Prose

Dramatic Effects with a Movie Camera

Over 90 films from over 30 countries are the ground for exploring the way camera work creates dramatic effects.

Reviews:

“This book is filled with the same love and knowledge of cinema that I experienced as a graduate student at NYU. I’m so excited that others can now share this knowledge. Drawing from important references both classic and new, Gail and Sheril guide us through the seemingly infinite possibilities of our craft,  whilst beautifully illustrating its traditions. It is a wonderful resource for both experienced filmmakers and students. A treasure.”

- Joshua James Richards, Director of Photography on Nomadland (2020)

“Gail and Sheril have put their intuitive insight about cinema into this thorough and charged text that cracks open the magic of filmmaking for anyone.”

- Josephine Decker, Director of Madeline’s Madeline (2018) and Shirley (2020)

A Praise of Doubt

(essay in “Artistic Citizenship: A Public Voice for the Arts”)
Routledge Press, 2006

“25th Hour” by Spike Lee, the writing of D. W. Winnicott , and the events of September 11, 2001 are the prima material for exploring doubt as a necessary agent for artists and a useful exercise during crisis and transition.

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