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Cinematic Storytelling: The 100 Most Powerful Film Conventions Every Filmmaker Must Know
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 791.430233
EAN: 9781932907056
Format: Illustrated
ISBN: 193290705X
Label: Michael Wiese Productions
Manufacturer: Michael Wiese Productions
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 272
Publication Date: August 25, 2005
Publisher: Michael Wiese Productions
Studio: Michael Wiese Productions
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Editorial Review:
What the industry's most succcessful writers and directors have in common is that they have mastered the cinematic conventions specific to the medium.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Great book!
This is a great book for anyone interested in cinematography and script writing. Each chapter contains script examples and movie shots. The author makes a great job explaining the concepts in a concise manner.
Rating: - happy with my purchase
there was no unpleasant surprise with my purchase. the book came a day or two later than was promised, but other than that, all was as i expected!! :)
Rating:  - Flawed format. Wait for DVD!
I certainly agree with the existing reviews regarding content, and have nothing to add in this regard.
HOWEVER, there are two problems:
1. The book measures 7 1/2" tall and 11" wide. This makes it hard to hold and fits poorly on the reference bookshelf where it belongs.
2. The book mentions an upcoming DVD. This would a MUCH better format than book.
This book tries to illustrate various cinimatographic points with still shots from exemplary movies. Sometimes these still ... Read More
Rating: - Spectacular
To call me a newbie screenwriter would be to insult newbie screenwriters. I'm a fledgling, nascent, inchoate, and very bad screenwriter. And if you would read the mere one-page script I wrote yesterday, you'd call me some choice names but I daresay 'screenwriter' will not be one of the myriad.
That said, this is such a great book, the highest quality through and through, from the binding to the clear type and the clear picture examples of each shot type. I found myself reading this like ... Read More
Rating: - Great take on film theory.
The use of storyboards and stills from scenes in congunction with a theoretical breakdown make this a vey useful and thought provoking study on cinema.
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