Genre Filmmaking

A Visual Guide to Shots and Style for Genre Films

By: Danny Draven

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Paperback | 24 April 2013 | Edition Number 1

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256 Pages

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21.6 x 27.7 x 1.7

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Beautifully illustrated with hundreds of 4-color images from the movies you love, this book is the last one you will need to understand the artistic and technical considerations of making a genre film. Author Danny Draven walks you through the aesthetic, narrative, and camera techniques necessary to understand the basic formula that genre adheres to, and then shows you how to create an original work within that context.

Draven will show you a technique or narrative structure from a popular movie, reveals the craftsmanship required to achieve it, then tells you how and when it should or shouldn't be used. Interviews from the Hollywood directors and cinematographers using these techniques are included, as well as a companion site with video examples of the techniques and concepts within the book.

Visual inspiration and mastery of techniques are folded into one in this highly illustrative book demonstrating the various visual and narrative considerations that need to be taken into account when working within a specific genre of film
Learn how your camera moves impact the emotions and expectations of the audience with the use of techniques such as dolly zooms, ghost reveals, and transitionals, while also learning how story and character elements inform each genre
The book is laced with interviews of well-known directors and producers from each of the genres covered, and a companion site is included with video examples of the concepts provided in the book

Industry Reviews

"Genre Filmmaking offers a straight forward, useful guide to shots and style... Every section is filled with numerous examples of shots to be found within a film, from 'the voyeur' in horror and 'bullet time' in sci-fi, to the 'lustful gaze' in comedy and 'the floating corpse' in thriller. Draven places a heavy emphasis on images to demonstrate his points, showing how angles and positions of the shot can be taken in order to achieve a desired emotion of effect... Draven's book is successful in offering a visual guide to shots and style, providing multiple ideas of shots as well as how and when they should be used. He provides plenty of examples within these four genres. It is easy to use and refer to due to the layout and clear use of imagery."- Raindance.org

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