PA R T 5
PREPRODUCTION
This part (Chapters 17 through 27) covers the crucial project development and self-development that come between choosing a script and beginning the shoot. This includes:
- • Breaking down and analyzing the script
- • Casting
- • The principles of the actor’s craft
- • Experiencing acting and improvising for yourself
- • Working as a director with actors
- • Rehearsal and planning camera coverage
- • Production design and the logistical planning prior to shooting
Much of this part necessarily concerns acting, which takes great courage to do, and tact and discernment to handle as a director. Acting exercises in improvisation and with a text are vital to any director-in-training. Like nothing else, they reveal the world ...
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