Books

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Title	Authors	Description	OpenBook ID
On directing film	David Mamet	Calling on his unique perspective as playwright, screenwriter, and director of his own critically acclaimed movies, House of Games and Things Change, David Mamet illuminates how a film comes to b…	OL10626182W
PRODUCTION DESIGN: ARCHITECTS OF THE SCREEN	JANE BARNWELL	135 p. : 21 cm	OL13624978W
The Hollywood curriculum	Mary M. Dalton	xvi, 242 pages ; 23 cm	OL13625768W
Screen media arts	Hart Cohen	416 p. : 26 cm. +	OL13730371W
Movies	Chris Oxlade	Explains some of the scientific principles behind the various techniques and processes involved in making movies.	OL15077644W
Indie film producing	Suzanne Lyons	Explains the role of the independent film producer, and outlines the process of making a low budget film from the earliest stages of concept development through production and post-production, conclu…	OL16728875W
The Filmmaker's Book of the Dead	Danny Draven	Produce, direct and promote your own chilling horror film with real-world advice from award-winning, independent producer/director Danny Draven!. From the history of horror and the technique of the s…	OL19849974W
Cinematic terror	Tony Shaw	"The first history of cinema's treatment of terrorism from the birth of film to today"--	OL20001580W
The bare bones camera course for film and video	Tom Schroeppel	Teaches basic film and video techniques. Written by a working professional,The Bare Bones Camera Course is the most user-friendly book available on the subject of film and video production; it reduce…	OL20029419W
Cinema in the Digital Age	Nicholas Rombes	"Does the digital era spell the death of cinema as we know it, or its rebirth? Or the emergence of something else entirely? Cinema in the Digital Age examines the fate of cinema in this new era, payi…	OL20227400W
Get filming!	Mary Colson	Stop dreaming about becoming a film-maker and take steps to make your dreams come true! Packed with helpful tips on finding inspiration, writing a script, and thinking creatively, this book will help…	OL21181116W
The studio	John Gregory Dunne	Fly on the wall reporting of one year at 20th Century Fox. Great discussion of the making and marketing of big movies in 1960s Hollywood. Dunne is a breezy writer, making sabre cuts with a light touc…	OL2717541W
The fifth act	Ingmar Bergman	"Award-winning film director Ingmar Bergmann's scripts are among the most important documents in film history. Though his vision in such films as Wild Strawberries and The Seventh Seal has shaped our…	OL2810820W
Masters of two arts	Carlo Testa	"In Masters of Two Arts, Carlo Testa demonstrates that pairings of famous directors and writers are commonplace in modern Italian cinema. Surprisingly, the study of the interrelation between Italian …	OL4460577W
Cool careers without college for film and television buffs	Melanie Ann Apel	Provides an overview of the types of job that can be secured in the film and television fields even without a college degree.	OL499749W
Sholay, the making of a classic	Anupama Chopra	An account of the making of Sholay, a Hindi moving-picture.	OL6050968W
The artist as monster	Beard, William	"Filmmaker David Cronenberg's challenging and provocative work has stimulated impassioned debate, inspired major retrospectives, and been the subject of spirited, international inquiry, with books pu…	OL6226007W
Runaway romances	Robert R. Shandley	Examines Hollywood's European travelogue romances from 1947 to 1964, the end of American isolationism and the advent of challenges in Hollywood that made American filmmakers begin filming abroad.	OL7797772W
Complete guide to film scoring	Davis, Richard	A comprehensive guide to the business, process, and procedures for writing music for film or television. Includes interviews with 19 film scoring professionals.	OL7801216W
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Independent Filmmaking	Josef Steiff	Designed for people who want to tell a story their way, The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Independent Filmmaking explains everything a budding auteur needs to know— from literary development and financia…	OL8987388W