Nicholas Proferes

Amazon: Finally there's a book on directing that goes further than just telling you how much headspace to include in your framing. This book, as well as Stefan Sharff's "The Elements of Cinema", is one of those rare ones that is refreshingly to the point. It told me how to block my actors in relation to each other, the camera and the story. Proferes shows ways to make your short or feature as powerful as possible by singling out the most important moments in the story, sequence or scene. show more With that particular moment in mind, he hands you the tools to arrange these moments within the scenes to make them stand out visually and make them palpable to the audience. show less