Book Review Archive

Making the Movie Blog Book Reviews

The amount of book reviews is growing rapidly, so here they are collected in one place. As more are added to the site, they will be linked here.

Continue to book reviews...Filmmaking Overall
The Power Filmmaking Kit: Make Your Professional Movie on a Next-to-Nothing Budget by Jason J. Tomaric
The Shut Up & Shoot Documentary Guide by Anthony Q. Artis
The DV Rebel's Guide: An All-Digital Approach to Making Killer Action Movies on the Cheap by Stu Maschwitz
Rebel without a Crew by Robert Rodriguez
The Filmmaker's Handbook by Steven Ascher and Edward Pincus
Independent Feature Film Production by Gregory Goodell


Pre-Production
Filmmakers and Financing: Business Plans for Independents, 6th Ed by Louise Levison
Sound Design by David Sonnenschein
Killer Camera Rigs that you can build (2nd edition) by Dan Selakovich ... recommended for d.i.y. types, long-delayed review coming eventually
From Reel to Deal by Dov S-S Simens


Production
The Camera Assistant's Manual (4th edition) by David E. Elkins


Post-Production
Audio Postproduction for Digital Video by Jay Rose
The Insider's Guide to Independent Film Distribution by Stacey Parks

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