RECOMMENDED FILM BOOKS READING LIST Revised July 2007 General Reference CineBooks Editors. The MovieGuide. (PerigeeBook/Penguin Putnam Inc, 1998) Fielding, Raymond. A Technological History of Motion Pictures and Television

(University of California Press, 1984) Halliwells Film Guide (HarperCollins/Harper Perennial) [annual updates] Katz, Ephraim. The Film Encyclopedia, 4th ed. (Harper Collins, 2001) Konigsberg, Ira. The Complete Film Dictionary, 2nd ed. (Penguin Reference, 1997) Maltin, Leonard, ed. Movie & Video Guide (Signet Reference) [annual updates] Pincus, Edward and Ascher, Steven. Filmmakers Handbook (New American Library,

2000) Roberts, Kenneth and Sharples, Win Jr. A Primer for Filmmaking: A Complete Guide to

16 and 35 mm Film Production (Bobbs-Merrill) Singleton, Ralph. Filmmakers Dictionary (Lone Eagle Publishing, 2000) Wilhelm, Elliot. VideoHounds World Cinema: The Adventurers Guide to Movie

Watching (Visible Ink Press, 1999) World Cinema Surveys Cook, David A. A History of Narrative Film, 2nd ed. (Norton, 1990) [or latest edition] Dyer, Richard, and Ginette Vincendeau, eds. Popular European Cinema (Routledge,

1992) Nowell-Smith, Geoffrey, ed. The Oxford History of World Cinema (Oxford University

Press, 1996) Thompson, Kristin, and David Bordwell. Film History: An Introduction (McGraw-Hill,

1994) Thompson, David. A Biographical Dictionary of Film (Knopf, 1994) Film History Biskind, Peter. Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex-Drugs-and-Rock n Roll

Generation Saved Hollywood (Simon and Schuster, 1998; Touchstone, 1999) Bogle, Donald. Toms, Coons, Mulattoes, Mammies, & Bucks: An Interpretive History of

Blacks in American Films, 3rd ed. (NY: Continuum Publishing, 1996) Bordwell, David, Janet Staiger, and Kristin Thompson. The Classical Hollywood

Cinema: Film Style & Mode of Production to 1960 (Columbia University Press, 1985)

Brownlow, Kevin. The Parades Gone By (Ballantine, 1968) [or re-issues] Cherchi Usai, Paolo. Burning Passions: An Introduction to the Study of Silent Film.

Trans., Elizabeth Sansone (British Film Institute, 1994) Dunne, John Gregory, Monster: Living off the Big Screen (Vintage Books, 1998) Everson, William K. American Silent Film (Oxford University Press, 1978; Da Capo

Press, 1998) Friedrich, Otto. City of Nets: A Portrait of Hollywood in the 1940s (University of

California Press, 1997) Gabler, Neal. An Empire of Their Own: How the Jews Invented Hollywood (Bantam

Doubleday/Dell Publishing Group, 1989)

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Griffin, Nancy, and Kim Masters. Hit & Run: How Jon Peters and Peter Guber Took Sony for A Ride In Hollywood (Simon & Schuster Trade, 1997)

Harmetz, Aljean. The Making of the Wizard of Oz (Hyperion, 1998) Huston, John. An Open Book (Da Capo Press, Inc., 1994) Kracauer, Siegfried. From Caligari to Hitler: A Psychological History of the German

Film (Princeton University Press, 1990) Pierson, John. Spike, Mike, Slackers & Dykes: A Guided Tour Across A Decade Of

American Independent Cinema (Hyperion, 1996) Schatz, Thomas. The Genius of the System: Hollywood Filmmaking in the Studio Era

(Henry Holt and Company, 1989/1996) Sklar, Robert. Movie-Made America: A Cultural History of American Movies (Vintage

Books/Random House, 1975) [or latest edition] Spoto, Donald. The Dark Side of Genius: The Life of Alfred Hitchcock (Plenum

Publishing Corp., 1999) Cinematography Alton, John. Painting with Light. (University of California Press, 1995) Ballinger, Alex. New Cinematographers. (Collins Design, 2004) Barclay, Steven. The Motion Picture Image: From Film to Digital. (Focal Press. 2000) Bergery, Benjamin. Reflections: Twenty-One Cinematographers at Work (The ASC

Press, 2002) Box, Harry C. Set Lighting Technicians Handbook, 3rd ed. (Focal Press, 2003) Brown, Blain. The Filmmakers Pocket Reference. (Focal Press, 1994) Brown, Blain. Cinematography Theory and Practice. (Focal Press, 2002) Brown, Blain. Motion Picture and Video Lighting. (Focal Press, 1995) Browne, Steven E. Film-Video Terms and Concepts. (Focal Press, 1992) Burum, Stephen, ed. American Cinematographer Manual, 9th ed. (ASC Press, 2006) Carlson, Verne, and Sylvia Carlson. Professional Cameramans Handbook, 4th ed.

(Focal Press, 1994) Carlson, Verne, and Sylvia Carlson. Professional Lighting Handbook, 2nd ed. (Focal

Press, 1991) Cheshire, David. The Book of Movie Photography (Knopf, 1979) Clarke, Charles. Charles Clarkes Professional Cinematography. (ASC Press, 1994) Courter, Philip R. The Filmmakers Craft: 16mm Cinematography. (Van Nostrand

Reinhold, 1982) Daley, Ken. Basic Film Technique. (Focal Press, 1980) Courter, Philip. The Filmmakers Craft: 16mm Cinematography (Van Nostrand Reinhold

Co, 1982) Dancyger, Ken. The World of Film and Video Production: Aesthetics and Practices.

