Filmmaking

From the #1 internationally bestselling author of the Cartel Trilogy (The Power of the Dog, The Cartel, and The Border), The Force, and Broken comes the first novel in an epic crime saga about the Irish and Italian crime syndicates in America during the 1980s and 1990s.?One of America?s greatest storytellers.? ? Stephen KingProvidence, RI, 1986. Tw...

“Available recommendation signals cluster around Cinema, NonFiction, Film, Art, Filmmaking lists, suggesting this book may fit readers looking for creative discipline, craft, or artistic motivation. Treat this as discovery context, not a quality guarantee.”

This ultimate insider's guide reveals the secrets that none dare admit, told by a show biz veteran who's proven that you can sell your script if you can save the cat!...

Explores the epic human drama behind the making of the five movies nominated for Best Picture in 1967Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, The Graduate, In the Heat of the Night, Doctor Doolittle, and Bonnie and Clydeand through them, the larger story of the cultural revolution that transformed Hollywood, and America, forever....

“Available recommendation signals cluster around Spirituality, NonFiction, Filmmaking, Writing lists, suggesting this book may fit readers looking for creative discipline, craft, or artistic motivation. Treat this as discovery context, not a quality guarantee.”

Any booklength interview with Alfred Hitchcock is valuable, but considering that this volume's interlocutor is François Truffaut, the conversation is remarkable indeed. Here is a rare opportunity to eavesdrop on two cinematic masters from very different backgrounds as they cover each of Hitch's films in succession. Though this book was initially p...

From one of America's most acclaimed directors comes a book that is both a professional memoir and a definitive guide to the art, craft, and business of the motion picture. Drawing on 40 years of experience on movies ranging from Long Day's Journey Into Night to The Verdict, Lumet explains the painstaking labor that results in two hours of screen m...

In Rebel Without a Crew, famed independent screenwriter and director Robert Rodriguez (Sin City, Sin City 2, Once Upon a Time in Mexico, Spy Kids) discloses all the unique strategies and original techniques he used to make his remarkable debut film, El Mariachi, on a shoestring budget. This is both one man's remarkable story and an essential guide ...

According to David Mamet, a film director must, above all things, think visually. Most of this instructive and funny book is written in dialogue form and based on film classes Mamet taught at Columbia University. He encourages his students to tell their stories not with words, but through the juxtaposition of uninflected images. The best films, Mam...

An exhilarating, splendidly illustrated, entirely new look at the history of baseball: told through the stories of the vibrant and everchanging ballparks where the game was and is staged, by the Pulitzer Prizewinning architectural critic.From the earliest corrals of the mid1800s (Union Grounds in Brooklyn was a "saloon in the open air"), to the ...

Internationallyrenowned directing coach Weston demonstrates what constitutes a good performance, what actors want from a director, what directors do wrong, script analysis and preparation, how actors work, and shares insights into the director/actor relationship....

An invaluable analysis of the director's art and craft, from one of the most revered of all film school directors. Alexander 'Sandy' Mackendrick directed classic Ealing comedies plus a Hollywood masterpiece, Sweet Smell of Success. But after retiring from filmmaking in 1969, he then spent nearly 25 years teaching his craft at the California Instit...

Here is an account of a filmmaker who looks straight into the eye of the Hollywood blockbuster storm and dares not to blink.In "A Killer Life," Christine Vachon follows up her independent producing handbook, "Shooting to Kill," with a behindthescenes memoir of the battle between creativity and commerce and a renegade's rise to being one of the...

This classic best selling book has been updated to include new budgets for digital video feature films, a no budget feature, and the allimportant digital video transfer to 35mm for theatrical release....

The first book that takes the words and experiences of a diverse group of celebrated women film directors and puts their voices front and center. This unique volume of interviews presents over 40 feature and documentary directors from around the world including Debra Granik (Winter?s Bone), Courtney Hunt (Frozen River), Callie Khouri (Mad Money), S...

