"Cinematic Storytelling shows you how story ideas are realized in script form and then transformed again when they move from script to screen. It underscores how this process necessitates the collaborative relationship between writers and directors. Van Sijll has written an essential guide for aspiring writers and directors."
- Mardik Martin, Screenwriter
Raging Bull, Mean Streets, and New York, New York
Senior Lecturer of Screenwriting at USC
"Here is a uniquely fresh, accessible, and truly original contribution to the field. Jennifer Van Sijll takes her readers in a wholly new direction, integrating aspects of screenwriting with all the film crafts in a way I've never before seen. She underscores cinema's collaborative nature, and celebrates the collective family of film artists who struggle together in the creation of worthy movies. It is essential reading not only for screenwriters but also for filmmakers of every stripe."
- Prof. Richard Walter
UCLA Screenwriting Chairman
"A powerful and evocative guide for screenwriters and filmmakers alike."
- Frank Beddor, Producer
There's Something About Mary
"Wow! A screenwriting book with an original and insightful approach. Jennifer Van Sijll takes you step by step through the complex transfer from blank page to motion picture. I can finally show a book to my mother and say 'This is what I do for a living."
Jennifer attacks with
- Larry Karaszewski , Screenwriter
Big Eyes, 1408, Man on The Moon
Golden Globe-winning screenwriter of
Ed Wood and The People vs Larry Flynt
"Ms. Van Sijll breaks down years of film school into one magnificent book. Three cheers for this clear-cut and extraordinary work."
- Libby Hinson, Screenwriter
Two-time Emmy winner, Humanitas nominee and
winner of the 2004 New York Film Festival Award
"A valuable contribution to the art of storytelling. A must read."
- Michael MacMillan, Producer
CSI:Miami, CSI:NY, CSI:Crime Scene Investigation
CEO Alliance Atlantis Communications
"A smart, analytical guide. Van Sijll truly understands what makes great movies work. A first-rate roadmap."
- Jake Eberts, Executive Producer
The Name of the Rose, Hope and Glory
Driving Miss Daisy, Dances with Wolves,
A River Runs Through It, Chicken Run
"Van Sijll challenges the notion of writing as limited to the Aristotelian staples of character, structure and plot. Her book, Cinematic Storytelling, delivers a foundation for the understanding of a new form of literacy, as important as reading and writing with words. Every writing class should add this book to their assigned reading list."
-David Tames, Program Director, Digital Filmmaking,
The Center for Digital Imaging Arts at Boston University
"Jennifer Van Sijll's book makes a direct hit in terms of concise information and perfectly chosen visuals, but it also searches out an emotional core that many books of this nature either miss or are afraid of...this book finds it."
- Kirsten Sheridan, Screenwriter
In America /director, Disco Pigs
Jennifer Van Sijll tackles with brio the difficult task of explaining cinematic language which, in its broad acceptance, has become today's most powerful means of communication. The force of this excellent educational tool, with it's pertinent and crystalline examples, lies in its ability to convey the specific way in which this singular medium produces meaning."
-Bruno Toussaint, Author of Le Langue des Images et
des Sons and professor at the Université de Marne la Vallée and ESRA, Paris
This book conveys in visual images the most essential, most effective visual techniques that directors and cinematographers use to convey an idea to an audience...Highly recommended to anyone who currently works in the camera department, editors, scriptwriters, sound designers, directors and many more.
-John Keedweel, Reviewer, British Cinematograher
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Cinematic Tool Imaged: Use of color messages that character and environment are one.
- Mardik Martin, Screenwriter
Raging Bull, Mean Streets, and New York, New York
Senior Lecturer of Screenwriting at USC
"Here is a uniquely fresh, accessible, and truly original contribution to the field. Jennifer Van Sijll takes her readers in a wholly new direction, integrating aspects of screenwriting with all the film crafts in a way I've never before seen. She underscores cinema's collaborative nature, and celebrates the collective family of film artists who struggle together in the creation of worthy movies. It is essential reading not only for screenwriters but also for filmmakers of every stripe."
- Prof. Richard Walter
UCLA Screenwriting Chairman
"A powerful and evocative guide for screenwriters and filmmakers alike."
- Frank Beddor, Producer
There's Something About Mary
"Wow! A screenwriting book with an original and insightful approach. Jennifer Van Sijll takes you step by step through the complex transfer from blank page to motion picture. I can finally show a book to my mother and say 'This is what I do for a living."
Jennifer attacks with
- Larry Karaszewski , Screenwriter
Big Eyes, 1408, Man on The Moon
Golden Globe-winning screenwriter of
Ed Wood and The People vs Larry Flynt
"Ms. Van Sijll breaks down years of film school into one magnificent book. Three cheers for this clear-cut and extraordinary work."
- Libby Hinson, Screenwriter
Two-time Emmy winner, Humanitas nominee and
winner of the 2004 New York Film Festival Award
"A valuable contribution to the art of storytelling. A must read."
- Michael MacMillan, Producer
CSI:Miami, CSI:NY, CSI:Crime Scene Investigation
CEO Alliance Atlantis Communications
"A smart, analytical guide. Van Sijll truly understands what makes great movies work. A first-rate roadmap."
- Jake Eberts, Executive Producer
The Name of the Rose, Hope and Glory
Driving Miss Daisy, Dances with Wolves,
A River Runs Through It, Chicken Run
"Van Sijll challenges the notion of writing as limited to the Aristotelian staples of character, structure and plot. Her book, Cinematic Storytelling, delivers a foundation for the understanding of a new form of literacy, as important as reading and writing with words. Every writing class should add this book to their assigned reading list."
-David Tames, Program Director, Digital Filmmaking,
The Center for Digital Imaging Arts at Boston University
"Jennifer Van Sijll's book makes a direct hit in terms of concise information and perfectly chosen visuals, but it also searches out an emotional core that many books of this nature either miss or are afraid of...this book finds it."
- Kirsten Sheridan, Screenwriter
In America /director, Disco Pigs
Jennifer Van Sijll tackles with brio the difficult task of explaining cinematic language which, in its broad acceptance, has become today's most powerful means of communication. The force of this excellent educational tool, with it's pertinent and crystalline examples, lies in its ability to convey the specific way in which this singular medium produces meaning."
-Bruno Toussaint, Author of Le Langue des Images et
des Sons and professor at the Université de Marne la Vallée and ESRA, Paris
This book conveys in visual images the most essential, most effective visual techniques that directors and cinematographers use to convey an idea to an audience...Highly recommended to anyone who currently works in the camera department, editors, scriptwriters, sound designers, directors and many more.
-John Keedweel, Reviewer, British Cinematograher
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Cinematic Tool Imaged: Use of color messages that character and environment are one.
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