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Vincent Lobrutto
Everything filmmakers need to understand not only how to edit, but also why certain techniques are used.
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Vincent LoBrutto
Interviews with 21 prominent feature film editors highlight this long-overdue look at the role of film editors, the importance of their work, and the nature of their craft.
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These sound creators represent many of the crafts working in film sound, including production sound, sound editing, sound design, automatic dialogue replacement (ADR), Foley, re-recording mixing, and sound engineering.
Presents in-depth interviews with 13 prominent cinematographers, who discuss their careers and the art and craft of feature film cinematography.
Though movies have remained our foremost cultural pastime for over 100 years, many of us still know very little about the tools used to create them.
Independent filmmaking, though often regarded as a relatively contemporary phenomenon, has actually existed as long as movies themselves. In this single-volume reference work, author Vincent LoBrutto covers the subject from…
In By Design, twenty prominent feature film production designers talk about their careers, their relationships with Hollywood directors, and how they formulated and executed the technical and aesthetic designs of…
Traces filmmaker Martin Scorsese’s Italian-American heritage, his strict Catholic upbringing, the continuing role of religion in his life and art. This biography chronicles his private relationships, his stormy marriages, and…
This incisive book provides an in-depth critical and biographical study of the artistic range of film director Gus Van Sant. Arranged chronologically, Gus Van Sant: His Own Private Cinema provides…
A practical guide to production design for film- and video-makers, detailing every phase of the production design process. Production designers share their experiences and recount real-life experiences to explain the…
This book tracks the changing of the guard in the 1970s from the classic Hollywood studio system to a new generation of filmmakers who made personal movies targeted primarily to…
This volume is ‘a film school in a single book.’ Investigating and analyzing the elements and concepts of the creation of films, this book looks closely at 25 films that…
A study of the life of director Stanley Kubrick, responsible for films such as Spartacus and The Shining . It is based on interviews with friends, family and colleagues, as…
With celebrated works such as Alien, Blade Runner, Thelma & Louise, and Gladiator, Ridley Scott has secured his place in Hollywood. In Ridley Scott: A Biography, Vincent LoBrutto delves into…
Vincent LoBrutto,Harriet R. Morrison
This fascinating, behind-the-scenes look at a Hollywood dynasty offers an in-depth study of the films and artistry of iconic director Francis Ford Coppola and his daughter, Sofia, exploring their work…
