Film Directing Fundamentals, 2nd Edition

Part Two

Making Your Film

If you've paid close attention to Part I you are now ready to begin making a film — conceptually — in your head — for that's where it all begins, and that is the basis of the methodology put forth in this book. We will now take what you have learned and apply it to a short screenplay that I have written especially for this purpose. There is a protagonist who wants something very much, and an antagonist who wants very much to prevent him from getting it. We would like to engage an audience with this story, and to that end we will apply our detective work, staging, camera design, and preliminary work with actors.

One note of caution to you directors who may by nature want to move along quickly; make sure you have thoroughly ...