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Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

California

A Guided Tour Across a Decade of American Independent Cinema

The day of the independent filmmaker has dawned. In the last decade, through films such as Pulp Fiction, Roger and Me, Slacker, and Clerks, the public has been made acutely aware of the ever-growing presence of this new wave of artist. Pierson, who has seen over 1,000 debut features of this ilk, has hand-picked 20 of them for review in this unprecendented book.

Spike, Mike, Slackers and Dykes

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Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

New Jersey

Your All Access Pass to Launching Your Film on the Festival Circuit

Explains how amateur filmmakers can get their films shown on the movie festival circuit.

The Complete Filmmaker's Guide to Film Festivals

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Utah

Short Stories - Lawless - The Law Is A Lady

The Law of Love

Digital technology is changing the ways in which filmmakers compose images and tell stories. This book covers the creative and technical aspects of digital shooting. It is designed to provide detailed, practical guidance on DV filmmaking, geared towards first-time filmmakers and film professonals.

The IFILM Digital Video Filmmaker's Handbook

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Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

The Ultimate Guide to Digital Film Making

The Guerilla Film Makers Pocketbook

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#film #cinema #technique #memoir #filmmaking #francisfordcoppola #autobiography 

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

New York

From one of the masters of twentieth-century cinema comes this indispensable and entertaining guide to a visionary new form of moviemaking.

So convinced is Francis Ford Coppola that "live cinema" will become a powerful medium within the larger film industry that he has crafted this instructional book, filled with lively anecdotes and invaluable lessonsÂ¯a boon for moviegoers, film students, and teachers alike. As digital moviemaking, like live sports, can now be performed by one director or by a collaborative team working across the Internet, it is only a matter of time before "cinema auteurs" will create "live" movies of the highest creative quality that will be sent instantly via satellite to be viewed in faraway theaters. Whether recounting his own boyhood obsession with film, tracing the origins of "live cinema" through a history of early film and live 1950s television shows, or presenting state-of-the-art techniques on everything from rehearsals to equipment, Coppola demonstrates that the spontaneity of this genre of "live cinema" will transport filmmaking into a new era of creativity previously unimaginable.
20 illustrations

Live Cinema and Its Techniques

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Massachusetts

The Story of How We Made the Movie Based on the Novel by Stephenie Meyer

Follow director Catherine Hardwicke through the creative process that went into transforming Stephenie Meyer's novel into box office gold. Discover the inside secrets on wardrobe, storyboard sketches, behind-the-scenes photographs, personal notes about Catherine's favorite scenes, and much more.

Twilight: Director's Notebook

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Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

SIXTH EDITION (ONLY THE TEXT)

An introduction to film appreciation, covering the techniques and principles of film production.

Film Art and Free Film Viewer's Guide

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#filmmaking #screenwriting #moviemaking #makingamovie #filmmaker

Georgia

The Collaborative Art of Filmmaking

Interviews screenwriters, producers, directors, actors, production designers, editors, and composers to give an overall impression of how a film is made

From Script to Screen

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#howto #write #television #pitch #motion picture #movie #filmmaking #television q1

Mississippi

How to Sell Yourself and Your Movie Idea to Hollywood

Learn how to communicate through a memorable and passionate pitch that will make you and your story a winner. A terrific book for anyone interested in how showbiz works.

The Perfect Pitch

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Maine

Or How a 23-Year-Old Filmmaker with $7,000 Became a Hollywood Player

Famed independent screenwriter and director Robert Rodriguez (Sin City, Once Upon a Time in Mexico, Spy Kids, Machete) discloses all the unique strategies and original techniques he used to make his remarkable debut film El Mariachi on a shoestring budget.

This is both one man's remarkable story and an essential guide for anyone who has a celluloid story to tell and the dreams and determination to see it through. Part production diary, part how-to manual, Rodriguez unveils how he was able to make his influential first film on only a $7,000 budget. Also included is the appendix, "The Ten Minute Film Course," a tell-all on how to save thousands of dollars on film school and teach yourself the ropes of film production, directing, and screenwriting. 

