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Title

Directors close up 2 : interviews with directors nominated for best film by the Directors Guild of America, 2006-2012 / moderated and edited by Jeremy Kagan.

Publication

Lanham, Maryland : Scarecrow Press, Inc., 2013.

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Additional Authors

Kagan, Jeremy Paul

Description

xiv, 400 pages : illustrations; 26 cm

Summary

Since 1992, The Directors Guild of America has hosted annual seminars featuring its nominees for outstanding feature film directing. Since its inception, film and television director Jeremy Kagan has moderated these sessions in which the finest contemporary directors weigh in on every aspect of the filmmaking process. In this book, Kagan has culled the most insightful and entertaining responses from these acclaimed directors. From script development through pre-production to production and post-production, they offer personal insights into every step of the creative process. They also reveal their candid takes on the best and worst aspects of their profession. This second edition includes all the nominees from 2000 thru 2005 and features personal materials from many of the directors, including storyboards, script notes, sketches, and on-set photos. Directors Close Up will be of interest to both professional and aspiring directors, as well as to film fans who will enjoy this inside look into making movies. - Publisher.

Alternative Title

Directors close up two

Subject

• Motion pictures > Production and direction
• Motion picture producers and directors > United States > Interviews
• Filmregisseur
• Filmproduzent
• Motion picture producers and directors
• United States

Genre/Form

• Interviews
• Interviews.

Note

• Includes indexes.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

List of illustrations - Prologue -- Nominees in Attendance, 2006-2012 -- pt. I: Pre-production. Why make the film? -- The script -- Casting -- Rehearsal -- Production design -- Costume design -- Crash storyboard sequence & related materials. pt. II: Production. The shoot -- Acting -- Camera -- pt. III: Post-production. Editing -- Music and sound -- Benjamin Button storyboard sequence. pt. IV: The worst and the best. The worst and the best of filmmaking -- Appendix A: Additional materials -- Script pages and notes -- Costume design sketches -- Storyboards -- Appendix B: About the nominees -- Appendix C: Biographies of winning directors' team members and key creative collaborators -- Appendix D: List of DGA nominees and winners -- Directors index.

ISBN

• 9780810883918 (softcover : acid-free paper)
• 0810883910 (softcover : acid-free paper)

LCCN

^^2013498064

OCLC

• 809978191
• SCSB-10727920

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library