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Steven D. Katz is an award-winning writer, producer, and director. His work has appeared on Sat-urday Night Live and in many cable and theatrically released films, such as Clear and Present Dan-ger, for which he completed the first full digital previsualization of a motion picture. He has taught workshops at the American Film Institute, Sundance Film Festival, Parsons School of Design, Danish Film Institute, School for Visual Arts (in New York), and Shanghai University, among many others.

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A go-to guide to directing films, updated here on the twenty-fifth anniversary of its initial release. Looks at processes of celebrated auteurs.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction

PART I - Visualization: The Process

1. Visualization
2. Production Design
3. Storyboards
4. Visualization: Tools and Techniques

5. The Production Cycle

   PART II - Elements of the Continuity Style

6. Composing Shots: Spatial Connections

7. Editing: Temporal Connections

   PART III - The Workshop

8. The Basics Applied
9. Staging Dialogue Sequences
10. Dialogue Staging with Three Subjects
11. Four or More Player Dialogue Stagings
12. Mobile Staging
13. Depth of the Frame
14. Camera Angles
15. Open and Closed Framings

16. Point of View

    PART IV - The Moving Camera

17. The Pan
18. The Crane Shot
19. The Tracking Shot
20. Tracking Shot Choreography
21. Transitions
22. Format
23. Shadowing
24. Short Cuts

25. Parting Shots

    Glossary
    Recommended Reading
    About the Author