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Summary: You will learn things you CAN apply to your movies.
Comment: No ONE book can "teach" you everything about "directing". But if you are lucky, you can learn how someone else might approach the task of directing.
Even though I have directed 6 features I learned several new tricks in this book that I applied directly to my next movie.
This is not a "fluff" book. The author creates his vision of the important details of "directing".
From pre-production to edting I found this a GREAT book with lots of visuals.
As a comic book artist ( I think in little pictures and words) I thought the illustrations in the book were great and there are lots of them.
Sydeny Lumets book "Making Movies" is a MUST read. "Bambi vs Godzilla" another superb read on what it REALLY takes to put it ALL together.
Finally "Reel to Deal". A primer on ALL things about film making.
IF you are serious about directing, or making films read this book and the ones above. When you are done, you will know more than 99% of MOST producers, directors and actors about making movies.
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Summary: Confusing and too detailed
Comment: The problem with this book is it's WAY too confusing and gets into far too much detail for noobs. AND, anyone with some experience is not going to need to re-learn technique. Also, I don't like the author's terminology and ad infinitum descriptions of (seemingly) EVERY possible blocking scheme in the universe.
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Summary: Not good enough
Comment: This is a book about all the types os shots, but it has a serious problem. The writer doesn't explain the emotional meaning of all those shots. If you read this book, you will know the positions and angles that a cameraman uses; but you won't know nothing about when, and why, employ this angles. Katz doesn't talk about the art of direction and the connection between the script, the characters, and the camera shots.
If you want to learn the complicated art of the direction you must read other more interesting books, like "Film Directing Fundamentals" by Nicholas Proferes, "Cinematic Storytelling" by Jennifer Van Sijll or "The The Five C's of Cinematography" by Joseph V. Mascelli. Also you can analyze an Hitchcock's movie "shot by shot". Any movie of Hitch is a master class.
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Summary: okay, but there are better out there
Comment: I think this book is for frappe latte mocha double half calf drinkers. Lots of flowery exposition. If it's the only book you've ever seen on the subject, it'll teach you something (in a very confusing way). But if you've ever shot anything, or read another book on camera setups, etc., this will not add much to your knowledge.
I even read it a 2nd time to see if I was just "overwhelmed" by info the first time--nope...there are other books that get to the nuts and bolts and practical info much better.
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Summary: great!
Comment: its easy to read, lots of info and hints. especially very helpful for camera moves and shooting angels. pictures are great and makes real easy to understand.
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