Strike the Baby and Kill the Blonde
by Dave Knox
If you’re a high school senior, about to embark on her scary and exciting journey as a film major, you’re probably trying to pre-study up on industry terms so you’ll fit in from Day One. If you’re insanely interested in film slang and terms everyone in the film industry uses when they’re on a production, you’ll probably want to pick this book up.
I bought the book to fit in at school. Unfortunately for me, I didn’t end up memorizing any of the terms and therefore did not fit in on Day One. Maybe others who buy it will get more out of it.
Dave Knox organizes his thin paperback as a dictionary, with the terms in bold and a paragraph description. That’s pretty much it. There’s no filmic tidbits, screen stills, or anything else to help readers actually remember the dry vocabulary lessons on every page.
Still, if you’d like to learn the secret meanings of the words “cookie”, “sparks”, or “jib”, you can pick up a copy of this book and stash it next to your Webster’s.
I bought the book to fit in at school. Unfortunately for me, I didn’t end up memorizing any of the terms and therefore did not fit in on Day One. Maybe others who buy it will get more out of it.
Dave Knox organizes his thin paperback as a dictionary, with the terms in bold and a paragraph description. That’s pretty much it. There’s no filmic tidbits, screen stills, or anything else to help readers actually remember the dry vocabulary lessons on every page.
Still, if you’d like to learn the secret meanings of the words “cookie”, “sparks”, or “jib”, you can pick up a copy of this book and stash it next to your Webster’s.