Storytelling for Directors - From Script to Screen

Storytelling for Directors will develop the communicative power of your storytelling, whether for the big or small screen, in long or short form. Without being prescriptive, the chapters explore the creative potential in every aspect of the filmmaking process, giving directors the skills to put their ideas into practice. Coverage includes: analysing the script to find the character action; building the story world; deciding each element within the frame; shaping the actors' performances; telling the story with the camera; casting; working the schedule, budget and rehearsals, and finally, shaping the film in the edit.

About the author

Bren Simson has been a filmmaker and a TV drama director for over twenty-five years. From being one of the first directors on Brookside (C4), she went on to a career in television series including The Bill (ITV), Making Out (BBC) and Medics (ITV). She was Head of Directing at the MetFilm School, Ealing Studios, and more recently, Senior Lecturer (Directing) at Bournemouth Film School Arts University.

Product details

• Authors: Bren Simson
• Publisher: Wiley
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.02.2021
• EAN: 9781785007293
• ISBN: 978-1-78500-729-3
• Dimensions: 189 mm x 246 mm x 14 mm
• Weight: 535 g
• Illustrations: 31 colour photos and 9 colour drawings and 2 b&w photos and 20 b&w drawings
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; CRAFTS & HOBBIES / General, PERFORMING ARTS / Film & Video / Direction & Production, Pop Arts / Pop Culture, Film production: technical & background skills, Filmmaking and production: technical and background skills