1st Edition
Shooting the Scene The Art and Craft of Coverage for Directors and Filmmakers
Part 1: The Fundamentals of Shooting a Scene 1. Directing the Camera 2. The Three Non-Camera Related Elements that Affect Coverage 3. The Director's Visual Toolkit 4. Using the Toolkit 5. Putting it All together 6. Planning Tools 7. Shooting for the Editing Room 8. Common Coverage Mistakes 9. Director's Steps in Creating a Shooting Plan Part 2: Adding Style and Tackling Coverage Challenges 10. Style, Vision, and Artistry 11. Applying Style to Coverage 12. Challenging Scenes 13. Shooting Efficiently and Effectively 14. Multiple Cameras 15. Tips, Tricks, and Pointers 16. Coverage Collaborators Part 3: Advanced Coverage 17. Scenes with Complex Elements: Non-Action 18. Scenes with Complex Elements: Action 19. Scenes with Complex Elements: Visual Effects 20. Coverage into the future
Biography
Mark Rosman is a Continuing lecturer of film and TV production at UCLA’s School of Theatre, Film, and Television, where he teaches directing, production, and beginning and advanced coverage. He is an award-winning writer and director of film and television, having directed family classics such as A Cinderella Story and Life-Size, as well as countless other features, TV movies, and TV episodes for Warner Bros., Universal, CBS, Disney, ABC Family, USA, TBS, Hallmark, and Lifetime.
