Directing: Learn from the Masters Tay Garnett 9780810830462

An essential text on filmmaking that every student, scholar, and teacher of films should own. In it, some of the motion picture industry's most important directors including Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese, Howard Hawks, Louis Malle, Federico Fellini, Blake Edwards, Francois Truffaut, and Rene Clair answer questions on the decisions that all directors must make before filming a movie, questions that help the reader understand the concept of filmmaking. They cover all aspects of filmmaking including script choices, planning, casting, actor choices, editing, rehearsing, and music scoring. Garnett also elicited vital information on the directors' source of inspiration, how they started their career, their philosophy of filmmaking, and their objectives for making their films.

About the Author
Tay Garnett directed such films as One Minute to Zero, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, and the 1946 classic The Postman Always Rings Twice.

Reviews
...a fascinating look inside the minds of some of the world's most prominent film directors. * Library Journal *
The questions are intelligent, the replies revealing. Garnett has bequeathed a practical gift to film students, scholars and historians. * American Cinematographer *



Book Information
ISBN 9780810830462
Author Tay Garnett
Format Hardback
Page Count 336
Imprint Scarecrow Press
Publisher Scarecrow Press
Series The Scarecrow Filmmakers Series
Weight(grams) 540g
Dimensions(mm) 223mm * 144mm * 24mm