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John Badham on Directing - 2nd Edition Notes from the Set of Saturday Night Fever, War Games, and More

Paperback • 2020 • English • 2. edition

John Badham on Directing - 2nd Edition Notes from the Set of Saturday Night Fever, War Games, and More

By John Badham

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About the book

Action and suspense films have almost always been made by 'seat of the pants' filmmakers. Crafting their films on gut instinct and intuition their innate talent often leads them to exciting results. Badham examines and explains the elements of action and suspense that are needed to make a great film. Badham also dissects the elements of any good scene from any genre of film and gives valuable tools that the reader can apply in directing and acting for maximum impact. This edition features a bran...Show more

Films, cinema
Individual film directors, film-makers
Filmmaking and production: technical and background skills

Book details

ISBN

9781615933167

Publisher

Michael Wiese Productions

Published year

2020

Language

English

Edition

2

Original title

John Badham on Directing - 2nd Edition Notes from the Set of Saturday Night Fever, War Games, and More

Format

Paperback

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