(Part 3) Top products from r/filmmaking
We found 10 product mentions on r/filmmaking. We ranked the 50 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the products ranked 41-60. You can also go back to the previous section.
41. The Conversations: Walter Murch and the Art of Editing Film
Sentiment score: 0
Number of reviews: 1
Show Reddit reviews42. Adventures in the Screen Trade: A Personal View of Hollywood and Screenwriting
Sentiment score: 1
Number of reviews: 1
Grand Central Publishing
Show Reddit reviews43. Rebel without a Crew: Or How a 23-Year-Old Filmmaker With $7,000 Became a Hollywood Player
Sentiment score: -1
Number of reviews: 1
Plume Books
Show Reddit reviews44. On Film-making: An Introduction to the Craft of the Director
Sentiment score: 1
Number of reviews: 1
Faber Faber
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46. Spike Lee's Gotta Have It: Inside Guerrilla Filmmaking
Sentiment score: 1
Number of reviews: 1
Used Book in Good Condition
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48. American Cinematographer Manual, 9th Edition
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Number of reviews: 1
Used Book in Good Condition
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If you want a book written by successful filmmakers with tons of practical info there are two great ones.
On Filmmaking by Alexander Mackendrick (The Ladykillers, The Sweet Smell of Success) is amazing- you will learn a lot about storytelling from this book, it's very practical, and no-bullshit.
Making Movies by Sidney Lumet (Twelve Angry Men, Network), is a great guide on the practicalities, politics and boring ass paperwork that a film set lives and dies by.
Possibly (and I personally have issues with his attitude and viewpoints on filmmaking) but that's beside the point. The point is a lot of young filmmakers found/find this book inspiring and empowering, even though it's probably outdated for the Youtube generation.
And to be fair to my housemate (he's a screenwriter, which is what the OP is interested in), it took him a while to come up with a book that he can recommend and at the same time not too technical, after I shot down a couple of other titles (like this, this and this.)
Spike Lee's production diary for She's Gotta Have It is pretty fascinating. Worth checking out despite how you may feel about him.
If your looking to get into serious cinematography, the ASC's Manuals are a pretty incredible resource to have as well.
Volume I
Volume II
American Cinematographer Handbook.
Costs bucks but totally worth it.
http://www.amazon.com/American-Cinematographer-Manual-Ninth-Edition/dp/0935578242
You should check out his Conversations with Michael Ondaatje, as well.
Nope, Lenny Chernila. But Panama Soweto sounds really familiar, though. Is he a slam poet?
Also, some books you need to read"
The independent filmmaker's handbook
(I'll verify the title in the morning. Have it on my shelf, but I'm too lazy to get up and turn the lights on to verify the title)
Rebel without a crew
$30 film school
EDIT: The name of the book is: "Independent Feature Film Production"