A perfect gift for the aspiring filmmaker.

Rebel Without a Crew

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#paperback #filmmaking #independentfilm #filmhistory #moviemaking #movies #actors #producers #directors 

Virginia

Miramax, Sundance, and the Rise of Independent Film

In this "dishy...superbly reported" (Entertainment Weekly) New York Times bestseller, Peter Biskind chronicles the rise of independent filmmakers who reinvented Hollywood--most notably Sundance founder Robert Redford and Harvey Weinstein, who with his brother, Bob, made Miramax Films an indie powerhouse.

As he did in his acclaimed Easy Riders, Raging Bulls, Peter Biskind "takes on the movie industry of the 1990s and again gets the story" (The New York Times). Biskind charts in fascinating detail the meteoric rise of the controversial Harvey Weinstein, often described as the last mogul, who created an Oscar factory that became the envy of the studios, while leaving a trail of carnage in his wake. He follows Sundance as it grew from a regional film festival to the premier showcase of independent film, succeeding almost despite the mercurial Redford, whose visionary plans were nearly thwarted by his own quixotic personality.

Likewise, the directors who emerged from the independent movement, such as Quentin Tarantino, Steven Soderbergh, and David O. Russell, are now among the best-known directors in Hollywood. Not to mention the actors who emerged with them, like Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, Ethan Hawke, and Uma Thurman.

Candid, controversial, and "sensationally entertaining" (Los Angeles Times) Down and Dirty Pictures is a must-read for anyone interested in the film world.

Down and Dirty Pictures

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Vintage paperback! Minor creasing on spine and minor damage on back cover upper right where a sticker might have been? Please see pictures I posted. #vintagebook #vintagepaperback #frankcapra #oldhollywood #filmmaking #hollywood

The Name Above the Title

#film #cinema #screenwriting #filmmaking #johnlandis #movies #moviewriting

The Best Movie Writing 2001 is dedicated to collecting the best writing about our most influential medium, our most popular, evocative and hotly debated art and mode of storytelling, and includes several new features: introductions of each piece by the guest editor; comments by the contributors on their pieces: and a catalog of America's most important movie magazines. Discussions are not limited to individual films, actors and directors but range from the racial politics of Gone With the Wind to the protest surrounding the 1999 adaptation of the book American Psycho; from how the MPAA rates independent films, to the battle between proponents of film and the new digital technology. Includes selections from Ian Buruma, Molly Haskell, Michael Herr, John Irving, Lawrence Kasdan, Jack Kerouac, Stuart Klawans, Stanley Kubric, and others.

Best American Movie Writing 2001

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#cinema #movies #directing #filmmaking #directing 

Ohio

A masterclass on the art of directing from the Pulitzer Prize-winning (and Oscar and Tony-nominated) writer of Glengarry Glen Ross, Speed the Plow, The Verdict, and Wag the Dog Calling on his unique perspective as playwright, screenwriter, and director of his own critically acclaimed movies like House of Games, State and Main, 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 audience and has the power to be both surprising and inevitable at the same time. Based on a series of classes Mamet taught at Columbia University's film school, On Directing Film will be indispensible not only to students but to anyone interested in an overview of the craft of filmmaking. "Passion, clarity, commitment, intelligence—just what one would expect from Mamet." —Sidney Lumet, Academy Award-nominated director of 12 Angry Men, Dog Day Afternoon, Network, and The Verdict

On Directing Film

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A Complete Guide to Writing, Formatting, and Selling Your Script

The "Screenwriter's Bible" is one of the most popular, authoritative, and useful books on screenwriting. A standard by which other screenwriting books are measured, it has sold 150,000 copies in its ten-year life. Always up-to-date and reliable, it contains everything that both the budding and working screenwriter need under one cover -- six books in one! Features: How to Write a Screenplay -- a concise course on screenwriting basics; Correct Format for Screenplays and Teleplays -- a style guide to the latest in industry-accepted formats; Steps to a Stunning Script -- a step-by-step guide to the screenwriting process from nascent idea through revisions; Writing Your Breakthrough Spec Script -- the keys to a marketable script; How to Sell Your Script -- marketing and sales strategies and information about today's marketplaces; Resources -- lists of industry contacts and useful screenwriting tools and services. This new edition offers expanded coverage of dialogue writing and character development, the latest in proper screenplay format, a new section on jumpstarting your career, new advice on creating and delivering pitches, more new successful writing tips and pointers, new and revised writing exercises, updated film examples, and an expanded index.

