Film Directing Shot by Shot

A complete catalogue of motion picture techniques for filmmakers. It concentrates on the 'storytelling' school of filmmaking, utilizing the work of the great stylists who established the versatile vocabulary of technique that has dominated the movies since 1915. This graphic approach includes comparisons of style by interpreting a 'model script', created for the book, in storyboard form.

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.