Cinematic storytelling
Subtitle: the 100 most powerful film conventions every filmmaker must know
By: Jennifer Van Sijll.
Publisher: Michael Wiese Productions; Wiese Productions, Michael
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Studio City CA
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 245
ISBN-13: 9781932907056
Subjects: Cinematography; Motion pictures -- Production and direction
Description: "Dialog is one of the best known - and obvious - elements in a film. But the language of cinema is more subtle and sophisticated than dialog alone. From Metropolis to Kill Bill, this remarkable reference guide reveals 100 of the most potent storytelling tools of the film medium. It demonstrates how master screenwriters and directors depend on cinematic devices to pump up action, create characters, and energize a motion picture's plot. Cinematic Storytelling compresses 100 years of film history, outlining the important connection between film technique and storytelling. It shows how the purposeful use of film techniques like lighting, editing, and sound can evoke audience emotions like fear, hatred, or anger without a word of dialog.

It demonstrates how character values and themes are expressed cumulatively over time and nonverbally. In this, the reader is given both the critical tools to better understand modern moviemaking and the creative tools to more fully exploit the dramatic potential of the medium."--BOOK JACKET.
Table of contents: title: Preface : Cinematic storytelling; title: Introduction.; title: Cinematic storytelling : the screenwriter; title: Cinematic storytelling : the director; title: 1. Space: 2-D & 3-D screen direction; title: 2. Frame : composition; title: 3. Shape within the frame; title: 4. Editing : Pudovkin's five editing techniques; title: 5. Time; title: 6. Sound effects; title: 7. Music; title: 8. Scene transitions (Audio and visual); title: 9. Camera lenses; title: 10. Camera position; title: 11. Camera motion; title: 12. Lighting; title: 13. Color; title: 14. Props; title: 15. Wardrobe; title: 16. Locations; title: 17. Natural environment