Indie Filmmaker Resources - Recommended Reading
Directing Actors
Demonstrates what constitutes a good performance, what actors want from a director, what directors do wrong and more.
Directing Feature Films: The Creative Collaboration Between Director, Writers, and Actors
Acclaimed as "the director’s director", Mark W. Travis is regarded by many Hollywood and International professionals as one of the world’s leading authorities in the art and craft of film directing.
John Badham On Directing
Badham examines and explains the elements of action and suspense that are needed to make a great film.
Rebel without a Crew: Or How a 23-Year-Old Filmmaker With $7,000 Became a Hollywood Player
Famed independent screenwriter and director Robert Rodriguez (Sin City, Once Upon a Time in Mexico, Spy Kids, Machete) discloses all the unique strategies and original techniques he used to make his remarkable debut film El Mariachi on a shoestring budget.
Writing Movies for Fun and Profit
This book is full of secret insider information about how to conquer the Hollywood studio system: how to write, pitch, structure, and get drunk with the best of them.
Art of the Cut: Conversations with Film and TV Editors
Art of the Cut provides an unprecedented look at the art and technique of contemporary film and television editing. It is a fascinating "virtual roundtable discussion" with more than 50 of the top editors from around the globe.
In the Blink of an Eye, A PerspectIve on Film Editing
In the Blink of an Eye is celebrated editor Walter Murch’s vivid, multifaceted, thought-provoking essay of film editing.
7 Steps to Brilliant Production Audio for Film Makers
An easy 7 step reference guide to quality production audio covering the entire process from planning to delivery and everything in between.
Film Production Management: How to Budget, Organize and Successfully Shoot your Film
This book provides a step-by-step guide on how to budget, organize, and successfully shoot a film and get it onto the big screen.
Film Production: Theory and Practice
A basic primer on film production, from idea to distribution, this book covers the basic need-to-know for would be filmmakers.
Cinematography: Theory and Practice
Whether you are a student of filmmaking, just breaking into the business, currently working in the industry and looking to move up to the next level, or an experienced professional who wants to update their knowledge of tools and techniques, this book provides both a basic introduction to these issues as well as more advanced and in-depth coverage of the subject.