Directing the Camera: How Professional Directors Use a Moving Camera to Energize Their Films

The first half of this book is devoted to teaching a systemized approach that can be used to design the very best moving shot for any dialogue scene, no matter how complex or long. Bettman’s “Five Task” approach enables the aspiring director to quickly grasp this difficult element of directorial craft. In the second half the reader is taught how to shoot action sequences using moving and static cameras and the gamut of lenses to achieve the magic trick essential to shooting action — making stunts that are highly controlled and neither violent nor dangerous look completely mind-blowing.

• Master Shots Vol 3: The Director's Vision: 100 Setups, Scenes and Moves for Your Breakthrough Movie
• Between the Scenes: What Every Film Director, Writer, and Editor Should Know About Scene Transitions
• Master Shots Vol 2: Shooting Great Dialogue Scenes
• Cinematography: Theory and Practice: Image Making for Cinematographers and Directors (Volume 3)
• The Filmmaker's Eye: Learning (and Breaking) the Rules of Cinematic Composition
• Master Shots Vol 1, 2nd edition: 100 Advanced Camera Techniques to Get An Expensive Look on your Low Budget Movie
• Film Directing Shot by Shot: Visualizing from Concept to Screen (Michael Wiese Productions)
• Shoot Like Spielberg: The Visual Secrets of Action, Wonder and Emotional Adventure
• Directing, Fifth Edition: Film Techniques and Aesthetics
• Directing Actors: Creating Memorable Performances for Film & Television