The full title is “Twilight: Director’s Notebook: The Story Of How We Made The Movie Based On The Novel By Stephenie Meyer” and I think this completely sums up everything the book is about.
It’s the making of the movie based on the book that is now referred to as “The Twilight Phenomenon.”
It’s a small hardcover book that is written in the style of a scrapbook, including photos of the set, scenery, cast and crew, news clippings, sketches done both by the storyboard artist and Catherine Hardwicke herself, and tons of side notes and facts.
You get to learn all the dirty little secrets of the director and how she made this movie come alive.
It’s very similar to the “Twilight: The Complete Illustrated Movie Companion” in it’s sense of technical style and photos. The difference is that the Movie Companion is physically bigger and thus the photos are much more distinct, but on the negative side, it’s far more detailed from a technical perspective. Unless you’re in the movie business, it’s just a bunch of boring jargon. See the review here:
http://www.justkickinit.ca/2008/12/31/twilight-movie-companion-by-mark-cotta-vaz/
In this way, I prefer the Director’s Notebook. Hardwicke tones down all the technical aspect leaving in only what’s necessary. Plus, there is something better about reading it directly from the director’s mouth.
All of the words are written in “hand-writing” and at times I find it illegible. I had to take breaks otherwise my eyes would get a bit sore from struggling to read. It’s very unique to anything I’ve ever read before, and I liked the difference. It just took some adjusting.
I’d recommend this book to all the Twilighters out there. You just can’t go wrong!
If you have to choose between the Companion and the Notebook, I’d choose the Notebook. It’s got a lot of the same information and pictures so you’re not missing anything.
If you’re only looking for the pictures, choose the Companion – bigger is better, right?
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