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Summary: not the best but not the worst
Review: agreed with the below review, this book is short on a lot of things, but it's still an interesting read. i was going searching for ettedgui's cinematography book, when i found this instead and decided to pick it up. it's a quick, easy read, and there are some nice anecdotes, but there is a lot of information lacking. lots of name-dropping from designers on who they love and by the author on who helped him out. if you're a design buff, i'd recommend the book on the level of hearing from some of the master of the trade. if you're looking for information, i'd say take it elsewhere. this is the least educational book on movies i've come into reading, but i'm not complaining because it's also the easiest to read (the others were practically tech manuals).
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Summary: 20/20 Eyesight please: White is for Weddings and not pages!
Review: Texts on Production Design are just plain fun to read. When I received this text I looked with great anticipation at the big white space and contemporary layout on the cover. Turning that first page, and the second page, and third to see more, and more, white space, accompanied by extremely small print and small reproductions of rare conceptual drawings, storyboards, photos and architectual drawings from films designed by 16 masters of their craft, was a disappointment. Compared to books like "Hollywood: Legend and Reality" Edited by Michael Webb, from the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service, which also had rarely seen drawings and photos, the visual layout and design lacked impact and clarity. Print within the storyboards, often important clues to how the scene was shot, is hard to read. Ettedgui's beautiful book is an illustrated interview book, but the interviews prove anecdotal more than educational. Compared to the Text: "Film Design", compiled by Terence St. John Marner, part of The London Film School Series, 1974, the explanation of how production design was technically done on individual films was meager. In "By Design, Interviews with Film Production Designers", LoBrutto knows what questions to ask in interviews with 20 masters of their craft to relay meaningful information about how the film industry, as well as these designers, work. Ettedgui's work cannot compare in content to LoBrutto's. As an independent reviewer, I review books on the filmmaking craft for what they can help you learn about the craft on your own. This is a beautiful book. If your eyesight is 20/20 or better you might not even mind the small print, but once past the intial oh-oh, ah-ah of the size, design and layout of this large text, the content rates not much more than 3 Stars. Pamela Jean Curry, Film Director in Training at Film Studio Faux,Parody of Motion Picture Film Studio Training.
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