Crafting the Scene

* Uniquely brings together a critical study of film, with the practical ways in which filmmakers can apply the same practice to their own filmmaking - drawing on aesthetics to create brilliant and effective storytelling. * Draws on technical skills and a critical interest to provide advanced students of filmmaking with a textbook that addresses directly how they can create powerful films by using creative decisions. * Unlike the competition, this book is pedagogically and practically focused, whilst using critical and theoretical content to explore the more practical aspects of filmmaking.