The Making of Pride and Prejudice (BBC) by Susie Conklin, Sue Birtwistle
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Book Reviews of The Making of Pride and Prejudice (BBC)
Book Review: Wonderful book!
Summary: 5 Stars
The pictures are amazing! And if you're as obsessed with this movie as I am, you'll love all the behind-the-scenes stuff in this book!Book Review: Re: The Making of Pride & Prejudice
Summary: 5 Stars
Excellent. Well detailed and quite interestingBook Review: If you loved the movie then you'll love this book
Summary: 4 Stars
I absolutley rave about this movie so when I found this book on an Amazon search I knew I had to have it. For the most part, it's a fantasic book but it's more about movie making then about the actual adaption of "Pride and Prejudice". My favorite chapters were the first chapter and the ninth. The first chapter is all about how the screenplay writer made his adaptation and why he wrote certain parts the way he did. Since I love the book I found this whole section extremely interesting. The ninth chapter is an interview with Colin Firth (Mr. Darcy) were he talks a great deal about how he prepared to play his part and how he interpreted his character. Since I thought Mr. Darcy and Colin Firth's portrayal of him one of the best things about the movie, this whole chapter was fascinating. The rest of the book is mainly about basic movie movie making (ie. costumes, make-up, finding locations...etc, etc) and it's not that it wasn't interesting because it was, I would have just liked to know more about casting and the different actors and actresses. I would have liked to see more chapters like the Colin Firth interview but with some of the other actors/actresses. However, the book is filled to the brim with color photos on every page of scenes from the movie plus script exerpts and book excerpts from the original Jane Austen novel for photo captions, which I just loved. All in all, if you loved the movie then you'll love this book. For me, personally, it just told me more about certain things then I wanted to know, and less about what I would have really loved to read about.Book Review: Learn How a Movie is Made or in particular How Pride and Prejudice was made.
Summary: 4 Stars
This book takes you through the steps of making a movie like "Pride and Prejudice," has interviews and desrciptions by cast and crew, and many colorful pictures (both still and action shots). I enjoyed this book, learned a lot, and have a new appreciation for the movie. In addition, it gives the average person an idea of the different aspects of making a movie and all the different careers and talents used.
There are 10 chapters with an introduction. The chapters are:
- The script
- Pre-production
- Production design
- Costume, make-up, and hair design
- Music
- Dancing
- Two weeks to go . . .
- Filming
- A conversation with Colin Firth
- Post-production
Some favorites for me were the chapters about music, dance, and costume because I would probably like to work in one of those areas. Also the interview with Colin Firth was very interesting. In one of the chapters they include the schedule for one day of filming, it lasted for 6 pages! It is amazing how much work goes into a movie!
The reason I give it 4 stars out of 5 is because some parts were not very interesting, like the part about lighting. In addition, a lot of the pictures are too small and of poorer quality to see the details, I would have liked to have bigger illustrations so you can see the details that are talked about.
Book Review: A GREAT book on making P&P, a good book on behind the scenes
Summary: 4 Stars
My wife and I thoroughly enjoyed Sue Birtwistle's production of Pride & Prejudice and wanted to know more about it. This book is a very excellent book about behind the scenes and in particular about the making of Pride & Prejudice. I never realized all the work that goes into a movie. I'm glad this is a book instead of a video, because they packed a lot of info into the book which couldn't have been covered in a 30 minute video production. If you enjoyed the production, you'll also enjoy the book. And, don't worry, it didn't spoil the screenplay for me (for instance, I didn't mind knowing trivial facts about the filming--such as the fact that sometimes the food-dishes were three days old and smelly!). I think I'm even more amazed at how well P&P was done after knowing more behind the scenes information.I gave the book 4 stars, instead of 5, because I thought the book was a little choppy. There seems to be a general flow from section to the next, but there was little transistion. I think the writing could have been a little more polished in places.
But, overall it's very good. And it's packed full of pictures! We found ourselves wanting to know more!