{"product_id":"the-big-picture-filmmaking-lessons-from-a-life-on-the-set-9781250034762","title":"The Big Picture: Filmmaking Lessons from a Life on the Set","description":"\u003cp\u003eFilm production veteran Tom Reilly has worked on the sets of critically praised films and commercial blockbusters for more than three decades?including seventeen years alongside director Woody Allen. In \u003ci\u003eThe Big Picture\u003c\/i\u003e, he explores the art and the craft of filmmaking from the vantage point of someone actually running the movie set. Using examples unlike any of those in other books on film, Reilly exposes not only the power and the personalities, but the secrets of the pros. He shares the insights he gleaned while working with more than sixty Oscar-winning professionals?from Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, and Vanessa Redgrave to Sydney Pollack, Sven Nykvist, and Barbra Streisand. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In these fifty entertaining, illuminating short essays, Reilly invites you to join him on the film set. What is it like to shoot a love scene? How do you do a full body burn? What is it like to film in the Everglades or in a morgue? What is blocking or matching, and how long should a script be? How do you decide when to build a set? Why is the color palette so critical? Is night shooting worth the suffering? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Big Picture \u003c\/i\u003edelivers the surprising answers to these and other fascinating questions about what it takes to make a feature film, offering a glimpse into what it's like when the lights are bright, the camera is rolling, and the moviemakers are calling the shots.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eTOM REILLY is a member of the Directors Guild of America and has worked in the motion picture industry for the past thirty years. Veteran of more than forty films, Reilly worked with Woody Allen on classics such as \u003ci\u003eCrimes and Misdemeanors\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHusbands and Wives, Manhattan Murder Mystery, Bullets Over Broadway, Hannah and Her Sisters, Purple Rose of Cairo\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eZelig\u003c\/i\u003e. He has also been assistant director on other major motion pictures such as \u003ci\u003eBig, The Prince of Tides, Glengarry Glen Ross, The Pick-up Artist, Sabrina, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eGreat Expectations\u003c\/i\u003e. He is married, has three children, and lives in Westchester County, New York.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"St. Martin's Griffin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50333763797266,"sku":"9781250034762","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_d48be20f-76a4-43d8-946d-5668078bf2d7.jpg?v=1727876598","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-big-picture-filmmaking-lessons-from-a-life-on-the-set-9781250034762","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}