Bethany Rooney, Mary Lou Belli

Directors Tell the Story

Master the Craft of Television and Film Directing

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The freshest storytelling today is on television, where the multi-episodic format is used for rich character development and innovative story arcs. This exciting new edition continues to offer rare insight and advice straight from two A-list television directors.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• 3. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 366
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. März 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm
• ISBN-13: 9781032849751
• ISBN-10: 1032849754
• Artikelnr.: 71847403

Autorenporträt

Bethany Rooney began her directing career on the 1980s iconic television show St. Elsewhere, where she served as Associate Producer. She has directed more than 250 episodes of primetime network shows, most recently Law & Order SVU, Chicago P.D., Criminal Minds:Evolution, Chicago Med, and Tracker. She has directed Oscar winners and Emmy contenders Denzel Washington, Hilary Swank, Mariska Hargitay, Angela Bassett, George Clooney, Alfre Woodard, Felicity Huffman, Sally Field, and Robert Downey, Jr., among many others. Bethany graduated from Bowling Green State University in Ohio, earning a master's degree. She created and teaches the Warner Bros. Discovery Directors Workshop, NBC/Universal Launch, and the DGA's Director Development Initiative (DDI). She serves on multiple committees at the Directors Guild of America (DGA), including the National Board and the Western Directors Council. Mary Lou Belli, a two-time Emmy award winner, has been directing television for over 30 years in many genres from sitcoms to procedurals to documentaries. Through her teaching, she supports many of the vibrant diversity programs, including the DGA's Director Development Initiative, ABC/Disney, NBC Launch, CBS, SONY, AFI's Directing Workshop for Women, and Warner Bros. Discovery Directors Workshop mentoring the next generation of directors. She is the co-author of three other books: The NEW Sitcom Career Book, Acting for Young Actors, and PERFORM: Acting for the Screen. Mary Lou serves on multiple committees at the DGA and is a board member of the Alliance of Women Directors, Film Fatales, and Women in Media, as well as a longtime member of Women in Film. She is currently a governor at the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences where she has been recently nominated three times for a primetime Emmy for directing as well as an additional Emmy in the Children's Programming category. She was on the USC School of Cinematic Arts directing faculty for eight years.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
Introduction
Section One - Prep
Chapter 1 Breaking Down the Script for Story
Chapter 2 Breaking Down the Script for Character
Chapter 3 Scouting Locations
Chapter 4 Organizing the Shoot with the First Assistant Director
Chapter 5 Sharing the Vision
Chapter 6 Blocking and Shot Listing, Part One
Chapter 7 Blocking and Shot Listing, Part Two
Section One Review
Section Two - Shoot
Chapter 8 Directing the Actor
Chapter 9 Below the Line
Chapter 10 All the Other Stuff
Chapter 11 Running the Set
Section Two Review
Section Three - Post
Chapter 12 Visual Effects - Augmented Reality
Chapter 13 Working with the Editor
Chapter 14 Working with the Post Supervisor
Section Three Review
Section Four - Being a Director
Chapter 15 The Demands of the Job
Chapter 16 - Being a Director
Chapter 17 Getting Started
Section Four Review
G lossary
Index

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Introduction

I. Prep

1. Breaking Down the Script for Story

2. Breaking Down the Script for Character

3. Casting

4. Production Design

5. Scouting Locations

6. Organizing the Shoot with the First Assistant Director

7. Sharing the Vision

8. Blocking and Shot Listing, Part One

9. Blocking and Shot Listing, Part Two

II. Shoot

10. Directing the Actor

11. Below the Line

12. All the Other Stuff

13. Running the Set

III. Post

14. Working with the Editor

15. Working with the Post Supervisor

IV. Being a Director

16. Being a Director...xxx

17. The Demands of the Job...xxx

18. Getting Started...xxx

Rezensionen

"The success of the directors coming out of the Warner Bros. Directors' Workshop has been undeniable. A huge reason for that is because we use this book as its main teaching tool. In my opinion, if you are serious about being a television director, buying this book should be the first thing you do." -Christopher Mack, Vice President, Warner Bros. Television Workshop

"Directing is an amazing and daunting combination of Art and Craft. To become a complete Director requires a total blend of instinct, experience and education. The information, tips and advice these two fine Directors have collected in their books are invaluable and presented in a way that allows the reader to not only understand what is offered, but to use it effectively." -Michael Zinberg, Director

"This is one of the most specific and detailed books about directing television I've ever read. As experts in directing both comedy and drama, and hundreds of television shows between them, the authors have deftly translated their years of practical knowledge and acquired skills to the page, giving insightful instructions that will benefit a television director on any level." -Jennifer Warren, Associate Professor of Practice and Chair of Directing Track, School of Cinematic Arts, USC, Chair of Board of Alliance of Women Directors





"As a new director, you are constantly feeling like you want a refresher course on things you've previously learned. The thing I love about Bethany and Mary Lou's book is that it's so accessible. It's packed with so many jewels that you employ throughout every stage of the director's process. I keep the book nearby whenever I'm starting a new project. From an actor's perspective, chapter 10 is invaluable. I wish it was mandatory for every director to read that chapter before their first day on the set." -Regina King, Actress, Director

"Bethany Rooney and Mary Lou Belli's Directors Tell the Story: Master the Craft of Television and Film Directing... [is] one of the handful of essential volumes written by working directors. Between them, Rooney and Belli have helmed hundreds of hours of episodic television (ranging from episodes of The Wonder Years and Ally McBeal for Rooney, to Sister, Sister and Monk for Belli), as well as several made-for-TV features. This experience permeates every page of their book...The result is a vital addition to any moviemaker's library." - Jim Hemphill, Moviemaker.com