Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- 1 Aesthetics -- 2 Respecting the Audience -- 3 Story and Character -- 4 Critical Script Analysis for Technical and Aesthetic Decision-Making -- 5 Training Your Gut -- 6 Developing an Evolving Aesthetic -- 7 Engaging and Surprising Characters -- 8 Applying Active Characters -- 9 What's Your Point (of View)? -- 10 Synthesis -- 11 Post-Production Begins in Pre-Production -- 12 Cinematography Without a Camera -- 13 Understanding the Importance of Diegesis in Sound Design
14 The Long Listen... and Other Editing Structures -- 15 The Director's Responsibilities to the Actor: Consider Your Childhood Play -- 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
