DISCIPLINES OF FILMMAKING - Recommended reading

SCREENWRITING
Aronson, L. 808.23
Scriptwriting updated: new and conventional ways of writing for the screen. 108
Nth Ryde, NSW; Allen & Unwin, 2000

Field, Syd. 808.23

Screenplay: the foundations of screenwriting. Expanded ed. 16
New York: Dell Pub. Co., c1982.

Hauge, Michael 808.23

Writing screenplays that sell. London: Elm Tree, 1989. 26

Seger, Linda 808.23

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Making a good script great. 2 revised and expanded ed. Hollywood: 67
Samuel French Trade, c1994.

Vogler, Christopher 808.23

The writer’s journey: mythic structures for screenwriters and storytellers. 55
Studio City, CA: M. Wiese Productions, c1992.

DIRECTING
Burton, G. and Caputo, R. (eds). 791.430233
Second take: Australian film-makers talk. St Leonards, NSW; Allen & Unwin, 1999 129

Rabiger, Michael 791.430233

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Directing: film techniques and aesthetics. 2 ed. Boston: Focal Press, c1997. 113

Travis, M.W. 791.430233

The director’s journey: the creative collaboration between directors, writers and 121
actors. Studio City, CA; Michael Wiese Productions, 1997

Weston, J. Directing actors: creating memorable performances for film 791.430233

and television. Studio City, CA: Michael Wiese Productions, 1996 117

PRODUCING
Dmytryk, E. 791.43
On Filmmaking. Boston: Focal Press, 1986 21

Jeffrey, T. (ed.) 791.430232

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Film business: a handbook for producers. 2 ed. Nth Ryde, NSW: AFTRS, 1995 40

Production budgeting + Film management /- written by Dominic Case…[et al.]; 791.430681

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Compiled by Gill McKinlay. 3 ed. Sydney: AFC and AFTRS, 1998 17

CINEMATOGRAPHY
Alton, John 778.5343
Painting with light. Berkeley: University of California Press, c1995. 21

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Ettedgui, Peter 778.53
Cinematography. Crans-Pres-Celigny, Switz.: RotoVision, c1998. 96

Katz, Steven D. 791.430233

Film directing shot by shot: visualizing from concept to screen. Studio City, CA: 62
Michael Wiese Productions, c1991.

Mascelli, Joseph V. 778.53

The five C’s of cinematography: motion picture filming techniques simplified. 6
Hollywood: Cine/Grafic Pubs, 1973.

Raskin, Richard 778.53

The art of the short fiction film: a shot by shot study of nine modern classics. 116
London: McFarland & Company, 2002.

Vineyard, J. 778.53
Setting up your shots: great camera moves every filmmaker should know. 102
Studio City, CA: Michael Wiese Productions, 1999.

Weston, J. 791.430233
Directing actors: creating memorable performances for film and television. 117
Studio City, CA: Michael Wiese Productions, 1996.

MARKETING AND DISTRIBUTION

Lukk, Tiiu 791.430688
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Movie marketing: opening the picture and giving it legs. 1 ed. Los Angeles: 13
Silman-James Press, c1997.

Squire, Jason E. (ed.) 384.80973

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The movie business book. 2 ed., 2 Fireside ed. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1992. 16

Stott, J. 791.430688
Marketing and distribution. Sydney, AFTRS and the AFC, 1990 3

DESIGN
Ettedgui, P. 791.43025
Production design & art direction. Hove: Rotovision, 2000 25

Preston, W. 791.43025
What an art director does: an introduction to motion 16
picture production design. L.A.: Silman-James Press, 1994

DIGITAL MEDIA
Brinkman, Ron 006.6
The art and science of digital compositing. London: AP Professional, 1999. 46

Maestri, George 006.696

Digital character animation. Indianapolis, Ind.: New Riders, c1996. 1

Maestri, George 741.58

Digital character animation 2. Vol. 1, Essential techniques. 23
Indianapolis, Ind.: New Riders, c1999.

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McClean, S. 778.5345
So what’s this all about then? A non-user’s guide to digital 28
effects filmmaking. Nth Ryde, NSW: AFTRS, 1998

Ohanian, Thomas A. 791.43023

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Digital filmmaking: the changing art and craft of making motion pictures. 2 ed. 73
Oxford: Focal, 2000.

Rogers, Pauline 778.5345

The art of visual effects: interviews. Boston: Focal Press, c1999. 29

Vaz, Mark Cotta and Duignan, Patricia Rose 778.5345

Industrial light & magic: into the digital realm. London: Virgin, 1996. 26

EDITING
Browne, Steven E. 778.5235
Nonlinear editing basics: electronic film and video editing. Boston: 7
Focal Press, c1998.

Dancyger, K. 778.5235
The technique of film and video editing: theory and Practice. 5
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2 ed. Boston: Focal Press, 1997

Dmytryk, Edward 778.535

On film editing: an introduction to the art of film orchestration. Boston; London: 1
Focal Press, c1984.

Murch, W. 778.535
In the blink of an eye. Sydney: AFTRS, 1992 29

Reisz, Karel 778.535

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The technique of film editing. 2 ed. London: Focal, 1968. 11

SCREEN STUDIES

Bordwell, David 791.4301

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Film art: an introduction. 5 ed. New York: The McGraw-Hill Companies, 1997. 86

Braudy, Leo and Cohen, Marshall (eds) 791.43015

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Film theory and criticism: introductory readings. 5 ed. New York: 62
Oxford University Press, 1999.

Cook, Pam and Bernink, Mieke (eds.) 791.43

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The cinema book. 2 ed. London: British Film Institute Publishing, 1999. 120

Nelmes, Jill (ed.) 791.43

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An introduction to film studies. 2 ed. London: Routledge, 1999. 118

Phillips, William 791.43

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Film: an introduction. 2 ed. Boston: Bedford/St.Martin’s 2002. 134

Sobchack, Vivian 791.4301

The address of the eye: a phenomenology of film experience. Princeton, N.J.: 68
Princeton University Press, c1992.

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SCREEN COMPOSITION
Brophy, P. (ed.). 778.5344
Cinesonic: the world of sound in film. Nth Ryde: AFTRS, 1999. 28

Coyle, R. (ed.) 781.542

Screen scores: studies in contemporary Australian film music. 47
Nth Ryde: AFTRS, 1998.

SOUND DESIGN
Altman, Rick 778.5344
Sound theory, sound practice. New York: Routledge, 1992. 31

Holman, Tomlinson 778.5344

Sound for film and television. Boston, Mass.: Focal Press, 1997. 27

Yewdall, D. 778.52344
Practical art of motion picture sound. Boston: Focal Press, 1999 4
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