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Business for Filmmakers

This practical guide teaches readers the skills and business acumen required to build a career in the film industry from the ground up. From creating a business model, dealing with taxes and funding, finding and managing clients, networking, investing, cashflow, and planning for the long-term, Business and Entrepreneurship for Filmmakers provides real-world, pragmatic advice on navigating a freelance film career.

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A Chronology of Film: A cultural timeline from the magic lantern to the digital screen

A Chronology of Film presents a fresh perspective on the medium by tracing the complex links between technical innovations, social changes, and artistic interventions in the order that they occurred.

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Directing Screen Performances

Directing performances for the screen starts well before the actor is cast and finishes well after the last slate is shot. In this book you will learn how to analyze a script, brief the casting director, rehearse the actors, decide on the visual treatment that enriches their performances, direct effectively on set and finesse the character in the edit.

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Smartphone Filmmaking

Explores diverse approaches towards smartphone filmmaking and interviews an overview of the international smartphone filmmaking community. This book not only develops a framework for the analysis of smartphone filmmaking but also reviews contemporary scholarship and directions within the creative arts and the creative industries.

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Spotlight on JSTOR. JSTOR is a key research database for film studies sources.  Use it to search and find full text books and journal articles.

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Check out select streaming videos below from the library's databases. View additional videos from Films on Demand and Academic Video Online

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Vincent Laforet's Directing Motion

Commercial Director and Pulitzer-Prize winning Photographer Vincent Laforet teaches filmmakers of all levels the precise cinematic language of motion, and how to move not only the camera itself, but also the components in your scene in order to bring a richer viewing experience while enhancing the story. This course will give you a solid foundation in camera movement, blocking, lensing, and sequencing, and show you how to direct any crew precisely and effectively to execute your vision.

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Philip Bloom's Cinematic Masterclass

Travel with filmmaker Philip Bloom as he guides you through the art and science of filmmaking, and shares his most important advice for capturing the style of cinematic images that have made him one of the world's most beloved independent filmmakers.

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Art of Film

The Art of Film explores the many layers of the world of filmmaking, exploring styles, themes, eras, genres, studios, partnerships & the many sensibilities that have & continue to shape cinema since it’s beginnings to today.