Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

California

Art, Music, Drama/Theater

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

This 7th edition marks the 25th anniversary of one of the most popular, authoritative, and useful books on screenwriting. A standard by which other screenwriting books are measured, it has sold over 340,000 copies in its twenty-five-year life. Always up-to-date and reliable, it contains everything that both the budding and working screenwriter need under one cover -- five books in one! A Screenwriting Primer -- that provides a concise course in screenwriting basics; A Screenwriting Workbook -- that walks you through the complete writing process, from nascent ideas through final revisions; A Formatting Guide -- that thoroughly covers todays correct formats for screenplays and TV scripts; A Spec Writing Guide -- that demonstrates todays spec style through sample scenes and analysis, with an emphasis on grabbing the readers interest in the first ten pages; A Sales and Marketing Guide -- that presents proven strategies to help you create a laser-sharp marketing plan. Among this books wealth of practical information are sample query letters, useful worksheets and checklists, hundreds of examples, sample scenes, and straightforward explanations of screenwriting fundamentals. The 7th edition is full of new examples, the latest practices, and new material on non-traditional screenplay outlets.

The Screenwriter's Bible

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Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

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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A History of the Non-Fiction Film 2nd Revised Edition

Documentary

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Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

My Car-Crashing, Plane-Jumping, Bone-Breaking, Death-Defying Hollywood Life

The classic no-holds-barred memoir from Hollywood's most legendary stuntman -- an inspiration for Brad Pitt's character Cliff Booth in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood -- is "full of incredible stories as told by a real man of action" (Arnold Schwarzenegger). 



Yep that's me, Hal Needham, on the cover doing a fire stunt. When you're on fire you don't dare breathe because if you do, you'll suck those flames right down your throat. I was Hollywood's highest paid stuntman so I should know.



I wrecked hundreds of cars, fell from tall buildings, got blown up, was dragged by horses, and along the way broke 56 bones, my back twice, punctured a lung and knocked out a few teeth...I hung upside down by my ankles under a bi-plane in The Spirit of St. Louis, jumped between galloping horses in



Little Big Man, set a world record for a boat stunt on Gator, jumped a rocket powered pick-up truck across a canal for a GM commercial, was the first human to test the car airbag-and taught John Wayne how to really throw a movie punch.



Life also got exciting outside of the movie business. I had my Ferrari stolen right from under my nose, flew in a twin-engine Cessna with a passed out pilot, rescued the cast and crew from a Russian invasion in Czechoslovakia, and once took six flight attendants on a date. I owned the Skoal-Bandit NASCAR race team, the sound-barrier breaking Budweiser Rocket Car and drove a souped-up, fake ambulance in a "little" cross-country race called The Cannonball Run, which became the movie I directed by the same name. Oh yeah, I also directed Smokey and the Bandit, Hooper and several other action/comedy movies that I liked a bunch.



I was a sharecropper's son from the hills of Arkansas who became a Hollywood stuntman. That journey was a tough row to hoe. I continually risked my life but that was the career I chose. I was never late to the set and did whatever I had to do to get the job done.



Hollywood's not all sunglasses and autographs. Let me tell you a few stories...

Stuntman!

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Washington

Secrets from a Sundance Programmer

Anyone can make a short film, right? Just grab some friends and your handheld and you can do it in a weekend or two before being accepted to a slew of film festivals, right?

Wrong.

Roberta Munroe screened short film submissions at Sundance for five years, and is an award-winning short filmmaker in her own right. So she knows a thing or two about how not to make a short film. From the first draft of your script to casting, production, editing, and distribution, this is your one-stop primer for breaking into the business. Featuring interviews with many of today's most talented writers, producers, and directors, as well as revealing stories (e.g., what to do when the skinhead crack addict next door begins screaming obscenities as soon as you call "action") from the sets of her own short films, Roberta walks you through the minefield of mistakes that an aspiring filmmaker can make--so that you don't have to make them yourself.

