Secrets of Screen Directing
The Tricks of the Trade, 1st Edition
By Patrick Tucker
Publisher: Routledge
194 pages | 100 B/W Illus.
Paperback; ISBN: 9780367137441
Secrets of Screen Directing: The Tricks of the Trade is a practical guide which bridges the gap between classroom learning and the realities of being on a set. Author Patrick Tucker uses insights and techniques gained from over 40 years of directing both screen and stage to open up the craft of effectively telling stories, exploring the reality of a directing career with practical day to day solutions and problem-solving methods for working directors.
This book addresses the fact that most professional directors spend their careers directing other writers’ scripts, and deals with the practicalities of working on continuing dramas. Following the Director’s mantra of ‘show, not tell’ it contains over 300 illustrations, diagrams, paperwork examples and floor plans, with lists and charts throughout. Covering planning, preparation, and shooting a project, it delves beyond just script construction and into the nuts and bolts of screen directing.
Directors at any level are always under huge time constraints, and this book provides immediate and simple solutions to working under such restrictions. This is an ideal resource for filmmaking students and early career directors to refer to when encountering a problem, as well as all those screen enthusiasts, actors and writers, who want to know what directors actually do.
Table of Contents
Preface
Acknowledgements and Thanks
Introduction
Chapter 1: Preparation
Chapter 2: Planning the shoot
Chapter 3: Screen grammar
Chapter 4: Telling stories with pictures
Chapter 5: Planning the shots
Chapter 6: Planning the sequences and staging
Chapter 7: Working with actors
Chapter 8: Working with crew and staff
Chapter 9: On set
Chapter 10: Post production
Chapter 11: That’s a Wrap!
Appendix: Useful lists
Appendix: Paperwork Examples
Bibliography
Index of Films
General Index
Biography
About the Author:
Patrick Tucker is an accomplished director of both screen and stage. He has directed close to 200 television programmes and over 200 plays, with director credits including the BBC, the Royal Shakespeare Company and a feature film. He has run screen directing masterclasses for over 30 years, lectured and taught worldwide and is the author of Secrets of Screen Acting and Secrets of Acting Shakespeare.
The Tricks of the Trade, 1st Edition
By Patrick Tucker
Publisher: Routledge
194 pages | 100 B/W Illus.
Paperback; ISBN: 9780367137441
Secrets of Screen Directing: The Tricks of the Trade is a practical guide which bridges the gap between classroom learning and the realities of being on a set. Author Patrick Tucker uses insights and techniques gained from over 40 years of directing both screen and stage to open up the craft of effectively telling stories, exploring the reality of a directing career with practical day to day solutions and problem-solving methods for working directors.
This book addresses the fact that most professional directors spend their careers directing other writers’ scripts, and deals with the practicalities of working on continuing dramas. Following the Director’s mantra of ‘show, not tell’ it contains over 300 illustrations, diagrams, paperwork examples and floor plans, with lists and charts throughout. Covering planning, preparation, and shooting a project, it delves beyond just script construction and into the nuts and bolts of screen directing.
Directors at any level are always under huge time constraints, and this book provides immediate and simple solutions to working under such restrictions. This is an ideal resource for filmmaking students and early career directors to refer to when encountering a problem, as well as all those screen enthusiasts, actors and writers, who want to know what directors actually do.
Table of Contents
Preface
Acknowledgements and Thanks
Introduction
Chapter 1: Preparation
Chapter 2: Planning the shoot
Chapter 3: Screen grammar
Chapter 4: Telling stories with pictures
Chapter 5: Planning the shots
Chapter 6: Planning the sequences and staging
Chapter 7: Working with actors
Chapter 8: Working with crew and staff
Chapter 9: On set
Chapter 10: Post production
Chapter 11: That’s a Wrap!
Appendix: Useful lists
Appendix: Paperwork Examples
Bibliography
Index of Films
General Index
Biography
About the Author:
Patrick Tucker is an accomplished director of both screen and stage. He has directed close to 200 television programmes and over 200 plays, with director credits including the BBC, the Royal Shakespeare Company and a feature film. He has run screen directing masterclasses for over 30 years, lectured and taught worldwide and is the author of Secrets of Screen Acting and Secrets of Acting Shakespeare.