Shot by Shot is the world’s go-to directing book, now newly updated for a special 25th Anniversary edition! The first edition sold over 250,000 copies, making it one of the bestselling books on film directing of all time. Aspiring directors, cinematographers, editors, and producers, many of whom are now working professionals, learned the craft of visual storytelling from Shot by Shot, the most complete source for preplanning the look of a movie.

The book contains over 800 photos and illustrations and is by far the most comprehensive look at shot design in print, containing storyboards from movies such as Citizen Kane, Blade Runner, Dead-pool, and Moonrise Kingdom. Also introduced is the concept of A, I, and L patterns as a way to simplify the hundreds of staging choices facing a director in every scene.

Shot by Shot uniquely blends story analysis with compositional strategies, citing examples then illustrated with the storyboards used for the actual films. Throughout the book, various visual approaches to short scenes are shown, exposing the directing processes of our most celebrated auteurs ― including a meticulous, lavishly illustrated analysis of Steven Spielberg’s scene design for Empire of the Sun.

About the Author

Steven D. Katz, who shares his time between Los Angeles, New York and Beijing, is an award-winning filmmaker and writer. He is also the author of Shot by Shot, the now classic text on cinematic style and technique. S.D. Katz is an award-winning writer/director/producer working in film, TV, and digital platforms for storytellers. He has been a development executive, storyboard artist and all around filmmaker with deep experience in China motion pictures and television over the past decade. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.