Develop your creative voice whilst acquiring the practical skills and confidence to use it with this fully updated new edition. Providing a solid grounding in the tools, techniques, and processes of narrative film, this comprehensive manual covers all the essentials whilst foregrounding artistic vision throughout.

DEDICATION; COMPANION WEBSITE CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION; WHAT'S NEW IN THE FOURTH EDITION; PART I DEVELOPING YOUR FILM ON PAPER; CHAPTER 1: FROM IDEA TO CINEMATIC STORY; CHAPTER 2: THE SCREENPLAY; CHAPTER 3: THE VISUAL LANGUAGE AND AESTHETICS OF CINEMA; CHAPTER 4: ORGANIZING CINEMATIC TIME AND SPACE; CHAPTER 5: FROM SCREENPLAY TO VISUAL PLAN; PART II PREPARING FOR PRODUCTION; CHAPTER 6: PREPARING FOR PRODUCTION; CHAPTER 7: THE CAST AND CREW; PART III TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES: PRODUCTION; CHAPTER 8: THE DIGITAL VIDEO SYSTEM; CHAPTER 9: THE DIGITAL VIDEO CAMERA; CHAPTER 10: THE CAMERA LENS; CHAPTER 11: CAMERA SUPPORT; CHAPTER 12: BASICS OF EXPOSURE; CHAPTER 13: BASICS OF LIGHT AND LIGHTING; CHAPTER 14: LIGHTING AND EXPOSURE: BEYOND THE BASICS; CHAPTER 15: SOUND FOR PRODUCTION; CHAPTER 16: LOCATION SOUND TECHNIQUES; CHAPTER 17: ON-SET PROCEDURES; CHAPTER 18: SET ETIQUETTE AND PRODUCTION SAFETY; Part IV Tools and Techniques: Postproduction; CHAPTER 19: POSTPRODUCTION OVERVIEW: WORKFLOW AND THE EDITING STAGES; CHAPTER 20: THE ART AND TECHNIQUE OF EDITING; CHAPTER 21: THE SOUND DESIGN IN FILM; CHAPTER 22: GRADING, MASTERING, AND DISTRIBUTION; BIBLIOGRAPHY; FILMOGRAPHY; PHOTO AND ILLUSTRATION CREDITS; INDEX