Books for Moviebuffs
A short history of film
Written by Gwendolyn Audrey Foster and Wheeler Winston Dixon. This book covers cinema from the silent era to the modern era of digital filmmaking.
The Story of Film
The written form of the documentary by Mark Cousins. Dives deeper into the lesser known facts about films and filmmaking.
Film Art: An Introduction
Written by David Bordwell. This book breaks down and explains in depth the various techniques of filmmaking and how to master your craft.
How to read a film
How to read a film by James Monaco explains how cinema is a language and how it has its own meaning and evokes emotions of the audience.
In the Blink of an Eye
This book is written by Walter Murch. A short and very insightful book on film editing and techniques of editing.
On Directing Film
Book by David Mamet is a clear guide to film direction from a storytelling point of view and offers a simple approach to direction and classical storytelling.
Story
Story by Robert McKee is a deeper breakdown and explanation into film writing and the how well known film writers write scripts for their films.
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