This approach, honed after years of on-set experience and from teaching, aims to provide a helpful reference and resource for directors and actors alike. It combines underlying theory with dozens of exercises designed to reveal the actor’s craft. more...

This book is a master guide for the director about collaborating with their closest ally, the cinematographer.

It covers the fundamentals of selecting a cinematographer, translating the script into visual imagery, choosing the appropriate visual style for the film, determining the color more...

There's more to being a DP than holding a light meter! With this book as your guide, you are on your way to learning not only about the equipment and technology, but also about the concepts and thought processes that will enable you to shoot professionally, efficiently, and with artistic mastery. A more...

This is not another “how-to-make-a-movie” book. This book is about how to be successful at making your movies in a very competitive market. Scott Billups’ experience-backed advice will kick your professionalism, tool set and image quality up a notch so that you can compete in the real world of more...

The Independent Directing Bible that will fit in your back pocket!
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Have you always wanted to direct a movie, but don’t know how to start?

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Directing Feature Films: The Creative Collaboration Between Directors, Writers and Actors takes you through the entire creative process of filmmaking — from concept to completion. You will learn how to really read a script, find its core, determine your vision, more...

Tens of thousands of readers have benefited from Michael Rabiger's classic text on documentary filmmaking, now updated to reflect the revolutionary switch to digital video equipment and software. You will learn how to research and focus a documentary film or video idea, develop a crew, direct the more...

Francis Glebas, a top Disney storyboard artist, teaches artists a structural approach to clearly and dramatically presenting visual stories. They will learn classic visual storytelling techniques such as conveying meaning with images and directing the viewer's eye. Glebas also teaches how to spot more...

This comprehensive manual has inspired tens of thousands of readers worldwide to realize their artistic vision and produce well-constructed films. Filled with practical advice on every stage of production, this is the book you will return to throughout your career.

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Move over, movies: the freshest storytelling today is on television, where the multi-episodic format is used for rich character development and innovative story arcs. Directors Tell the Story offers rare insight and advice straight from two A-list television directors whose credits include Monk, more...

Film Directing Fundamentals gives the novice director an organic methodology for realizing on the screen the full dramatic possibility of a screenplay. Unique among directing books, this book provides clear-cut ways to translate a script to the screen. Using the script as a blueprint, the reader is more...

A complete catalogue of visual techniques and their stylistic implications for both the filmmaker and videomaker. A textbook which enables filmmakers (as well as screenwriters and others) to expand their stylistic knowledge. Contents include: visualization tools, storyboard style, continuity style, more...

Cinematic Motion has helped directors create a personal camera style and master complex staging challenges for over a decade. Since digital technology has revolutionized filmmaking, this second edition adds chapters on digital visualization and script breakdown .
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Ultimately responsible for the creative content on screen, directors are the captains of the ship on every film. All actors and heads of department report to them. Some directors are also writers, employing unique styles of dialogue. Others,

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Never before have the means of cinematic storytelling been put into the hands of so many. Thousands of new storytellers are taking advantage of media that did not exist a decade ago. With entry-level HD recorders, even beginning students have access to low-cost, professional-quality image making. more...