Cinematic Storytelling: The 100 Most Powerful Film Conventions Every Filmmaker Must Know
by Jennifer Van Sijll
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Author: Jennifer Van SijllEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2005-08-25
ISBN: 193290705X
Number of pages: 272
Publisher: Michael Wiese Productions
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Book Review: a good book if you've never read a book
Summary: 1 Stars
This reads as if it was written by a freshman college student using one source. You know what I mean, when words are used simply to add to the page count, and the information is so repetitive and basic that you can essentially just read the titles of the sections and know what it will say.
So eventually I decided, well, this book may be painful to read, but its still another film book to add to my bookshelf. Problem with that is, it's long, not tall, meaning it sticks out and looks bad when I put it with other books. So scrap that idea.
I do not recommend this to any student of film. However, if you'd like an awkwardly shaped book to put on your coffee table, and you're in high school, maybe you'd enjoy this.
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Summary of Cinematic Storytelling: The 100 Most Powerful Film Conventions Every Filmmaker Must Know
What the industry's most succcessful writers and directors have in common is that they have mastered the cinematic conventions specific to the medium.Screenwriting Books
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