Breaking Down Your Script The Compact Guide

This clear, concise and practical guide provides actors with a structured and effective method for breaking down and understanding a performance script. It offers a flexible approach that works with plays from any period or genre, with television and film scripts, and even when preparing for your audition. Inside, you'll find the tools you need for every step of the process, from making sense of the whole script, to breaking it down scene by scene, through to detailed line-by-line analysis. There are strategies for exploring character arcs, objectives, beat shifts and subtext, as well as practical exercises and sample scenes from leading playwrights to help you put the concepts into action. Also included are worksheets you can use and reuse on all your future projects. Wherever you are in your acting career, this book is your essential working companion - giving you a method for tackling any script, and providing the foundation to take your performances to the next level. The Compact Guides are pocket-sized introductions for actors and theatremakers, each tackling a key topic in a clear and comprehensive way. Written by industry professionals with extensive hands-on experience of their subject, they provide you with maximum information in minimum time.

From the editors of Videomaker Magazine comes this new edition that you have been waiting for. The Videomaker Guide Digital Video, fourth edition, provides information on all of the latest cutting edge tools and techniques necessary to help you shoot and edit video like the pro's. Learn about equipment, lighting, editing, audio, high definition, and all aspects of video from the leading experts on videography!

A practical step-by-step guide for anyone interested in cartooning art, it contains original drawings in all styles to illustrate the instructions.

The complete guide to mastering your drone! David Busch's DJI Mini 3/Mini 3 Pro Guide to Drone Photography is your comprehensive resource and reference guide to capturing high quality photographic still images and high-definition video with the ultra-compact DJI Mini 3 and Mini 3 Pro aircraft. These highly affordable, easy-to-fly Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) are taking off all over the United States and worldwide. Photo and video enthusiasts as young as 16 can capture compelling images and video for personal use, social media, and YouTube channels. The first model-specific guide for the Mini 3 and Mini 3 Pro from David Busch, the world’s #1 selling camera guide author, this book will lead you through registration, pre-flight prep, and mastery of every feature in a concise, fun, and straightforward way. Filled with detailed how-to steps and full-color illustrations, David Busch's DJI Mini 3/Mini 3 Pro Guide to Drone Photography covers the drones’ capabilities in depth, from understanding the FAA rules and regulations, to taking your first photos and videos. You’ll learn how to perform basic aerial moves and use the two Mini aircrafts’ built-in flight tools. With best-selling photographer and mentor David Busch as your guide, you'll quickly have full creative mastery of your drone’s capabilities, whether you're shooting on the job, as an advanced enthusiast, or are just out for fun. Start building your knowledge and confidence with the DJI Mini 3 and Mini 3 Pro today.

This fully revised fourth edition offers a comprehensive introduction to the roles, procedures, and logistics of the film and digital video production process. Author Lorene M. Wales takes the reader from development and pre-production all the way to post-production, marketing and distribution, offering a hands-on approach suitable for projects of any budget and scale, explaining every stage and key role in the life of a film. Focusing on how key roles shape the film production process, Wales guides filmmakers through the A-Z of making a film in today’s industry and draws from insights and experiences from working filmmakers throughout. The book is practically focused and includes a wealth of sample checklists, schedules, budgeting, and downloadable forms and templates for practical use. The fourth edition has been fully revised and updated to include a new chapter on how to break into the industry, expanded and updated sections on distribution (including theatrical and streaming platforms), set safety, color grading, and legal matters, as well as updated insights from a diverse range of industry professionals. This is the ideal text for undergraduate students studying entry-level film and video production, producing, and cinematography, along with aspiring and working professionals in film and digital production. The updated companion website includes video tutorials, a personnel hierarchy, a guide to mobile apps useful during production, PowerPoints for instructor use, and a complete set of sample production forms and templates for download, including schedules, budgeting, releases, and production checklists.

Successfully entering the TV industry can be difficult to navigate. Breaking into Factual TV will guide you through the process from how to get your first job to how to make it at the top. Written in a clear and accessible way, author Zenia Selby demystifies the TV industry for new entrants and covers all the key roles including runner, researcher, assistant producer, producer and director. Selby reveals what no one ever tells you when you start working at a TV production company – the chain of hierarchy, the most effective ways to network, and the best way to structure your work. The book will travel with you up your career ladder: as you progress from runner to researcher to producer to director, each section provides you with the blueprint you need to excel with every promotion and warns you of the pitfalls to avoid. Perspectives from industry professionals are provided throughout, with interviews with Mitchell Langcaster-James (The Only Way is Essex, QI, and Celebs Go Dating), Jeremy Turner (Edward Snowden: Whistleblower or Spy?, and Women in Prison), Alec Lindsell (Inside the Factory, and The One Show), and Sophie Smith (Albert: The Power Behind Victoria, and Digging for Britain) to offer insight into the reality of their roles. The book is ideal for emerging professionals and graduates of television courses looking to take their first step in the TV industry.

Covers the basics of scriptwriting, from deciding on a story and characters through the finished work, and analyzes a sample script

The Young Screenwriter's Guide" is an introduction to screenwriting basics, designed to engage and educate young readers. The guide covers important topics such as the three-act structure, script elements, the Hero's Journey, and other key concepts in a simple and understandable manner. By utilizing the knowledge in the guide, you will be able to write your first short film script in no time at all!