Directing Single Camera Drama

Directing drama for the single camera is like no other form of Filmmaking, or any other medium involving actors. Experience in documentary or theater may provide useful clues, but the techniques for drama film directors, although not basically complicated, are unique.

Introduction * Location filming * The Directors Role * Sound * Cinematography: What the Director needs to know about it * Storyboards * Filming Dance * Directing * Appendix: 10 Sample Scripts * Glossary of Terms.