How Not to Make a Short Film

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#paperback #filmmaking #screenwriting #movies #Hollywood 

Texas

101 Common Mistakes Most Screenwriters Make

"All good screenplays are unique, but all bad screenplays are the same. Flinn's book will teach the reader how to avoid the pitfalls of bad screenwriting and arrive at one's own destination intact."

How Not to Write a Screenplay

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Mississippi

Michigan

The 100 Most Powerful Film Conventions Every Filmmaker Must Know

What the industry's most succcessful writers and directors have in common is that they have mastered the cinematic conventions specific to the medium.

Cinematic Storytelling

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Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

Colorado

Understanding Movies Elventh Edition

Most of the wear and tear is on the cover #film #movies #acting #filmhistory #Hollywood #filmmaking #moviebuffs #actors #movietrivia #paperback

Oversized Paperback (4 to 6 lbs)

Florida

70 Years of Film History

A World of Movies

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100 Easy Steps From Script to Screen

This inspirational book offers a complete introductory course in film making skills, and techniques, with 100 easy projects from writing, producing, and directing, to marketing and publicising your finished work.

Beginning Filmmaking

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#paperback #filmmaking #filmschool #cinema #filmproduction #screenwriting #movies #makingmovies #producing #hollywood

Discovering the Mythic Structure of 50 Unforgettable Films

Designed as a companion to The Writer's Journey, Myth & the Movies analyzes 50 U.S. and foreign films in every cinematic genre.

Myth and the Movies

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Discover vital insider tips on producing movies with a micro budget!

Covering both tried and true filmmaking techniques as well as insight on marketing, selling, and distributing your film,　Raindance Producers' Lab, Second Edition　is the ultimate independent filmmaker's guide to producing movies. This edition has been updated to include:

 * Fresh features on low-budget, high quality video cameras, including new digital camera options such as DSLR
 * An extensive selection of new case studies and interviews with industry talents such as Ewan McGregor, Ate de Jong, James Youngs, Joe Pavlo, Martin Myers, Rolin Heap, and more
 * Essential advice on how to make the web work for you and promote your films through Twitter, Facebook and other social media platforms
 * All new postproduction workflows
 * A companion website (www.lotonobudgetfilmmaking.com) providing all the contracts and material you need to run a production company and make successful low budget movies

The verdict is in: if you're looking for a clear-cut, no-nonsense approach to micro-budget filmmaking and producing, Elliot Grove's wealth of teaching and filmmaking experience combined with winning formulas for marketing and promotion make this book a must-have one-stop shop for filmmakers!

Raindance Producers' Lab lo-To-No Budget Filmmaking

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Rhode Island

Motion in Art

Storyboards: Motion in Art, Second Edition, is a comprehensive look at both the art and the business of storyboarding. This practical handbook details the preparation and presentation of storyboards for live action, commercials, animation, and special effects. The author clearly delineates the requirements of live action and animation boards as well as presentation and production boards. He explains how to use computers in enhancing, creating and animating boards, and stresses the importance of visual storytelling and effectively showing movement over the artistry in the board itself.

Unique features include: exercises to help the reader translate scripts and concepts into boards; samples from top storyboard artists and a section where five artists interpret the same scene for comparison purposes; an entire section is devoted to the business aspects and how to get started as a storyboard artist; resources, forms, resumes, portfolios, the tools and tricks of the trade, and interviews with directors, producers and other storyboard artists.

Storyboards

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David Trottier

The Screenwriter's Bible

Robert Rodriguez

Rebel Without a Crew

Erik Barnouw

Documentary

Hal Needham

Stuntman!

Roberta Marie Munroe

How Not to Make a Short Film

Denny Martin Flinn

How Not to Write a Screenplay

Robert Rodriguez

Rebel Without a Crew

Jennifer Van Sijll

Cinematic Storytelling

Louis Giannetti

Understanding Movies Elventh Edition

Richard Lawton

A World of Movies

Elliot Grove

Beginning Filmmaking

Christopher Vogler

Myth and the Movies

Elliot Grove

Raindance Producers' Lab lo-To-No Budget Filmmaking

Mark Simon

Storyboards

Jane Campion

The Power of the Dog