PERSONAL FILMMAKING

To Teachers = xi Introduction = xiii chapter one. Selecting Equipment = 1 Two Accessible Equipment Systems = 3 The Three 8mm Formats = 9 Movies: How They Work = 11 Cameras: Operating Features = 12 Projectors = 21 Editing Equipment = 22 Sound Recording and Playback Equipment = 23 chapter two. Ideas for Films = 27 Film Stories = 29 Film Essays = 31 Film Poems = 32 Films Based on Songs = 34 Films Based on Poems and Prose Excerpts = 34 Films First Suggested by Settings = 35 Films that Exploit Talented Actors = 36 Films Suggested by Special Effects = 37 Films Meant Primarily to Entertain = 38 Obviously Ambitious Films = 39 Humorous Films—With a Point = 41 Films Selected for Educational Value = 42 Films Suggested by Sound = 42 Representative Personal Films Available for Rental = 43 chapter three. Scripting and Planning = 47 Approaches to Scripting = 49 Locations = 80 Recruiting Cast and Production Crew = 81 Seeking Advice = 82 Shooting Test Rolls = 82 chapter four. Directing and Acting = 85 The Director's Responsibilities = 87 Acting for Film: With Scripting Implications = 90 Eliciting Performances = 95 Mechanics of Setting Up, Rehearsing and Shooting = 98 chapter five. Shooting: Technical Matters = 101 Before Shooting = 103 Shooting = 107 Special Effects and Titles = 120 chapter six. Shooting: Creative Options = 129 Options of the Shot = 131 Shooting and Editing = 144 chapter seven. Editing = 153 Mechanics of Editing = 155 Creative Options = 164 Summary: An Analysis of an Edited Sequence from "The Deserter" = 179 chapter eight. The Possibilities of Sound = 191 Sound for Film = 193 Sound／Image Relationships = 199 Multiple Sound: In Sequence and Simultaneous = 200 Preparing the Sound Track = 203 chapter nine. Screening—and Film Festivals = 217 Determining the Program = 219 Selecting the Facility = 221 Preparation = 222 chapter ten. What Next? = 231 Storing Film and Tape = 233 Making Prints (Duplicates) = 233 Your Next Film? = 234 Further Study = 237 Careers in Film = 238 Appendix: Three Screenplays = 239 "The Cross Walk" / Dave Cutter = 241 "The Rabbit Theory" / Joan E. Carter = 247 "The First and Last Day" / Larry Foster = 251 Index = 261

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