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
• Seitenzahl: 388
• 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 masters' 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 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 Directors 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," "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, Women in Media as well as a long time member of Women In Film. She is currently a Governor at the Academy of Television Arts & 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 8 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