Left or Right? Directing Lateral Movement in Film [B&W]

by Lubomir Kocka

'Left or Right? Directing Lateral Movement in Film' offers an in-depth analysis of film, television, and new media directing from a perspective of clearly articulated directorial concept linked to the placement and movement of performers in shot design. This book strives to demonstrate the mechanism of directional bias and how the effects of perceptual mechanisms can help film directors and image-makers to control, regulate, and modify the viewer's perception of characters and story movement, ultimately leading to higher quality creations.
This highly hands-on, practical book provides novel insights into the significance of laterality effects, equipping film directors, and image-makers who want to create aesthetically valuable and well-crafted visual products with functional tools to employ. The book also examines lateral organization in regard to biological sex, gender identity, class, races, ethnicity, religions, and age in LGBTQ+ films and porn cinema.
'Left or Right? Directing Lateral Movement in Film' holds broad appeal from experiences directors or cinematographers with an established body of work to students working to understand the language of cinema. It will also appeal to film and media theorists, as well as teachers of visual arts education.

248 pages, Paperback

Published April 12, 2021

Reviews

[Sam Prim · Rating 5 out of 5]

As a student director, this book has just brought me into a new world, expanding my knowledge of shot design. The author, Lubomir Kocka, teaches at the college I attend: SCAD (Savannah College of Art & Design). Many of my peers had recommended I take one of his classes, so I am currently registered for his Directing the Narrative class this upcoming fall. I wanted to get a headstart by reading his books before attending his class, and I am super glad I did. This book goes in depth examining lateral placement, directional bias, and many more directing tools and concepts I had never gave much thought to. I would recommend this book to anyone interested or currently pursuing directing as their occupation in the film industry.

[Owen Hollander · Rating 4 out of 5]

Really enjoyable cinema studies book and I genuinely learned a lot about lateral directionality within filmmaking. Lots of good content to digest. I learned a lot of new methods that I really want to utilize in the future in my own work.