Shot by Shot - Steven D. Katz

'Vision is the art of seeing things invisible' - Jonathan Swift

PART 1 - Visualization (pg. 7 - 9)

• 'In his landmark book 'Qu'est-ce que le Cinema?' French film critic Andre Bazin used the term presence to describe the moviegoer's sense that he is within the same spatial/temporal continuum as the picture on the screen.'
• 'Magical as it sounds, visualization was just another description of the creative process until the human potential movement discovered that it could be put to work.'

PART 2 - Elements of the Continuity Style (pg. 121 - 145)

• 'the universal units of composition are the long shot, the medium shot, and the close up. These shots are a development of the continuity system insofar as they are overlapping portions of a single space and only make sense in relation to one another.'
• 'Unconventional viewpoints, framing and shot size can be used to explore portraiture through texture, light and the infinite varieties of form.' - close ups
• 'The medium shot is also the general range in which group shots are composed for dialogue scenes.'
• 'One of the the full shot's most attractive qualities is that it allows the actor to use body language. This type of physical expression has all but disappeared from the movies since the silent period.'