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ultimatumman's review against another edition
4.0
Mackendrick has some very specific ideas about directing, which don't work for everyone, but this is a great resource for filmmakers. Lots of good ideas and insights.
bintanghaqqiqi's review against another edition
informative
4.0
Highly recommended for novice screenwriter and director.
dp112's review against another edition
challenging
informative
reflective
slow-paced
kirjokansi's review against another edition
funny
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
pearseanderson's review against another edition
4.0
Probably the best of all three books I had to read portions of for Screenwriting. Because these essays mostly all came from recently teaching students, they felt true to the experience of what I was going through and the state of the film world. I probably read more than half of these and greatly appreciated them.
mirane's review against another edition
4.0
took me good two years to finish this one (whilst also doing film studies for a degree). here is why:
i'm stealing a quote of his student's mackendrick uses in the epilogue: reading this book 'i didn't learn anything that i didn't already know - even if i didn't know that i knew it', but that's how ot usually is when you try to learn about film style. so this is a great book if you want to realize how much you already know and as a reference point if you, like me, like to have that knowledge in print.
i'm stealing a quote of his student's mackendrick uses in the epilogue: reading this book 'i didn't learn anything that i didn't already know - even if i didn't know that i knew it', but that's how ot usually is when you try to learn about film style. so this is a great book if you want to realize how much you already know and as a reference point if you, like me, like to have that knowledge in print.
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