The Spirit: The Movie Visual Companion

by VAZ, MARK COTTA

• ISBN13: 9781845768324
• ISBN10: 1845768329
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-11-25
• Publisher: Titan Books

Summary

Will Eisner's classic comics character makes the leap to the screen in this spectacular new live-action movie written and directed by Frank Miller (Sin City, 300), and starring Gabriel Macht as The Spirit, Samuel L. Jackson as his psychotic arch-nemesis The Octopus, and Eva Mendes and Scarlett Johansson as alluring femmes fatales. In Central City, one man fights crime using nothing but his wits and his fists. He wears a mask, a suit and a fedora, and he is known only as The Spirit... This stunning volume, with director's commentary, contains interviews with the cast and the crew, color photos & production art, and scores of Frank Miller sketches, plus excerpts from the screenplay.

Author Biography

Mark Cotta Vaz is one of the world’s foremost author of movie ‘making of’ books. His informed, incisive, and highly entertaining writing has graced titles including Behind the Mask of Spider-Man, The Art of Finding Nemo, The Art of Batman Begins, and his acclaimed history of matte painting in movies, The Invisible Art.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. 6
Introduction	p. 8
Genesis Of Ghost Whisperer	p. 10
Lightning In a Bottle	p. 10
In the Beginning	p. 11
Melinda's Spirit Guide (I)	p. 16
How to Be a Medium	p. 18
An Interview With James Van Praagh	p. 19
Is Your House Haunted?	p. 22
Recognizing Ghosts	p. 25
The Living	p. 28
Melinda Gordon	p. 32
Jim Clancy	p. 44
Delia Banks	p. 51
Professor Rick Payne	p. 58
Ned Banks	p. 65
Beth Gordon	p. 68
Gabriel Rance	p. 71
Melinda's Spirit Guide (II)	p. 74
Spirit Symbolism	p. 76
Opening Title Sequence	p. 81
The Lost	p. 86
Tom Gordon	p. 89
Grandview's Ghosts	p. 92
Melinda's Spirit Guide (III)	p. 98
Ghostly Sights & Sounds	p. 100
Haunted Objects & People	p. 102
Ghostly Urban Legends	p. 104
The Departed	p. 106
Andrea Moreno	p. 109
Loved Ones	p. 112
Melinda's Spirit Guide (IV)	p. 118
Communicating With the Dead	p. 120
Mary Ann Winkowski On Communicating With the Dead	p. 124
Behind The Scenes	p. 126
Ghost Stories (Writers' Room)	p. 129
Melinda's Closet (Wardrobe)	p. 130
Ghost World (Production Design)	p. 133
Capturing the Spirits (Cinematography)	p. 136
Manifesting Ghosts (Visual Effects)	p. 137
Channeling the Spirits (Casting)	p. 139
Haunting Melodies (Music)	p. 141
Things That Go Bump (Post Production Sound Design)	p. 142
Episodes & beyond	p. 144
Ghost Whisperer's Parallel Universe	p. 146
Episode Guide: Season One	p. 150
Season Two	p. 159
Season Three	p. 168
Season Four	p. 175
About The Authors	p. 176
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