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The Director's Idea : The Path to Great Directing by Dancyger, Ken is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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As a director, you must have a concept, a "director's idea", to shape your approach to the actors, the camera, and the script. With this clear idea your film will be deeper and more effective, and you will be able to differentiate--and therefore make the choice--between competent directing and great directing. Using case studies of famous directors as real-world examples of "director's ideas", the author has provided the theory and the practice to help directors immediately improve their work.-CONTENTS- °Part I, What the Director Does: Introduction; The Director's Idea; The Competent Director; The Good Director; The Great Director; Text Interpretation; The Camera; The Actor; °Part II, Case Studies: Sergei Eisenstein; John Ford; George Stevens; Billy Wilder; Ernst Lucitsch; Elia Kazan; Francois Truffaut; Roman Polanski; Stanley Kubrick; Steven Spielberg; Margarethe Von Trotta; Lukas Moodysson; Catharine Breillat; Mary Harron; °Conclusion; Appendix"The Director's Idea explains in precise language how cinematography influences every aspect of story-telling and character portrayal in a film--it will certainly help young directors understand the importance of making critical choices alo

Who reads The Director's Idea : The Path to Great Directing?

It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.

Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.

Author
Dancyger, Ken
Publisher
Focal Press; Focal
Published
2006
Language
EN
ISBN
9780080465081
Category
nonfiction
Subjects
Performing Arts, Sports, Literary Fiction
Rating
3.57 / 5 (30 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-14

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