First Time Director. Gil Bettman

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      TABLE OF CONTENTS

       Acknowledgments

       Foreword, by Robert Zemeckis

       Preface

       PART ONE – BEFORE THE BATTLE

       Chapter 1. Preproduction

       Soaking Up the Atmosphere

       Decisions! Decisions!

       Work, Work, Work!

       Producer and Director – ‘Til Death Do Them Part

       Crewing Up

       Summary Points

       Chapter 2. Content Is Everything

       Casting and Scripting

       A Few Examples from the World According to Bob

       Perfecting Your Script – Getting the Audience into the Movie

       The Hero

       The Heroic Quest

       Attaining Perfection in Casting

       How Do You Define Perfection? Casting Your Leads

       Casting Your Supporting Roles

       Content and the Producer – Sometimes They Come from Different Planets

       How to Be Almost Producer-Proof: Write the Script

       How to Be Producer-Proof: Write the Script and Raise the Money

       Summary Points

       PART TWO – VISUAL DESIGN

       Chapter 3. Camera Blocking

       Why Move Your Camera?

       When Do You Move Your Camera?

       Externally and Internally Generated Camera Moves

       Moving Establishing Shots

       Those Who Break Bob's Rule and Why They Do It

       Now That You Know the Rules, It Gets Really Complicated

       Summary Points

       Chapter 4. The Good Moving Master

       The Four Tasks of a Good Moving Master

       Task 1 – Shows the Audience Everything It Needs to See in a Scene

       Task 4 – Picks Up Some Coverage

       Task 3 – Generates Eye Candy

       Task 2 – Concentrates the Audience's Attention on the Center of the Drama

       How Zemeckis Shoots a Moving Master Following the Dictates of the Four Tasks

       Summary Points

       Chapter 5. Lenses – Why Force Perspective?

       Lens Selection As a Joint Responsibility between Director and Cinematographer

       The Basics of Perspective

       Extreme Telephoto and Extreme Wide-Angle versus Normal Perspective

       Lenses – Field of Vision and Depth of Field

       General Applications of Different Lenses

       Forced Perspective Made Easy

       How Lenses Affect Movement

       Summary Points

       PART THREE – PERFORMANCE

       Chapter 6. Directing Actors – It Takes Erudition and Intuition

       Breaking Down the Script

       The Spine of the Film – The Spine of the Characters

       The Actor's Objective – An Overview

       How Objectives Work – Get-from or Do-to Objectives + Conflict = Reality

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