Filmmaking


In the Blink of an Eye: A Perspective on Film Editing
Making Movies
Rebel Without a Crew, or How a 23-Year-Old Filmmaker with $7,000 Became a Hollywood Player
Story: Substance, Structure, Style, and the Principles of Screenwriting
On Directing Film
Film Directing Shot by Shot: Visualizing from Concept to Screen (Michael Wiese Productions)
Save the Cat: The Last Book on Screenwriting You'll Ever Need
Directing Actors: Creating Memorable Performances for Film & Television
Screenplay: The Foundations of Screenwriting Paperback – November 29, 2005
Sculpting in Time
Hitchcock/Truffaut
The Filmmaker's Handbook: A Comprehensive Guide for the Digital Age
Master Shots Vol 1, 1st edition: 100 Advanced Camera Techniques to Get an Expensive Look on Your Low-Budget Movie
Cinematography: Theory and Practice: Image Making for Cinematographers, Directors, and Videographers
On Film-making: An Introduction to the Craft of the Director
The Invisible Art by Mark Cotta VazEncyclopedia of Movie Special Effects by Patricia D. NetzleyThe Art and Science of Digital Compositing by Ron BrinkmannCigars for Sawyer by Justin SwappThe Art and Science of Digital Compositing by Ron Brinkmann
Visual Effects
45 books — 5 voters
The 48 Laws of Power by Robert GreeneThe Art of War by Sun TzuThe Way Hollywood Tells It by David BordwellHow to Win an Argument by Marcus Tullius CiceroA Handlist of Rhetorical Terms by Richard A. Lanham
Books recommend by Moviewise
20 books — 1 voter

In the Blink of an Eye by Walter MurchFrom Caligari to Hitler by Siegfried KracauerThe Guerilla Film Makers Pocketbook by Chris          JonesA Night to Remember by Jeffrey RichardsChildren of Paradise by Camilla Grudova
Cinephile literature
21 books — 6 voters

Darlene Craviotto
Collaborating on a film script involves two people sitting in a room separated by the silence of two minds working together.
Darlene Craviotto, An Agoraphobic's Guide to Hollywood: How Michael Jackson Got Me Out of the House

...true decolonization was not just a political project, but also one rooted in self-actualization through self-expression.
Amy Sall, The African Gaze: Photography, Cinema and Power

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