"Directing Feature Films"
The Book

"Directing Features Films"  by Mark Travis is the second edition of Mark's #1 best-seller, "The Director's Journey".

In his insightful book, Mark Travis takes the mystery out of directing.  His refreshing approach enhances the reader's directing skills and helps them deliver powerful performances and well-conceived films.

           "A must read for any serious professional."
            - -Mark Rydell, Director, On Golden Pond

Chapter by chapter and page by page, "Directing Feature Films" guides you through establishing a bond of collaboration among your creative team,actors, and writers.    

"Directing Feature Films" is based on the methods Travis developed in his popular directing seminars attended by hundreds of film directors worldwide. The second edition includes a new introduction plus three new chapters - 10, 11, and 12.

CHAPTERS:

1. The Director and the Script
2. Terms and Definitions
3. Working with Writers
4. The Script Breakdown
5. The Creative Team
6. The Casting Process
7. The Rehearsal Process
8. Production
9. Post Production
10. Reconsiderations and Recapitulations
11. No More Acting, No More Directing
12. The Ultimate Collaboration: Directors with Directors
    
    Download Full Table of Contents, Introduction and Chapter One (88 KB .pdf)
    
    "If every feature film director were to read - and follow - Mark Travis' guide to working with actors and other creative personnel, the world would be a better place."
    -- Jean Shiffman, Back Stage West, June 2002
    
    "Mark Travis takes the mystery out of directing with this comprehensive and inspired guide to the craft of helming a movie."
     -- Stage and Screen
    
    "An eye-opening description of the work that needs to be done before oneframe is filmed."
      -- Alejandro Ferreyra, Screenwriter Magazine
    
    "Travis has written an excellent guide on the art of directing, and how towork with other professionals to achieve an artistic and commercial goal. A breath of fresh air."
    -- Cyber Film School, 2001
    
    "A more practical, by-the-numbers guide to directing than theory-ladenbooks like The Eisenstein Reader. Travis (a film and TV lenser) shows us what it takes to excel behind the camera."                               
    -- Sable Jak, Scr(I)pt Magazine
    
    Buy "Directing Feature Films" at Michael Weise Productions ,
    Amazon.com, and Samuel French bookstore.
    402 pages, 6 x 8-1/2                  ISBN 0-941118-43-4