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The Filmmaker's Handbook: A Comprehensive Guide for the Digital Age
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Include books by the same authorThe Lord of the Rings: The Making of the Movie Trilogy
Brian Sibley · 176 pages
The Visual Story: Creating the Visual Structure of Film, TV and Digital Media
Bruce Block · 312 pages
This book explains the relationship between the structure of a story and the structure of the visuals that can be created to support the story. This relationship occurs in movies, television shows, computer games, and advertising. The book clearly describes the visual tools that any director, cinematographer, designer, storyboard artist or conceptual artist can use to enhance their work and creat
Eclipse: The Complete Illustrated Movie Companion
Mark Cotta Vaz
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey - Chronicles I: Art & Design
Daniel Falconer · 198 pages
A celebration of Peter Jackson's creative vision, packed with concept artwork and development paintings from his film The hobbit: an unexpected journey. Each artist provides detailed and entertaining commentary that reveals the story behind the vision.
On Directing Film
David Mamet · 107 pages
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 be. He looks at every aspect of directing—from script to cutting room—to show the many tasks directors undertake in reaching their prime objective: presenting a story that will be understood by the audi
The Complete Phantom of the Opera
George C. Perry, Jane Rice · 171 pages
The Animator's Survival Kit: A Manual of Methods, Principles, and Formulas for Classical, Computer, Games, Stop Motion and Internet Animators
Richard Williams · 352 pages
Richard Williams (Who Framed Roger Rabbit) has written an incredible step-by-step guide that's great for beginners and and experts alike. Goes into great detail regarding many aspects of animation, including detailed sections covering walks, runs, dialogue, timing, acting, directing, and much more.
The Invention of Hugo Cabret
Brian Selznick · 534 pages
ORPHAN, CLOCK KEEPER, AND THIEF, twelve-year-old Hugo lives in the walls of a busy Paris train station, where his survival depends on secrets and anonymity. But when his world suddenly interlocks with an eccentric girl and the owner of a small toy booth in the train station, Hugo’s undercover life, and his most precious secret, are put in jeopardy. A cryptic drawing, a treasured notebook, a stolen
I Want It Now! a Memoir of Life on the Set of Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
Julie Dawn Cole · 250 pages
Five Came Back: A Story of Hollywood and the Second World War
Mark Harris · 511 pages
Traces the World War II experiences of five legendary directors including John Ford, William Wyler, John Huston, Frank Capra and George Stevens to assess the transformative impact of the war and period beliefs on Hollywood. By the author of Pictures at a Revolution.
Conquest of the Useless: Reflections from the Making of Fitzcarraldo
Werner Herzog · 306 pages
One of the most revered filmmakers of our time, Werner Herzog wrote this diary during the making of Fitzcarraldo, the lavish 1982 film that tells the story of a would-be rubber baron who pulls a steamship over a hill in the Amazon jungle in order to access a rich rubber territory. Later, Herzog spoke of his difficulties when making the film, including casting problems, reshoots, language barriers,
Make Your Own Damn Movie!: Secrets of a Renegade Director
Lloyd Kaufman, Adam Jahnke, Trent Haaga · 329 pages
As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride
Cary Elwes, Joe Layden · 272 pages
From actor Cary Elwes, who played the iconic role of Westley in *The Princess Bride*, comes a first-person account and behind-the-scenes look at the making of the cult classic film filled with never-before-told stories, exclusive photographs, and interviews with costars Robin Wright, Wallace Shawn, Billy Crystal, Christopher Guest, and Mandy Patinkin, as well as author and screenwriter William Gol
With Nails: The Film Diaries Of Richard E. Grant
Richard E. Grant · 320 pages
Woody Allen on Woody Allen
Stig Bjorkman, Woody Allen · 312 pages
Woody Allen on Woody Allen is a unique self-portrait of this uncompromising filmmaker that offers a revealing account of his life and work. In a series of rare, in-depth interviews, Allen brings us onto the sets and behind the scenes of all his films. Woody Allen on Woody Allen is punctuated with his memories and opinions: afternoon movie-watching while growing up in Brooklyn; anecdotes about the
It Chooses You
Miranda July · 218 pages
While writing the script for her 2011 film *The Future*, Miranda July sought inspiration from the most unlikely of places: A weekly classified ads booklet. *It Chooses You* includes a series of interviews the author conducted with people who placed ads for various items or services, along with short snippets concerning her writing process for *The Future* plus some autobiographical notes. The b
An Unsuitable Boy
Karan Johar, Poonam Saxena · 352 pages
xiii, 216 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : 24 cm
There and Back Again: An Actor's Tale - A Behind-the-Scenes Look at Lord of the Rings
Sean Astin, Joe Layden, Joe Layden
The Kid Stays in the Picture
Robert Evans · 480 pages
An autobiographical account of the life and times of Robert Evans, Hollywood producer who worked on Love Story, Rosemary's Baby, The Godfather, Marathon Man, Chinatown The Cottonwood Club and many other films.