The Screenwriter's Bible

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Florida

James Cameron's Titanic chronicles the cinematic re-creation of the most legendary ocean disaster of all time as seen through the eyes of a master storyteller. Set against the ship's fateful maiden voyage, Cameron's much anticipated motion picture epic weaves a rich human tapestry of romance, heroism, tragedy and greed. Within these pages is a detailed look at the monumental effort by thousands of artists and craftsmen to accurately re-create the "ship of dreams," including the full-size exterior replica of the ship and the 17-million-gallon tank facility designed to sink her; a wealth of detailed interior spaces; new discoveries from Cameron's 1995 dives to the wreck, some two-and-a-half miles below the ocean surface; studies of the ornate wardrobe, makeup and hairstyles that defined the look of the "Gilded Age"; an overview of the film's groundbreaking visual-effects work; and in-depth interviews with cast and crew, all referenced to the historic events of the Titanic's maiden, and final, voyage.

James Cameron's Titanic

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Oregon

Walter Murch and the Art of Editing Film

During the filming of his celebrated novel The English Patient, Michael Ondaatje became increasingly fascinated as he watched the veteran editor Walter Murch at work. The Conversations, which grew out of discussions between the two men, is about the craft of filmmaking and deals with every aspect of film, from the first stage of script writing to the final stage of the sound mix. Walter Murch emerged during the 1960s at the centre of a renaissance of American filmmakers which included the directors Francis Coppola, George Lucas and Fred Zinneman. He worked on a whole raft of great films including the three Godfather films, Julia, American Graffiti, Apocalypse Now, The Unbearable Lightness Of Being and many others. Articulate, intellectual, humorous and passionate about his craft and its devices, Murch brings his vast experience and penetrating insights to bear as he explains how films are made, how they work, how they go wrong and how they can be saved. His experience on Apocalypse Now - both originally and more recently when the film was completely re-cut - and his work with Anthony Minghella on The English Patient provide illuminating highlights.

The Conversations

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Illinois

And Not Go to Jail

Right now, you're wondering, "Gee, what kind of information is in this cute yet stylish guide?" Sure, there are a bunch of other books that will take you through the filmmaking process, and if your name is Beaver Cleaver, you might be interested in them.

But you should know that filmmaking is a war, and this book will lead you through it like no other. These pages contain information learned from years spent in the filmmaking trenches.

Anyone with a credit card can rent a camera and buy film stock -- but who can:

 * Rent a camera for two weeks and pay for only two days?
 * Set the exposure on the camera without a light meter?
 * Feed a crew of twenty with yesterday's chicken soup?

Not many.

You want more? Then turn the book over and crack her open.

Still here?

Fine -- we'll do it the hard way: This book will tell you how to shoot a sex scene, tell you what a stinger is. And if you need help writing your script, we'll give you some scenes to copy right into your screen-play -- and yes, we even provide the characters.

In short, everything you need to know about filmmaking in the real world is in this book. Everything. We'll even help you select the proper baseball cap so you can look like a big-time director.

Now start reading. Let's make film history.

How to Shoot a Feature Film for Under $10,000

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Essential Movies Made by Women (Alicia Malone's Movie History of Women in Entertainment)

ALICIA MALONE'S TAKE ON INFLUENTIAL WOMEN IN FILM!

"Once again Alicia Malone champions women filmmakers, opening the floodgates to a great new wave of female voices and creative vision."―Maria Giese, filmmaker and activist

#1 Bestseller in Movies & Video Guides & Reviews

With the success of the Wonder Woman movies and the results following the outcry of the #MeToo movement, now is the time to highlight the female influences in film history previously left unheard! 

