Direction Production category: 829 books
by Robin Scott Peters
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2012
The primary resources examined were publications that advertise the presentation of theater. These sources included "The Drama-logue," the "Back Stage West," and the "Los Angeles Times." There were culturally specific publications available, but these sources replicated...
Documentary Case Studies
Behind the Scenes of the Greatest (True) Stories Ever Told
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2014
Documentary students and fans revel in stories about filmmakers conquering extraordinary challenges trying to bring their work to the screen. This book brings vividly to life the sometimes humorous, sometimes excruciating-and always inspiring-stories behind the making of some of the greatest documentaries...
Open Book Theater Management
Ethical Theater Production
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2014
In the world of Fringe (or Off-Off Broadway) theatre, a strong debate has been raging for years - when you're producing a low/no-budget production, how on earth can you make it happen and still treat everyone involved in an open, honest and ethical manner? Where do you stand with profit-share productions...
The Production Notebooks, Volume 2
Theatre in Process
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2015
The second volume in the series provides an inside view of the creative process involved in the creation of 4 major theatrical productions. Each notebook offers in diary form comprehensive histories of major artistic elements that are the center of the creative process. This volume includes: In the...
Reimagining Brazilian Television
Luiz Fernando Carvalho's Contemporary Vision
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2018
The Brazilian television industry is one of the most productive and commercially successful in the world. At the forefront of this industry is TV Globo and its production of standardized telenovelas, which millions of Brazilians and viewers from over 130 countries watch nightly. Eli Lee Carter examines...
by Alfio Leotta
Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2015
Peter Jackson is one of the most acclaimed and influential contemporary film-makers. This is the first book to combine the examination of Jackson's career with an in-depth critical analysis of his films, thus providing readers with the most comprehensive study of the New Zealand film-maker's body...
by Robin Schraft
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2018
The Director’s Toolkit is a comprehensive guide to the role of the theatrical director.
Following the chronology of the directing process, the book discusses each stage in precise detail, considering the selection and analysis of the script, the audition process, casting, character development,...
Producing for Hollywood
A Guide for Independent Producers
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2004
Budding filmmakers, television producers, directors, writers, and students get a crash course on the independent production scene in this riveting account of the business and its key players. Now revised to reflect the latest production trends in the entertainment industry, this book is packed with...
The Documentary Filmmaking Master Class
Tell Your Story from Concept to Distribution
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2019
How to Make and Distribute a Documentary without Losing Your Mind or Going Broke
Documentary filmmaking requires more than just a passion for the subject, whether it be one’s personal story or that of someone else, a historical event or a startling discovery, a political movement or a heinous...
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Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2013
Technical Design Solutions for Theatre is a collection of single-focus articles detailing technical production solutions that have appeared in The Technical Brief Collection, a publication of the Yale School of Drama’s Technical Design and Production Department. The primary objective of the publication...
Changing Direction: A Practical Approach to Directing Actors in Film and Theatre
Foreword by Ang Lee
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2018
The second edition of this elegant and accessible primer offers a helpful reference and resource for directing actors in film, television, and theatre, useful to directors, actors, and writers. Combining underlying theory with dozens of exercises designed to reveal the actor's craft, Lenore DeKoven...
Directing Professionally
A Practical Guide to Developing a Successful Career in Today’s Theatre
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2019
How do you develop both the craft of directing as well as a professional career in freelance directing in today's theatre industry? Drawing on his own extensive experience and that of other theatre professionals from the US and UK, Kent Thompson illuminates a pathway from training, apprenticeship...
Young Frankenstein: A Mel Brooks Book
The Story of the Making of the Film
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2016
Mel Brooks' own words telling all about the players, the filming, and studio antics during the production of this great comedy classic. The book is alive and teeming with hundreds of photos, original interviews, and hilarious commentary.
Young Frankenstein was made with deep respect for the...
Computers in Broadcast and Cable Newsrooms
Using Technology in Television News Production
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2004
Computers in Broadcast and Cable Newsrooms: Using Technology in Television News Production takes readers through the use of computers and software in the broadcast/cable newsroom environment. Author Phillip O. Keirstead began writing about television news technology decades ago in an effort to help...