PN1995.9.P7B3243

Includes bibliographical references (pages 133-135) Includes filmography

-- Introduction -- How To Use This Book -- Looking at Films in a new Way -- From Instinct to Craft -- The Hidden Art: Why nobody notices 1. WHAT IS A SCENE TRANSITION? -- On the Set -- Anatomy of a Scene Transition -- Choices at the Transition -- The Life of a Scene Transition -- Six Major Transitions -- Transitions Between Sequences and Scenes -- Grab your Script 2. CHOOSING LOCATIONS THAT COLLIDE -- Scenequakes -- Collision with oppositions -- Sudden Absence -- Add More Drama to Boundaries -- Mental Maps -- Single Location Films 3. TYING YOUR EVENTS TOGETHER -- The Train -- Linking Through Similarity -- The Wright Wipe -- The Hook -- Linking Multiple Plots 4. EMOTIONAL PEAK: CHARACTER ON THE MOVE -- On the Move -- Looking at the Script -- Anatomy of Character at the Scene Change -- Emotional Ingredients -- To Show It or not to Show It -- If It's not in the Script -- Dialogue in Motion -- Adding Other Characters 5. EMOTIONAL EBB: SCENERY AND RELIEF -- Give Them a Break -- The Cinematic Ebb -- Variations in Camera Proximity -- The Audience Thinking and Feeling -- Connecting to Audience Feeling -- Uses of Scenery -- Objects, Motifs, Symbols -- Other Ways of Relief -- Storyteller's Attitude 6. MUSIC AND TRANSITIONS -- Silence -- Mechanical Uses of Music -- Telling the Story With Music -- Variations of Transformation Tactics -- Using Pre-Recorded Songs -- The Role of Lyrics 7. PUZZLING THE SCENES TOGETHER -- Tension and Release -- Scenes and their Flow -- Looking at the Script -- Deleted Scenes -- Fragmentation and Crescendo -- Intensity of Transitions -- Types of Transitional Scenes -- Bridging Them All Together 8. THE TIME MACHINE -- Storytelling is Abbreviation -- Ways to Show Time Manipulation -- Transitional Editing Speed -- Other Time Styles -- When not to Show Time -- Gestalt's Cousin 9. CASE STUDY: RIDLEY SCOTT'S GLADIATOR -- The Longest Transition Ever -- Maximus Escapes Execution -- Sleeping Through the Night -- Crosscutting To Family's Murder -- The Big reaction -- Carried to Zucchabar 10. TELEVISION VS. FEATURE FILM TRANSITIONS -- Film and TV Differences -- Commercial Breaks -- Multiple Plots -- The Future of Storytelling

Among today's filmmakers, scene transitions represent something wholly essential but not fully understood. Is there a hidden cinematic art which we are only beginning to uncover? Between the Scenes explores this art, delivering a fresh approach for filmmakers and screenwriters that will enhance the emotional impact of their stories. From location choices, to character movement between scenes, to the use of music, scene transitions are where the meat is in your story, and now you'll discover a new palette of creative possibilities.