Voice & Vision is a comprehensive manual for the independent filmmakers and film students who want a solid grounding in the tools, techniques, and processes of narrative film in order to achieve their artistic vision. This book includes essential and detailed information on relevant film and digital video tools, a thorough overview of the filmmaking stages, and the aesthetic considerations for telling a visual story.

The ultimate goal of this book is to help you develop your creative voice while acquiring the solid practical skills and confidence to use it. Unlike many books that privilege raw technical information or the line-producing aspects of production, Voice & Vision places creativity, visual expression, and cinematic ideas front and center. After all, every practical decision a filmmaker makes, like choosing a location, an actor, a film stock, a focal length, a lighting set-up, an edit point, or a sound effect is also an expressive one and should serve the filmmaker’s vision. Every decision, from the largest conceptual choices to the smallest practical solutions, has a profound impact on what appears on the screen and how it moves an audience.

“In Practice” sidebars throughout Voice & Vision connect conceptual, aesthetic and technical issues to their application in the real world. Some provide a brief analysis of a scene or technique from easily rentable films which illustrate how a specific technology or process is used to support a conceptual, narrative, or aesthetic choice. Others recount common production challenges encountered on real student and professional shoots which will inspire you to be innovative and resourceful when you are solving your own filmmaking challenges.

Voice & Vision是一本全面的手冊，針對獨立電影製片人和電影學生提供堅實的基礎，以實現他們的藝術視野。本書包含有關相關電影和數位視頻工具的基本和詳細信息，對電影製作階段進行了全面的概述，並探討了講述視覺故事的美學考慮。

本書的最終目標是幫助您發展創造力，同時獲得堅實的實踐技能和信心來應用它。與許多偏重於技術信息或製作方面的書籍不同，Voice & Vision將創造力、視覺表達和電影理念置於核心位置。畢竟，電影製片人所做的每個實踐決策，如選擇場地、演員、膠片、焦距、燈光設置、剪輯點或音效，都是表達性的，應該服務於電影製片人的視覺。從最大的概念選擇到最小的實踐解決方案，每個決策都對螢幕上的呈現和觀眾的情感有深遠的影響。

《實踐中》的旁白貫穿於Voice & Vision，將概念、美學和技術問題與它們在現實世界中的應用相連接。其中一些提供了對易於租借的電影中的一個場景或技術的簡要分析，以說明特定技術或過程如何支持概念、敘事或美學選擇。其他則講述了在真實的學生和專業拍攝中遇到的常見製作挑戰，這將激發您在解決自己的電影製作挑戰時具有創新和足智多謀的能力。