The best-selling low-budget filmmaker's bible in the UK has now, at long last, been totally revamped for the American market. The two authors have interviewed hundreds of film industry insiders, resulting in, without doubt, the most comprehensive, entertaining, information-packed book available in more...

GreenScreen Made Easy can make your low budget movie look like a million dollars. Discover the most popular cameras and setups for Indie filmmakers that will give you the biggest splash on the screen. Explore how to create and set up your screen, illuminate the greenscreen cleanly, light your more...

Learn the basic ";grammar"; of editing films and videos in Grammar of the Edit! This book shows you in no uncertain terms (independently of software) what you absolutely need to know to edit your video production. Whether you are just learning how to edit or you need a refresher, this book gives you more...

Communicate your vision, tell your story and plan major scenes with simple, effective storyboarding techniques.

Using sketches of shots from classic films, from silents to the present day, John Hart leads you through the history and evolution of this craft to help you get to grips more...

_Slavko Vorkapich was an artist, special effects artist, film theoretician, director, and montage specialist who is most noted for his montage work on many classic films, including Viva Villa, David Copperfield, San Francisco, The Good Earth, and Mr. Smith Goes to Washington. He was also a highly more...

Setups, angles, and staging for 100 dialogue scenes.
Features over 500 photos and illustrations!

Building on the success of the best-selling first volume, Master Shots, Vol. 2 goes much deeper, revealing the great directors’ secrets for giving life to the standard dialogue more...

Greg Merritt cuts through the fluff and provides the reader with the real-world facts about producing. Topics covered include: pre-production; principal photography; post-production; distribution; script structure and dialogue; raising money; limited partnerships; scheduling and budgeting; cast and more...

Want to make an art film, a documentary, a video biography? Here's how to create real movies using consumer digital video format without spending a lot of money or time. more...

Learn how to direct television programs, understand complex directing tasks, and learn the fundamentals of studio production procedure in this back-to-basics guide to studio-based productions. Learn about lighting, set, camera operations, floor direction, technical direction, audio, tape, graphics, more...

Whether you’d like to be an art director or already are one, this book contains valuable solutions that will help you get ahead. This comprehensive, thorough professional manual details the set-up of the art department and the day-to-day job duties: scouting for locations, research, executing more...

From the editors of Videomaker Magazine comes this new edition that you have been waiting for. The Videomaker Guide Digital Video, fourth edition, provides information on all of the latest cutting edge tools and techniques necessary to help you shoot and edit video like the pro's. Learn about more...

The new edition of this comprehensive yet succinct guide to planning, shooting, and editing most field and in-studio video productions has been updated to include the latest developments in HD, Digital Video, and equipment. This helpful guide details how to visualize, shoot, and edit coherent more...

The FilmCraft series of books will offer deep insight into the working practices of the world’s most distinguished professionals, covering their inspiration, collaboration, and work on set. Each professional will be interviewed exclusively, discussing their training and their influences and will go more...

High-definition is now ubiquitous in video production and High Definition Cinematography, Third Edition provides the explanations, definitions, and workflows that today's cinematographers and camera operators need to make the transition. Paul Wheeler will explain the high-definition process, suggest more...

Maxine Baker, herself an experienced investigative journalist and documentary maker, examines the many different and innovative approaches to documentary form and style arising from the use of new and low-budget technology (eg. DVcam). more...