Directing Movie, Film Directing, Film Direction Schools

• Film Directing Shot by Shot : Visualizing from Concept to Screen - by Steven D Katz
  -- Film Directing Shot by Shot offers a good introduction to the rudiments of film production.
  
  

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  Steven D. Katz walks his readers through the various stages of moviemaking, advising them at every turn to visualize the films they wish to produce.

• Setting Up Your Shots: Great Camera Moves Every Filmmaker Should Know - by Jeremy Vineyard
  -- This book is great for beginners to visualize what a shot is and should look like. This book is a straight-forward lsiting of different types of shots with illustrations of how they'll look.

• Film Directing: Cinematic Motion, Second Edition - by Steven D Katz
  -- The book uses extensive illustrations to explain how to create extended sequence shots, elaborate moving camera choreography, and tracking shots with multiple story points.

• Directing: Film Techniques and Aesthetics, Third Edition - by Michael Rabiger
  -- This book is designed as a textbook for an aspiring film student. It covers all the basic skills that are necessary in making a movie. It is very complete.
  
  
  

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• Directing Actors: Creating Memorable Performances for Film and Television - by Judith Weston
  -- This is essential reading for anyone interested in directing or acting. Judith Weston's brilliance is to recognize that directors, actors, writers, and technicians are involved in a process that is at essence a collaboration.

• On Directing Film - by David Mamet
  -- According to David Mamet, a film director must, above all things, think visually. Most of this instructive and funny book is written in dialogue form and based on film classes Mamet taught at Columbia University. He encourages his students to tell their stories not with words, but through the juxtaposition of uninflected images.

• My First Movie : Twenty Celebrated Directors Talk About Their First Film - by Stephen Lowenstein
  -- My First Movie is a fascinating collection of life lessons from some of the greatest directors working today.

• Thinking Like a Director : A Practical Handbook - by Michael Bloom
  -- Thinking Like a Director helps fill the void of practical handbooks that are available to theater directors. It is smart and lucidly written and should prove to be an invaluable guidebook for students and emerging directors. (Donald Margulies)

• The Director's Eye: A Comprehensive Textbook for Directors and Actors - by John Ahart
  -- John Ahart's The Director's Eye is a comprehensive text for directors and actors is intended for student audiences, but contains practical information which represents a half-century of experience in teaching and directing, containing over thirty chapters on everything from imparting the style and content of a play to the special challenges of comedy and other formats. A 'must' for aspiring directors (Midwest Book Review)

• Directing the Film: Film Directors on Their Art - by Eric Sherman
  -- A must-read for anyone who is an industry professional, wants to become one, or just loves motion pictures. Not only is the book full of very useful data, it's also very easy to understand and apply, and a fascinating reading.

• The Film Director's Intuition : Script Analysis and Rehearsal Techniques - by Judith Weston
  -- Acclaimed director Judith Weston offers a deeply creative exploration on how to access and stimulate the filmmaker's most precious assets: instincts, imagination, and intuition.