John Badham On Directing - 2nd edition (eBook)

Notes from the Set of Saturday Night Fever, War Games, and More

John Badham (Autor)

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2020 | 2. Auflage
Michael Wiese Productions (Verlag)
978-1-61593-326-6 (ISBN)

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Action and suspense films have almost always been made by 'seat of the pants' filmmakers. Crafting their films on gut instinct and intuition their innate talent often leads them to exciting results. Badham examines and explains the elements of action and suspense that are needed to make a great film. Badham also dissects the elements of any good scene from any genre of film and gives valuable tools that the reader can apply in directing and acting for maximum impact. This edition features a brand new section: The Director s Survival Guide to Episodic Television and explores the political danger zones faced in the ever expanding world of Streaming, Cable and Network television. Badham has created a much needed First Aid Kit for all directors and the newly expanded list of 14 Must Ask Questions Before Rehearsal an absolute essential in any filmmakers toolbox. Intended for actors, directors, cinematographers, production designers or other creatives, Badham gives you the tools to deconstruct and understand your scenes. Continuing the work begun in Badham s best-selling book I ll Be In My Trailer he shares more insights from talented directors on how they work with the difficult actor, rehearsal techniques and getting the best performance from any actor whether novice or pro.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS



INTRODUCTION by John Badham



Part I: A Lack of Trust: The Five Mistakes

Introduction: A Nasty Bit of Laundry

Chapter 1: Mistake #1: Directed by Anonymous

Get ’Em While You’ve Got ’Em, Before You Get ’Em

Homework…Do It

They’re On Board

On the Day

Failure Is OK

Summary

Chapter 2: Mistake #2: Know-It-Alls Rule

Summary

Chapter 3: Mistake #3: Filibusterers

Summary

Chapter 4: Mistake #4: Too Many Notes

Step #1: Cut and Validate

How Not to Watch a Take

Step #2: Privacy Please

Technology Sidebar

Step #3: Keep Them in the Loop

The Bull in the Arena

Step #4: Make It Fun

Step #5: One at a Time

Don’t Let Things Slide

Make It Their Problem

Summary

Chapter 5: Mistake #5: Enamel Grinders

Tales from the Trenches

Summary

Chapter 6: Working With Your Actors

A Cyber -Colloquium



Part II: Action and Suspense: The Three Strategies

Chapter 7: Strategy #1: Not Just a Pretty Chase

What Is Action?

African Action

Directing Actors in Action

Summary

Chapter 8: Strategy #2: Who, Where, and When

Point of View

ID and Locate

Orientation

Jeopardy

Countdown

Summary

Chapter 9: Strategy #3: Quick Techniques and Safety

1. Pointless Masters

2. Few Actions

3. Overlap Actions

4. Scissor Time

5. Not That Fast

6. Change-Up

7. No Immutable Rules

8. Booby Traps

Summary

Part III: Preparing the Scene: The Director’s Checklist

Before Rehearsal?

The Checklist

Chapter 10: The Scene Related to the Film

1. What happened before this scene?

2. What does it add?

3. What’s different at the end?

Summary

Chapter 11: Architecture of the Scene

4. Whose point of view?

5. Where are the beats?

Tool #1: Physicalizing

Tool #2: Characters Think Ahead

Tool #3: Use the Camera to Show a Character’s Thought Process

6. Where is the tipping point?

Summary

Chapter 12: Characters Enter the Scene

7. What do they want?

Rule #1: We Always Have a Goal

Rule #2: No Goal, No Acting

Rule #3: Every Character Has His or Her Own Goal

Rule #4: One Beat, One Goal

8. What do they expect?

9. What’s at stake for each character?

Summary

Chapter 13: Perks: Interacting Characters

10. What’s stopping them?

11. How do they get what they want?

Only Verbs… Active Verbs!

12. How does a character regard the other?

Summary

IV: A Director’s Survival Guide to Episodic Television

Chapter 14: Television - Not a Parallel Universe

A Political Minefield

Chapter 15: Research and Preparation

Self Preservation

Coverage

First Day of Prep

I’ll Never Forget What’s Their Name

Summary

Chapter 16: Concept & Tone Meetings

Your New Best Friends

Schedule Angina

Scouting and Loyalty

Summary

Chapter 17: Casting

If, When and Where?

Summary

Chapter 18: What’s the Story

CheckList Re-dux

Staging & Shot Planning

Summary

Chapter 19: On The Day

Welcome Stress

Rehearsal

Rules to Make Your Day

Summary

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.9.2020
• Zusatzinfo: 12 Black and white photos
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Film / TV
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Theater / Ballett
• ISBN-10: 1-61593-326-3 / 1615933263
• ISBN-13: 978-1-61593-326-6 / 9781615933266