Setting Up Your Scenes：The Inner Workings of Great Films

Dialogisoneofthebestknown-andobvious-elementsinafilm.Butthelanguageofcinemaismoresubtleandsophisticatedthandialogalone.FromMetropolistoKillBill,thisremarkablereferenceguidereveals100ofthemostpotentstorytellingtoolsofthefilmmedium.Itdemonstrateshowmasterscreenwritersanddirectorsdependoncinematicdevicestopumpupaction,createcharacters,andenergizeamotionpicture'splot.CinematicStorytellingcompresses100yearsoffilmhistory,outliningtheimportantconnectionbetweenfilmtechniqueandstorytelling.Itshowshowthepurposefuluseoffilmtechniqueslikelighting,editing,andsoundcanevokeaudienceemotionslikefear,hatred,orangerwithoutawordofdialog.Itdemonstrateshowcharactervaluesandthemesareexpressedcumulativelyovertimeandnonverbally.Inthis,thereaderisgivenboththecriticaltoolstobetterunderstandmodernmoviemakingandthecreativetoolstomorefullyexploitthedramaticpotentialofthemedium