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By
Mike Crisp, Former Senior Producer, BBC Televison Training, Elstree.Freelance Consultant and Writer
Description
Directing drama for the single camera is like no other form of Filmmaking, or any other medium involving actors. Experience in documentary
or theatre may provide useful clues, but the techniques for drama film directors, although not basically complicated, are unique. Experienced
directors in other spheres of directing will find this book invaluable if they wish to move into single camera drama, as will students
setting out on their careers. Directing Single Camera Drama is a synthesis of the skills required to bring drama to the screen.
Directing
drama for the single camera is like no other form of Filmmaking, or any other medium involving actors. Experience in documentary or theatre
may provide useful clues, but the techniques for drama film directors, although not basically complicated, are unique. Experienced directors
in other spheres of directing will find this book invaluable if they wish to move into single camera drama, as will students setting
out on their careers. Directing Single Camera Drama is a synthesis of the skills required to bring drama to the screen.
A unique feature
of the book is the inclusion of ten short film drama scripts which need only half a day's rehearsal and one short day's filming. Each
have their various technical demands, and they are arranged in ascending order of dramatic and creative difficulty. They can be photocopied
and used for non-broadcast training drama exercises.
Mike Crisp worked as Production Manager, and later Director, on many classic BBC
TV series, such as Fawlty Towers, Porridge and Steptoe and Son. He was, for 10 years, a senior producer with the BBC's TV Training Department.
He is the author of The Practical Director now in its second edition and also published by Focal Press.
Reviews:
'Directors in other
spheres of directing who wish to move into single
camera drama will find this book invaluable, as will students setting out on
their
careers.'
Voice of the Listener
Audience
Students on courses professional broadcasting, communications, programme operation, theatre & TV courses. Professional directors wishing
to move into single camera drama work.
Researchers, Assistant Directors, Theatre Directors. People on industry retraining courses. Independent
production companies.
Contents
Introduction * Location filming * The Directors Role * Sound * Cinematography: What the Director needs to know about it * Storyboards
* Filming Dance * Directing * Appendix: 10 Sample Scripts * Glossary of Terms.
| Bibliographic details |
Paperback, 192 pages, publication date: DEC-1997
ISBN-13: 978-0-240-51478-9
ISBN-10: 0-240-51478-5
Imprint: FOCAL PRESS
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