Updated Jan 3/12
FILMING REALITY
Documentary Storytelling: Creative Nonfiction on Screen
By Sheila Curran Bernard - $29 - in stock
Updated and improved, with new case studies and conversations with award-winning
filmmakers including Alex Gibney (Taxi to the Dark Side), James Marsh (Man
on Wire), and Deborah Scranton (The War Tapes).
Documentary Storytelling has reached filmmakers and filmgoers worldwide
with its unique focus on the single most important aspect of documentary
media-making: storytelling. Drawing on the narrative tools of the creative
writer, the unique strengths of a visual and aural media, and the power
of real-world content truthfully presented, Documentary Storytelling offers
advice for producers, directors, editors, and cinematographers seeking to
make ethical and effective nonfiction films, and for those who use these
films to educate, inform, and inspire. Special interview chapters explore
storytelling as practiced by renowned producers, directors, and editors.
This third edition has been updated and expanded, with discussion of newer
films including Waltz with Bashir and Why We Fight.
* Storytelling techniques are one of the most powerful tools in the documentary
filmmaker''s arsenal-learn how to harness them with this book
* Top documentary filmmakers provide their storytelling strategies
* Covers a wide range of documentary styles
The Shut Up And Shoot Documentary Guide
Any Budget. Any Camera. Any Time.
By Anthony Q. Artis - $31 - in stock
So you want to make a documentary, but think you don't have a lot of time,
money, or experience? It's time to get down and dirty! Down and dirty is a
filmmaking mindset. It's the mentality that forces you to be creative with
your resources. It's about doing more with less. Get started NOW with this
book and DVD set, a one-stop shop written by a guerrilla filmmaker, for guerrilla
filmmakers. You will learn how to make your project better, faster, and cheaper.
The pages are crammed with 500 full-color pictures, tips from the pros, resources,
checklists and charts, making it easy to find what you need fast.
The DVD includes:
* Video and audio tutorials, useful forms, and interviews with leading
documentary filmmakers like Albert Maysles (Grey Gardens), Sam Pollard
(4 Little Girls), and others
* 50+ Crazy Phat Bonus pages with jump start charts, online resources,
releases, storyboards, checklists, equipment guides, and shooting procedures
Here's just a small sampling of what's inside the book:
* Putting together a crew
* Choosing a camera
* New HDV and 24P cameras
* Shooting in rough neighborhoods
* Interview skills and techniques
* 10 ways to lower your budget
* Common production forms
* Pull off your vision in creative and cost-effective ways
* Bonus DVD with video and audio tutorials, interviews, bonus pages with
forms and checklists, and more
* 500+ full color illustrations: this book shows you, not tells you,
how it's done
Reality Check : The Business and Art of Producing Reality TV
By Michael Essany - Reg $29 - Sale $15 - limited
stock
Loaded with practical, step-by-step advice on the art and business of reality
TV producing, and featuring insights from Mark Burnett, Dick Clark, and other
top producers, Reality Check takes you from idea to...reality!
* Better understand the nature, complexities, and potential of the reality genre
* Physically produce original reality programming
* Get past the gatekeepers and deliver quality pitches to major networks and
production companies
* Legally protect yourself, your work, and your intellectual property
* Learn from glories and the gaffes of those who toiled before you
* Utilize the internet and other multimedia outlets to create and generate revenue
from reality programming
* Avoid the professional pitfalls of the reality TV industry
* Parlay reality television projects into a successful and enduring career
* Shows you all the steps to pitching and producing a reality TV show
* Features contributions from industry heavyhitters including Mark Burnett,
Dick Clark, and more!
* Offers information available nowhere else on the business, legal, and
artistic aspects of reality TV
Shooting Action Sports: The Ultimate Guide to Extreme Filmmaking
By Todd Grossman - Reg $34 - Sale $29 - limited stock
This full-color illustrated guide takes you through all aspects of video production,
focusing on action sports. From planning and preparation to editing and postproduction,
you'll get a solid understanding of the changing technology, camera techniques,
and basic to more-advanced shooting principles that can be applied to almost
every scenario you encounter. The countless examples of camera tricks and techniques
used at major events apply to any kind of shoot. Equally as important, you're
encouraged to go beyond merely recording the scene and learn how to think like
a professional cameraman. Predicting and anticipating is perhaps the greatest
talent a cameraman can acquire. It means keeping both eyes open and see not only
what is happening around your frame, but also what is about to happen in it.
Master the techniques and tools of the trade so you can create compelling and
creative work.
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