Arts / Film & Video

Save the Cat! Goes to the Movies: The Screenwriter's Guide to Every Story Ever Told

by Blake Snyder

In the long-awaited sequel to his surprise bestseller, "Save the Cat!," author and screenwriter Snyder returns to form in a fast-paced follow-up that proves why his is the most talked-about approach to screenwriting...

Sound Design: The Expressive Power of Music, Voice and Sound Effects in Cinema

by David Sonnenschein

Offers user-friendly knowledge and stimulating exercises to help compose story, develop characters and create emotion through skillful creation of the sound track.

The Philosophy of Charlie Kaufman

by David LaRocca

From the Academy Award-winning Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) and Academy Award-nominated Adaptation (2002) to the cult classic Being John Malkovich (1999), writer Charlie Kaufman is widely admired...

Horror Movie Freak

by Don Sumner

You'll scream with delight while reading this fun and engaging book that discusses fright flicks all horror fans need to see to ascend to the level of a true Horror Freak — from classics (Dracula and Psycho...

Cinematography: Theory and Practice: Image Making for Cinematographers and Directors

by Blain Brown

There's more to being a DP than holdng 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...

Harpo Speaks!

by Harpo Marx & Rowland Barber

(Limelight). "This is a riotous story which is reasonably mad and as accurate as a Marx brother can make it. Despite only a year and a half of schooling, Harpo, or perhaps his collaborator, is the best writer...

Michael Haneke

by Peter Brunette

In this book, Peter Brunette analyzes the theatrical releases of Austrian film director Michael Haneke, including The White Ribbon, winner of the 2009 Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival. Perhaps best known...

Scripting Hitchcock: Psycho, the Birds, and Marnie

by Walter Raubicheck & Walter Srebnick

Scripting Hitchcock explores the collaborative process between Alfred Hitchcock and the screenwriters he hired to write the scripts for three of his greatest films: Psycho, The Birds, and Marnie. Drawing from...

Master Shots Vol 1, 2nd edition: 100 Advanced Camera Techniques to Get An Expensive Look on your Low Budget Movie

by Christopher Kenworthy

Master Shots gives filmmakers the techniques they need to execute complex, original shots on any budget.

Directing Actors

by Judith Weston

Demonstrates what constitutes a good performance, what actors want from a director, what directors do wrong and more.

Create Documentary Films, Videos, and Multimedia: A Comprehensive Guide to Using Documentary Storytelling Techniques for Film, Video, the Internet and

by James R. Martin

"How to make Documentary Films and Videos in all areas of production including, Filmmaker, Director, Writer, Producer, Editor, Cinematographer, Audio and other crafts using digital technology or traditional...

Your Screenplay Sucks!: 100 Ways to Make It Great

by William M Akers

A lifetime member of the Writer's Guild of America who has had three feature films produced from his screenplays, Akers offers beginning writers the tools they need to get their screenplay noticed.

The Film Director's Intuition: Script Analysis and Rehearsal Techniques

by Judith Weston

Acclaimed director Weston offers a deeply creative exploration on how to access and stimulate the filmmaker's most precious assets: instincts, imagination, and intuition.

Film Editing: Great Cuts Every Filmmaker and Movie Lover Must Know

by Gael Chandler

"Film Editing: Great Cuts Every Filmmaker and Movie Lover Must Know" makes the invisible art of editing visible by using nearly 600 colorful frames from popular, recent films. Written by an editor and the author...

The Film Director's Bag of Tricks: How to Get What You Want from Actors and Writers

by Mark Travis

Provides a dazzling array of useful tips to get the performances you want from your actors

Wallflowers Need Not Apply: A no "bullshit" look at the world of professional screenwriting

by John Russell

Straightforward advice on navigating the craft and business of screenwriting. John Russell is the pen name of a screenwriter with nearly 20 years of professional experience, and he's probably responsible for...

Notes to Screenwriters: Advancing Your Story, Screenplay, and Career With Whatever Hollywood Throws at You

by Barbara Nicolosi & Vicki Peterson

Screen storytelling is an essentially collaborative process. Writers need feedback but too often the notes they receive stall them and even demoralize them. This book unpacks the whys and what-fors of all the...

Teaching, Learning, and Schooling in Film: Reel Education

by Daniel P. Liston & Ian Renga

Films about education provide many of the most popular interpretations of what teaching and learning mean in schools. An analysis of this medium reveals much about the historical, cultural, political, and philosophical...

Essentials of Screenwriting: The Art, Craft, and Business of Film and Television Writing

by Richard Walter

Hollywood's premier teacher of screenwriting shares the secrets of writing and selling successful screenplays

Anyone fortunate enough to win a seat in Professor Richard Walter's legendary class at UCLA film...

Life: The Movie: How Entertainment Conquered Reality

by Neal Gabler

The story of how our bottomless appetite for novelty, gossip, and melodrama has turned everything—news, politics, religion, high culture—into one vast public entertainment.

Neal Gabler calls them "lifies,"...