Live Cinema and Its Techniques

So convinced is Francis Ford Coppola that “live cinema”will become a powerful medium within the larger filmindustry that he has crafted this instructional book,filled with lively anecdotes and invaluable lessons—a boonfor moviegoers, film students, and teachers alike. As digitalmoviemaking, like live sports, can now be performed by onedirector or by a collaborative team working across the Internet,it is only a matter of time before “cinema auteurs” willcreate “live” movies of the highest creative quality that willbe sent instantly via satellite to be viewed in faraway theaters.Whether recounting his own boyhood obsession with film, tracingthe origins of “live cinema” through a history of early filmand live 1950s television shows, or presenting state-of-the-arttechniques on everything from rehearsals to equipment, Coppolademonstrates that the spontaneity of this genre of “livecinema” will transport filmmaking into a new era of creativitypreviously unimaginable.