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Books

1.  Just For Kids

Filmmaking for Teens: Pulling off Your Shorts
Troy Lanier / Paperback / Wiese, Michael Productions / April 2005

Digital Filmaking for Teens
Pete Shaner / Paperback / Course Technology, Inc. / December 2004

2.  Their First Time

My First Movie:Twenty Celebrated Directors Talk about Their First Film
Stephen Lowenstein (Editor) / Paperback / Penguin Group (USA) / October 2002

The Mind of the Modern Moviemaker: Twenty Conversations with the New Generation of Filmmakers
Joshua Horowitz / Paperback / Penguin Group (USA) / January 2006

3.  How To Do It

Digital Moviemaking: All the Skills, Techniques and Moxie You’ll Need to Turn Your Passion into a Career, 2nd Edition
Scott Billups / Paperback / Wiese, Michael Productions / July 2004

New Digital Cinema: Reinventing the Moving Image
Holly Willis / Paperback / Wallflower Press / January 2005

What They Don’t Teach You at Film School: 161 Strategies to Making Your Own Movie No Matter What
Camille Landau / Paperback / Hyperion / August 2000

$30 Film School: How to Write, Direct, Produce, Shoot, Edit, Distribute, Tour with, and Sell Your Own No-Budget Digital Movie
Michael W. Dean / Paperback / Course Technology, Inc. / May 2003

Extreme Digital Video at Used-Car Prices: How to Write, Direct, Shoot, Edit, and Produce a Digital Video Feature for Less than $3,000
Rick Schmidt / Paperback / Penguin Group (USA) / July 2004

From Reel to Deal: Everything You Need to Create a Successful Independent Film
Dov S-S Simens / Paperback / Warner Books /2003

Filmmaker’s Handbook: A Comprehensive Guide for the Digital AgeSteven Ascher / Paperback / Penguin Group (USA) / March 1999

The Digital Filmmaking Handbook with DVD, Second Edition
Ben Long / Paperback / Thomson Delmar Learning / June 2002

Breaking in: How 20 Film Directors Got Their Start
Nicholas Jarecki / Paperback / Broadway Books / December 2001

4.  Screenwriting

How to Adapt Anything into a Screenplay
Richard W. Krevolin / Paperback / Wiley, John & Sons, Incorporated / March 2003

Rewriting Secrets for Screenwriters: Seven Secrets to Improve and Sell Your Work
Tom Lazarus / Paperback / St. Martin’s Press / March 2006

Screenplay: The Foundations of Screenwriting; A Step-By-Step Guide From Concept To Finished Script
Syd Field / Paperback / Dell Publishing / June 1984

How Not to Write a Screenplay: 101 Common Mistakes Most Screenwriters Make
Denny Martin Flinn / Paperback / Lone Eagle Publishing Company, LLC / August 1999

Screenwriting: The Sequence Approach
Paul Gulino / Paperback / Continuum International Publishing Group / June 2004

Elements of Style for Screenwriters: The Essential Manual for Writers of Screenplays
Paul Argentini / Paperback / Lone Eagle Publishing Company, LLC / July 1998

The Screenwriter’s Bible: A Complete Guide to Writing, Formatting, and Selling Your Script
David Trottier / Paperback / Silman-James Press / September 2005

Writer’s Journey: Mythic Structure for Writers
Christopher Vogler / Paperback / Wiese, Michael Productions / October 1998

Cinematic Storytelling: The 100 Most Powerful Film Conventions Every Writer Should Know
Jennifer Van Sijll / Paperback / Wiese, Michael Productions / August 2005

Making Short Films: The Complete Guide from Script to Screen
Clifford Thurlow / Paperback / Berg Publishers / April 2005

5.  Cinematography & Editing

Storyboards: Motion in Art
Mark Simon / Paperback / Elsevier Science & Technology Books / March 2000

Setting up Your Shots: Great Camera Moves Every Filmmaker Should KnowJeremy Vineyard / Paperback / Wiese, Michael Productions / January 2000

Film Directing Shot by Shot
Steven D. Katz / Paperback / Wiese, Michael Productions / May 1990

Film Directing: Cinematic Motion: A Workshop For Staging ScenesSteven D. Katz / Paperback / Wiese, Michael Productions / 2004

Film Directing: Shot By Shot: Visualizing From Concept to ScreenSteven D. Katz / Paperback / Wiese, Michael Productions / 1991

Cut by Cut: Editing Your Film or Video
Gael Chandler / Paperback / Wiese, Michael Productions / December 2004

6.  Documentary Filmmaking

Directing the Documentary
Michael Rabiger / Paperback / Elsevier Science & Technology Books / March 2004

Making Documentary Films and Reality Videos
Barry Hampe / Paperback / Henry Holt & Company, Incorporated / January 1997

The Art of Documentary Film: Interviews with Leading Directors, Cinematographers, Editors, and Sound Editors (Voices That Matter Series)
Megan Cunningham / Paperback / New Riders / July 2005

7.  Software

Editing Techniques with Final Cut Pro: A Comprehensive Guide to Film and Video Editing Style, Technique, and Grammar
Michael Wohl / Paperback / Pearson Education / May 2003

Making a Movie in iMovie and iDVD: Visual QuickProject Guide (Visual Quickproject Guide Series)
Jeff Carlson / Paperback / Peachpit Press / August 2004

How to Use Macromedia Flash MX and ActionScript
Denise Tyler / Paperback / Pearson Education / July 2002

Final Cut Express 2 Editing Workshop
Tom Wolsky / Paperback / C M P Books / June 2004

Pinnacle Studio 9 Ignite!
Aneesha Bakharia / Paperback / Course Technology, Inc. / January 2005

Sam’s Teach Yourself Adobe Premiere Pro in 24 Hours
Jeff Sengstack / Paperback / Sams / February 2005

iMovie 4 and iDVD 4 for Mac OS X: Visual QuickStart Guide
Jeff Carlson / Paperback / Peachpit Press / April 2004

Adobe Premiere Pro: Complete Course
Donna L. Baker / Paperback / Wiley, John & Sons, Incorporated / January 2004
 




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