When it comes to producing, no one speaks with more authority than Lloyd Kaufman, founder of the longestrunning independent film studio, Troma Entertainment. He reveals the best ways to seek out investors, scout locations, hire crew and cast talent, navigate legalities, and stay within your budget. Featuring tips from some of the finest producers ...

DOWN AND DIRTY PICTURES chronicles the rise of independent filmmakers and of the twin engines the Sundance Film Festival and Miramax Films that have powered them. Peter Biskind profiles the people who took the independent movement from obscurity to the Oscars, most notably Sundance founder Robert Redford and Harvey Weinstein, who with his brother, ...

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The writings of Greek philosopher ARISTOTLE (384BC 322BC) student of Plato, teacher of Alexander the Great are among the most influential on Western thought, and indeed upon Western civilization itself. From theology and logic to politics and even biology, there is no area of human knowledge that has not been touched by his thinking. Poetics one of...

If It's Purple, Someone's Gonna Die is a mustread book for all film students, film professionals, and others interested in filmmaking. This enlightening book guides filmmakers toward making the right color selections for their films, and helps movie buffs understand why they feel the way they do while watching movies that incorporate certain color...

"Never go to a meeting without a strategy." "Ride the horse in the direction it's going." These are just two of the gems unearthed from the trenches of Hollywood by Lynda Obst, one of the most successful producers in the movie business today. In Hello, He Lied, Obst offers real, practical advice to wouldbe professionals in any field: "Thou sha...

Right now, you're wondering, "Gee, what kind of information is in this cute yet stylish guide" Sure, there are a bunch of other books that will take you through the filmmaking process, and if your name is Beaver Cleaver, you might be interested in them.But you should know that filmmaking is a war, and this book will lead you through it like no oth...

So metaphorical: the Palme d'Or and Golden Globe Awardwinning, Oscarnominated film as a graphic novel drawn by Director Bong Joon Ho himself....

“Available recommendation signals cluster around NonFiction, Film, Fiction, Art, Filmmaking lists, suggesting this book may fit readers looking for creative discipline, craft, or artistic motivation. Treat this as discovery context, not a quality guarantee.”

An invaluable set of careerlength interviews with the German genius hailed by François Truffaut as "the most important film director alive"Most of what we've heard about Werner Herzog is untrue. The sheer number of false rumors and downright lies disseminated about the man and his films is truly astonishing. Yet Herzog's body of work is one of the...

A highly visual exploration of the best shots, moves, and setups in the industry. This books reveals the secrets behind each shot?s success, so it can be adapted to the director?s individual scenes....

“Available recommendation signals cluster around NonFiction, Filmmaking lists, suggesting this book may fit readers looking for big-picture nonfiction and accessible learning. Treat this as discovery context, not a quality guarantee.”

ObiWan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker must stem the tide of the raging Clone Wars and forge a new bond as Jedi Knights.The Clone Wars have begun. Battle lines are being drawn throughout the galaxy. With every world that joins the Separatists, the peace guarded by the Jedi Order is slipping through their fingers. After an explosion devastates Cato Nei...

This is the eBook version of the printed book.The colorist working in film and video is the individual responsible for breathing life into characters, bringing a mood into a scene, and making the final product polished and professionallooking. This craft is an art form that often takes years to perfect and many trialanderror attempts at getting ...

Building on the success of the bestselling "Master Shots," this volume goes much deeper, revealing the great directors' secrets for making the most of the visual during the usual static dialogue scene. Includes more than 200 diagrams illustrating camera positions....

“Available recommendation signals cluster around NonFiction, Filmmaking lists, suggesting this book may fit readers looking for big-picture nonfiction and accessible learning. Treat this as discovery context, not a quality guarantee.”

The casting director for Chicago, Pippin, Becket, Gypsy, The Graduate, the Sound of Music and Jesus Christ Superstar tells you how you can find your dream role! Absolutely everything an actor needs to know to get the part is here: What to do that moment before, how to use humour; create mystery; how to develop a distinct style; and how to evaluate ...

