How do the great film-makers tell their stories visually?
What are the secrets of their unique cinematic styles?
'Film Directors A-Z' is a visual guide to the greatest directors, covering the masters of classical Hollywood cinema, contemporary film-making and world cinema.
Each director is given a page and a single film still that typifies their work. The accompanying text explores how each director exploits the cinematic arts - composition, colour, camera angle and movement, lighting, sound, sets and action - to convey the recurring themes and artistic vision that run through their work.
This deceptively simple premise builds into a fascinating and visually arresting film book that is an entertaining and genuinely enlightening work of reference.
