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Director’s Logbook is a professional production logbook designed to support directors in organizing and tracking their film projects. It provides a central place to record creative decisions, script analysis, character development, visual choices, casting, locations, shot planning, actor direction, and daily production progress. Designed as a practical working tool, it helps directors maintain a clear vision of the project throughout pre-production, filming, and post-production.
Why discover this logbook?
Because it brings together in one volume the main tools needed to prepare, structure, and document a film project. It is suitable for directors and film students and can also serve as a practical resource in film schools and audiovisual training programs.
What you’ll discover
Scene-by-scene analysis sheets, script breakdown tools, character development pages, casting notes, dedicated sections for visual style and lighting, shot planning, actor direction, rehearsals, the director’s daily journal, dailies review, editing, and the final project assessment.
Perfect for those interested in…
Film directing, audiovisual production, staging, visual storytelling, directing actors, and preparing for a shoot. This logbook is also designed for film students, film schools, and directing and audiovisual production training programs.
For parents and caregivers interested in…
Supporting children who experience intense emotions, neurodiversity, ADHD, autism, anxiety, emotional meltdowns, and visual tools that help children better understand what they are feeling.
Available in Paperback and Digital formats
Author: FD Vance
280 pages, black-and-white interior
Language: English
Size: 8.5 × 11 in / 21.59 × 27.94 cm
Retail Price: Paperback: US$14.99
About the Author
FD Vance is the author and creator of Director’s Logbook, developed as part of the Frame Division Series. Through this collection of specialized tools, FD Vance offers structured and practical logbooks designed to support the various roles involved in film and audiovisual production.
Discover What’s Inside the Logbook
Browse a selection of sample pages and see the practical tools designed to help analyze, plan, direct, and track a film project from script development through post-production.