A Director’s Method for Film and Television (1992) presents the ‘cinematic language’ approach to directing for film and television directors. It shows how the viewer perceives the nuances of the various pictures used to tell the story, and how movement within the frame creates drama and development.

Part 1. A Creative Conceptualization 1. Introduction 2. The Director’s Prime Directive 3. The Central Theme Part 2. The Literary Language 4. Rules of a Screenplay 5. Structure of a Screenplay 6. Screenplay Formats Part 3. The Visual Language – Understanding the Cinema Language 7. The Shot 8. Cinema Languages 9. Rules of Cinema Language Part 4. The Visual Language – The 12 Cinema Languages 10. The Most-Used Cinema Languages 11. Contrasting Cinema Languages 12. Other Cinema Languages 13. Movement 14. Movement Cinema Language Part 5. The Actor’s Language 15. Understanding the Actor 16. The Director Prepares for the Actor 17. The Actor’s Language Part 6. The Production Language 18. Preparing the Checklist Form 19. The Dilemma’s Answer 20. Conclusion