sci-Fi Genre; The Surprise Attack; Face Off; Man vs. Alien; Man vs. Nature; Bullet Time; The Abduction Shot; The Creature Inside; The Eye Reflection; Section Four The Thriller Genre; The Eavesdropper Shot; The Unexpected Jump; The Car Pursuit; Back from the Dead; Under Surveillance; The Urgent Call; Panic 360 Shot; Almost Captured; Hiding from Danger (Split Focus); Danger in a Reflection; Cigarette Time Passage Transition; The Floating Corpse

Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from title page (ebrary, viewed July 13, 2013).

ISBN:

9781136070778

113607077X

9781138460560

1138460567

9780240824529

0240824520

9781136070785

1136070788

OCLC:

852758098