First Time Director: How to Make Your Breakthrough Movie

by: Gil Bettman

How to make your breakthrough movie.
A first time director needs a survival guide, not an encyclopedia. Gil Bettman tells you everything you must know about the easy stuff — preproduction and postproduction — so you can convincingly discharge your duties as a director in those areas. More importantly, he arms you with the information and strategies to kill the demons that will be coming at you right and left on the set.

You’ll learn how to:

Perfect your script and cast
Deal with your producer, cinematographer, First AD, editor and other key personnel
Move your camera and choose lenses that will capture the images in your head
Coax the best performance from any actor

This book will enable you to pull form from chaos and make the best film possible —no matter your resources.

~~$27.95~~ $20.96

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Meet the Author

Gil Bettman

Gil Bettman is a director and an Associate Professor in the Dodge College at Chapman University. He studied creative writing with Robert Lowell at Harvard, and, in 1970, was awarded the Harvard Prize for literary excellence. Bettman has directed three feature films: "Crystal Heart", "Never Too Young to Die", and "Night Vision", as well as multiple episodes of the television series "Fall Guy" and "Knight Rider". He also directed numerous rock videos for a variety of artists including Chicago and Sammy Hagar. He recently completed "The Long Road to Cabo", a feature documentary for Hagar. More information about Gil Bettman is available under "faculty" at www.ftv.chapman.edu/faculty/

Books of Gil Bettman

Directing the Camera: How Professional Directors Use a Moving Camera to Energize Their Films January 1, 2014

First Time Director: How to Make Your Breakthrough Movie 15 Oct 2003

Overview

You’ll learn how to:

Perfect your script and cast
Deal with your producer, cinematographer, First AD, editor and other key personnel
Move your camera and choose lenses that will capture the images in your head
Coax the best performance from any actor

This book will enable you to pull form from chaos and make the best film possible —no matter your resources.

Details

ISBN: 9780941188777
SKU: 1581892/Done
Publisher: Michael Wiese Productions
Publish Date: 15 Oct 2003
Page Count: 300

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Irvin Kershner,Director: Star Wars V – The Empire Strikes Back, Never Say Never Again, Robocop II – May 11, 2016:

A valuable book by an experienced director that demystifies filmmaking.
John Badham,Director: Saturday Night Fever, War Games, Short Circuit, Bird on a Wire – May 11, 2016:

Bettman has brilliantly written a terrific insider’s introduction to the film-making process.
Robert Zemeckis,Director: Cast Away, What Lies Beneath, Contact, Forrest Gump – May 11, 2016:

Gil Bettman has lucidly set down the ABCs of directing so that dedicated students can learn exactly what will be required of them when they step on to a set.