Directing: Film Techniques and Aesthetics Book

	Introduction
1	The Job of the Director	3
2	Identifying Your Themes as a Director	15
3	Developing Your Story Ideas	21
4	Screen Grammar	33
5	Seeing with a Moviemaker's Eye	48
6	Shooting Fundamentals	74
7	The Screenplay	105
8	The Process of Writing	120
9	Adaptation from Art or Life	132
10	Story Development Strategies	142
11	Scene-Writing Exercises	151
12	Point of View	161
13	Genre, Conflict, and Dialectics	173
14	Structure, Plot, and Time	187
15	Space, Stylized Environments, and Performances	197
16	Form and Style	205
17	Interpreting the Script	227
18	Casting	238
19	Directing Actors	249
20	Actors' Problems	255
21	Improvisation Work to Explore Acting	259
22	Exercises with a Text	277
23	Rehearsal and Development	284
24	Director and Actor Prepare a Scene	293
25	Final Rehearsals and Planning Coverage	307
26	Developing a Crew	321
27	Mise-en-Scene Basics	336
28	Getting Ready to Shoot	364
29	Directing the Actors	381
30	Directing the Crew	390
31	Monitoring Progress	394
32	Preparing to Edit	409
33	Editing the First Assembly	422
34	Editing: From Rough Cut to Fine	434
35	Editing: Finalization	448
36	Editing from Fine Cut to Sound Mix	454
37	Titles and Acknowledgments	467
38	Planning a Career	475
39	Major International Film/Video Schools	482
40	Breaking into the Industry	491
	Glossary	505
	Select Bibliography	519
	Index	527