The world of cinematography has changed more in the last few years than it has since it has in 1929, when sound recording was introduced. New Technology,, new tools and new methods have revolutionized the art and craft of telling stories visually. While some aspects of visual language, lighting and color are eternal, shooting methods, workflow and c...

There are many books on the technical aspects of film and video editing: e.g., how to use software packages like Final Cut Pro and Avid. Much rarer are books on how an editor thinks and makes decisions. Faced with hundreds of hours of raw footage, a film editor must craft the pieces into a coherent whole. Rhythm is a fundamental tool of the film ed...

“Available recommendation signals cluster around NonFiction, Film, Art, Filmmaking lists, suggesting this book may fit readers looking for creative discipline, craft, or artistic motivation. Treat this as discovery context, not a quality guarantee.”

Newly revised and updated, Film Lighting is an indispensible sourcebook for the aspiring and practicing cinematographer, based on extensive interviews with leading cinematographers and gaffers in the film industry.Film lighting is a living, dynamic art influenced by new technologies and the changing styles of leading cinematographers. A combination...

Newly updated and revised, How to Shoot Video That Doesn?t Suck is a quick and easy guide that will make your video better instantly?whether you read it cover to cover or just skim a few chapters. It?s about the language of video and how to think like a director, regardless of equipment (amateurs think about the camera, pros think about communicati...

In the Blink of an Eye is celebrated film editor Walter Murch's vivid, multifaceted, thoughtprovoking essay on film editing. Starting with what might be the most basic editing question Why do cuts work Murch treats the reader to a wonderful ride through the aesthetics and practical concerns of cutting film. Along the way, he offers his unique...

Elia Kazan was the twentieth century's most celebrated director of both stage and screen, and this monumental, revelatory book shows us the master at work. Kazan's list of Broadway and Hollywood successesA Streetcar Named Desire, Death of a Salesman, On the Waterfront, to name a fewis a testament to his profound impact on the art of directing. ...

From Scorsese and Lynch to Wenders and Godard: interviews with twenty of the world's greatest directors on how they make films and why.Each great filmmaker has a secret method to his moviemaking and each is different. In Moviemakers' Masterclass, Laurent Tirard talks to an illustrious collection of today's greatest directors to get to the core...

Shea Serrano is back, and his new book, Movies (And Other Things), combines the fury of a John Wick shootout, the sly brilliance of Regina George holding court at a cafeteria table, and the sheer power of a Denzel monologue, all into one.Movies (And Other Things) is a book about, quite frankly, movies (and other things). One of the chapters, for ex...

Five years ago, Frank Hauser, then a retired freelance director, and writer Russell Reich, his former student, selfpublished Notes on Directing in hardcover. It was immediately acclaimed as "a gemwitty and full of insight;" "so sensible, so complete, and so right;" and "amazingly illuminating" by the likes of Judi Dench, Edward Albee, and Terry T...

Master Shots gives filmmakers the techniques they need to execute complex, original shots on any budget. By using powerful master shots and wellexecuted moves, directors can develop a strong style and stand out from the crowd. Most lowbudget movies look lowbudget because the director is forced to compromise at the last minute. Master Shots gives...

Few cinematographers have had as decisive an impact on the cinematic medium as John Alton. Best known for his highly stylized film noir classics TMen, He Walked by Night, and The Big Combo, Alton earned a reputation during the 1940s and 1950s as one of Hollywood's consummate craftsmen through his visual signature of crisp shadows and sculpted beam...

This international bestseller is filled with visual techniques for filmmakers and screenwriters who want to expand their stylistic knowledge....

Documentary filmmaker Fadiman chronicles her more than 30 years of experience searching out practical approaches to get her productions funded, finished, and seen, balancing inspiration and commitment with financing, shooting, editing, and promotion....