The voices of powerful women in old Hollywood--told. You may have heard the term "male gaze," coined in the 1970s, about how art and entertainment have been influenced by the male's perspective. What about the opposite? Women have been making movies since the very beginning of cinema. In The Female Gaze, Alicia Malone explores the ideas, thoughts, and views we learn from women from behind the scenes. What does the world look like through the "female gaze"?

Learn about women who changed the world. Discover brilliantly talented and accomplished women directors, both world renowned and obscure, who have shaped the film industry in ways rarely fully acknowledged. Find mini-essays written by women like Alicia Malone and other diverse female film critics. Featuring past and present films, this behind the scenes guidebook is perfect for the Hollywood history fan in your life.

Inside, observe:

 * How female directors' voices shaped films and the film industry
 * The advancements and accomplishments of influential women in history and film
 * The lives of these women and the struggles they faced throughout Hollywood history

If you liked Women in Art or Camera Man, you'll adore the powerful women in history found in Alicia Malone's The Female Gaze.

The Female Gaze

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A Practical Guide to Filmmaking

Shot by Shot

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Arizona

Narrative and Structural Techniques

Filmmaking is a unique, illustrated guide to and appraisal of the basic narrative and structural techniques employed, either consciously or intuitively, by all successful filmmakers. Filled with examples from popular films, the book seamlessly joins theory and practice in an accessible approach to filmmaking that should find an eager audience among filmmakers (directors, editors, cinematographers, producers and screenwriters). Bob Foss is co-writer of the screenplay for Disney's Shipwrecked.

Filmmaking

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Missouri

Central to The Guerilla Film Makers Movie Blueprint are flow charts: crystal-clear diagrams detailing every single thing, no matter how small, that needs to be done to make your film. This visual approach to the filmmaking process ensures that new (and established!) filmmakers get an instant overview of each and every discipline. Backing up the diagrams are copious notes - humorous in tone, yet broad and deep in content. Wherever possible, the text is broken apart into box outs, hot tips and sub-diagrams. This book is entertaining, irreverent, and never less than painfully practical. The Guerilla Film Makers Movie Blueprint will have its own dedicated website where readers can download the tools, forms, software, and artwork detailed in the book. Jones's latest endeavor is packed with over a decade's worth of experience, know-how, and insider tips. A must-read for every budding filmmaker.

John Pierson; Kevin Smith

Spike, Mike, Slackers and Dykes

Rona Edwards, Monika Skerbelis

The Complete Filmmaker's Guide to Film Festivals

Nora Roberts

The Law of Love

Maxie D. Collier

The IFILM Digital Video Filmmaker's Handbook

Chris Jones, Andrew Zinnes & Genevieve Jolliffe

The Guerilla Film Makers Pocketbook

Frances Ford Coppola

Live Cinema and Its Techniques

Catherine Hardwicke

Twilight: Director's Notebook

David Bordwell; Kristin Thompson

Film Art and Free Film Viewer's Guide

Linda Seger; Edward Jay Whetmore

From Script to Screen

Ken Rotcop; James K. Shea (As told to)

The Perfect Pitch

Robert Rodriguez

Rebel Without a Crew

Peter Biskind

Down and Dirty Pictures

Frank Capra

The Name Above the Title

John Landis (Editor); Jason Shinder (Editor)

Best American Movie Writing 2001

David Mamet

On Directing Film

David Trottier

The Screenwriter's Bible

James Cameron; Ed W. Marsh

James Cameron's Titanic

Michael Ondaatje; Walter Murch

The Conversations

Bret Stern

How to Shoot a Feature Film for Under $10,000

Alicia Malone

The Female Gaze

John Cantine; Susan Howard; Brady Lewis

Shot by Shot

Bob Foss

Filmmaking

Robert Rodriguez

Rebel Without a Crew

Chris Jones; Jonathan Newman (Contribution by); Cara Williams (Contribution by)

The Guerilla Film Makers Movie Blueprint