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
Save the Cat: The Last Book on Screenwriting You'll Ever Need
Film Directing Shot by Shot: Visualizing from Concept to Screen (Michael Wiese Productions)
Directing Actors: Creating Memorable Performances for Film & Television
Screenplay: The Foundations of Screenwriting
Sculpting in Time
Hitchcock/Truffaut
The Filmmaker's Handbook: A Comprehensive Guide for the Digital Age
Cinematography: Theory and Practice: Image Making for Cinematographers, Directors, and Videographers
Notes on the Cinematographer
Master Shots Vol 1, 1st edition: 100 Advanced Camera Techniques to Get an Expensive Look on Your Low-Budget Movie
Beyond Continuity by Mary CybulskiScript Supervising and Film Continuity by Pat P. MillerThe Continuity Supervisor by Avril Rowlands
Script Supervising
3 books — 2 voters
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 Business of Filmmaking by Maria JohnsenThe Art of War by Sun TzuIndie Film Marketing by Maria JohnsenThe Way Hollywood Tells It by David Bordwell
Books recommend by Moviewise
28 books — 2 voters

Krzysztof Kieślowski
“ Or take this girl, for example. At a meeting just outside Paris, a fifteen-year-old girl came up to me and said that she'd been to see [The Double Life of] Véronique. She'd gone once, twice, three times and only wanted to say one thing really - that she realized that there is such a thing as a soul. She hadn't known before, but now she knew that the soul does exist. There's something very beautiful in that. It was worth making Véronique for that girl. It was worth working for a year, sacrificing ...more ”
― Krzysztof Kieślowski, Kieslowski on Kieslowski

John Cassavetes
“ Film is, to me, just unimportant. But people are very important. ”
― John Cassavetes, Cassavetes on Cassavetes

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