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What book does the director want to read?

First of all, "it's not just Hollywood"

Selected woody? Allen's six representative works in recent years have been carefully read, and his art of writing and directing has been discussed in a unique way.

From film literature to film aesthetics, from drama structure to director rhetoric, from film itself to the big cultural background behind the film.

Many subjects and topics related to film content, such as artists, art history, comparative culture, cross-cultural studies, anthropological studies, sexual psychology, social psychology and media studies, are fully connected, and no one can avoid them. The arguments in the book are novel and refreshing, not inferior to woody? Allen's film works themselves.

Second, "don't tell me stories, I need someone: do you know Hollywood director Robert?" Altman

Robert? Altman is a banner that has stood for many years in the American film industry. Led by the famous female directors Peng Xiaolian, this book gives us a glimpse of Altman's colorful artistic world and life journey in movie master.

Altman was active in the New Hollywood period in the 1960s and 1970s, and he lingered in the film and television field for a long time due to financial reasons. He extensively borrowed audio-visual skills from other media such as television, radio and tapes, and formed a unique personal style: transcending the classic Hollywood narrative style and satirizing American society.

The book restores Altman's childhood, marriage, family and friendship. These experiences overlap with his creative career, presenting us with a full-fledged Robert? Altman.

Third, the director's complete creative manual.

This book is a comprehensive and easy-to-understand guide for lovers who want to realize a small movie dream or professional directors with rich experience.

The functions, cooperation emphases and operation principles of editing, directing, shooting, beauty shooting and recording departments are introduced in detail, which helps directors plan their career and covers the director's methods, shooting techniques, creative thinking and evaluation criteria that must be understood in the whole film creation process.

After item by item decomposition, it reveals how to make such a huge shooting team with clear division of labor cooperate sincerely and successfully complete the story that the director wants to tell.

Fourth, "Director Photography Class"

Teach directors what they need to know about photography, clarify the functions of photographers, and let them achieve professional and creative cooperation.

Based on the specific process of film production, the author quotes the work experience, creative seminar records and special interviews of famous masters and directors in american society of cinematographers.

It provides practical and effective guidance for directors and photographers on how to choose photographers, how to translate scripts into visual images, how to set appropriate visual styles and colors for films, and how to choose appropriate shooting formats.

Verb (abbreviation for verb) "How to guide actors"

A director's desk book, Hollywood star tutor Judith? In the book, Weston shared his teaching experience for more than 30 years, deeply analyzed the psychological state of the director and the actors in cooperation, helped the director keep a clear head in the complicated scenery, and provided accurate and meticulous guidance for the actors.

The script analysis methods, rehearsal skills and a series of guidelines from casting to shooting introduced in the book not only have guiding significance for directors, but also broaden the horizons of actors and screenwriters and are inspired.