Motion Pictures: Other Text Recommendations

MOTION PICTURES/FILM STUDY

© 2006  Frank Baker, Media Educator

Newly Published/Recommended Books/DVDs (See also Storyboarding books below; I Want Media’s new books page)

FILM STUDIES (more books about motion pictures/film here)

The Story of Film


Film, Politics & Education
Cinematic Pedagogy Across the Disciplines

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Screen Education From Film Appreciation to Media Studies
(February 2009)
Directing the Story
Professional Storytelling and Storyboarding Techniques for Live Action and Animation
The Visual Story
Creating the Visual Structure of Film, TV and Digital Media
(2nd Edition)

Understanding Audiences and
The Film Industry

Teaching Analysis of Film Language
British Film Institute
Celluloid Blackboard: Teaching History with Film (HC)
Celluloid Blackboard
Teaching History with Film
 
Reading in the Reel World: Teaching Documentaries and Other Nonfiction Texts
Available from NCTE

Making Short Films
(includes DVD)
ISBN 1-58115-444-5
Allworth Press

Girl Director
A How-To Guide for the First-Time,

Flat-Broke Film and Video Maker
Ten Speed Press
ISBN: 1-58008-675-6
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Filmmaking for Teens: Pulling Off Your Shorts
by Troy Lanier
and Clay Nichols
Michael Wiese Productions


Movie Making Course:
Principles, Practice, And Techniques:
The Ultimate Guide for the Aspiring Filmmaker

by Chris Patmore
ISBN 0-7641-3191-5
Publisher: Barron’s
Film
Film Analysis Handbook

CINEMATIC STORYTELLING
The 100 Most Powerful Film Conventions Every Filmmaker Must Know
Pub: Michael Wiese Productions
ISBN: 1-932907-05-x
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If It’s Purple, Someone’s Gonna Die: The Power Of Color In Visual Storytelling
Focal Press
ISBN: 0-240-80688-3

A Movie Lover’s
Guide to
Film Language:
Classic Scenes
From Timeless Films
Front Cover
Great Films and
How to Teach Them
William Costanzo
NCTE,
ISBN: 0-8141-3909-4
link to publisher

Understanding Film Texts
Meaning and Experience

BFI  ISBN 0-85170-799-8

Real Images
Film and Television
(2nd Ed)
Barrie McMahon,
Robyn Quin
ISBN: 0-7329-2944-X

The Oxford Guide
To Film Studies

Oxford Univ. Press
ISBN: 0198711247

Film
By Sarah Jones
ISBN: 158340256x
Publisher: Smart Apple Media
 : Studying Film (Studying the Media)
(Studying the Media)
2001
ISBN/ASIN : 0340761334

Flashback
A Brief History of Film

(5th Ed)

Storyboarding

From Word to Image by Marcie Begleiter: Book Cover Unscene Art of Hollywood
The Unseen Art of Hollywood
Exploring Storyboarding by Wendy Tumminello: Book Cover The Art of the Storyboard by John Hart: Book Cover
The Art of the Storyboard
Beginning Illustration and Storyboarding for Games by Les Pardew: Book Cover Cover Image: Scriptwriting, Screenplays and Storyboards for Film and TV Production Storyboard Design Course by Giuseppe Cristiano: Book Cover Storyboards by Mark A. Simon: Book Cover
Storyboards: Motion In Art