1st Edition
Aesthetics of Film Production A Hands-On Guide to Authorial Voice
Preface
Chapter 1: Aesthetics
Chapter 2: Respecting the Audience
Chapter 3: Story and Character
Chapter 4: Critical Script Analysis for Technical and Aesthetic Decision Making
Chapter 5: Training Your Gut
Chapter 6: Developing an Evolving Aesthetic
Chapter 7: Engaging and Surprising Characters
Chapter 8: Applying Active Characters
Chapter 9: What’s Your Point (Of View)
Chapter 10: Synthesis
Chapter 11: Post-Production Begins in Pre-Production
Chapter 12: Cinematography without a Camera
Chapter 13: Understanding the Importance of Diegesis in Sound Design
Chapter 14: The Long Listen… And Other Editing Structures
Chapter 15: The Director’s Responsibility to the Actor
Chapter 16: Final Footholds: Your Call to Action
Appendix A: Character Analysis Sheet
Appendix B: Questions to Train Your Gut
Appendix C: Sample Marked-Up Script
Appendix D: Sample-Implied Narrator Perspectives
Index
Biography
James B. Joyce is an Associate Professor at Cleveland State University, covering foundational production courses through senior capstone productions with a philosophy of emphasizing a synthetic relationship between content and craft. Currently, James is in preproduction for two short films and is writing his second feature-length screenplay.