(Wadsworth Publishing, 1999) De Leeuw, Ben. Digital Cinematography. (Academic Press/Morgan Kaufmann, 1997) Eastman Kodak Co. The Book of Film Care. (Eastman Kodak Co., 1983) Eastman Kodak Co. Cinematographers Field Guide 8th ed., (Eastman Kodak Co., 2002) Eastman Kodak Co. Eastman Professional Motion Picture Films. (Eastman Kodak Co.,

1992) Eastman Kodak Co. Exploring the Color Image. (Eastman Kodak Co., 1996)

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Eastman Kodak Co. Handbook of Kodak Photographic Filters. Eastman Kodak Co., 1990)

Eastman Kodak Co. Kodak Motion Picture Film. (Eastman Kodak Co., 1983) Eastman Kodak Co. Student Filmmakers Handbook. (Eastman Kodak Co., 1999) Elkins, David. Camera Terms and Concepts (Focal Press, 1993) Elkins, David. The Camera Assistants Manual, 4th ed. (Focal Press, 2005) Ettedgui, Peter. Cinematography Screencraft Series (Focal Press, 1999) Fauer, Jon. Arriflex 16SR3The Book. (Arriflex, 1996) Fauer, Jon. Arriflex 35 Book, 3rd ed. (Focal Press, 1999) Fauer, Jon. Arriflex 435 Book, 3rd ed. (Arriflex, 1999) Fauer, Jon. Arricam Book. Hollywood, CA: ASC Press, 2002. Fauer, Jon. Shooting Digital Video: DVCAM, MiniDV and DVC Pro. Boston, MA: Focal

Press, 2001. Fauer, Jon. DVCAM: A Practical Guide to the Professional System (Focal Press, 2001) Ferncase, Richard K. Film and Video Lighting Terms and Concepts (Focal Press, 1995) Ferrara, Serena. Steadicam: Techniques and Aesthetics. (Focal Press, 2000) Gloman, Chuck B., and Tom Letourneau. Placing Shadows: Lighting Techniques for

Video Production, 3rd. Ed. (Focal Press, 2002) Gross, Lynne S., and Larry W. Ward. Digital Moviemaking, 5th ed. (Wadsworth

Publishing, 2004) Grotticelli, Michael. American Cinematographer Video Manual3rd ed. (ASC Press,

2001) Happe, L. Bernard. Basic Motion Picture Technology (Focal Press, 1971) Hart, Douglas C. The Camera Assistant: A Complete Professional Handbook. (Focal

Press, 1995) Hummell, Rob. American Cinematographer Manual 8th Ed. (ASC Press, 2002 ) Hershey, Fritz Lynn. Optics and Focus for Camera Assistants. (Focal Press, 1996) Hines, William. Operating Cinematography for Film and Video. (Ed-Venture

Films/Books, 1997) Hines, William. Job Descriptions for Film, Video and CGI. (Ed-Venture Films/Books,

1999) Hirschfeld, Gerald, A.S.C. Image Control: Motion Picture and Video Camera Filters and

Lab Techniques. (ASC Press, 2005) Jackman, John. Lighting for Digital Video and Television. (Focal Press, 2004) James, Jack. Digital Intermediates for Film and Video. (Focal Press, 2005) Kennell, Glenn. Color and Mastering for Digital Cinema. (Focal Press, 2006) Krasilovsky, Alexis. Women Behind the Camera: Conversations with Camerawomen

(Praeger, 1997) Laszlo, Andrew. Every Frame a Rembrandt: Art and Practice of Cinematography (Focal

Press, 2000). LoBrutto, Vincent. Principal Photography: Interviews with Feature Film

Cinematographers (Praeger, 1999) Lowell, Ross. Matters of Light & Depth. Philadelphia, PA: Broad Street Books, 1992. Malkiewicz, Kris, and M. David Mullen. Cinematography, 3rd ed. (Fireside, 2005) Malkiewicz, Kris, and Robert E. Rogers. Film Lighting. (Fireside, 1986) Maltin, Leonard. The Art of the Cinematographer: A Survey and Interview with Five

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Masters (Dover, 1978) Mamer, Bruce. Film Production Technique: Creating the Accomplished Image, 4th ed.

(Wadsworth Publishing, 2005) Mascelli, Joseph V. The Five Cs of Cinematography. (Silman-James Press, 1998) Millerson, Gerald. Lighting for Television and Film, 3rd ed. (Focal Press, 1999) Ohanian, Thomas A. and Michael E. Phillips. Digital Filmmaking: The Changing Art and

Craft of Making Motion Pictures (Focal Press, 1996) Perisic, Zoran. Visual Effects Cinematography. (Focal Press, 1999) Petrie, Duncan. The British Cinematographer. (British Film Institute, 1996) Pincus, Edward, and Steven Ascher. The Filmmakers Handbook. (New American

Library, 1984) Rahmel, Dan. Nuts and Bolts Filmmaking. (Focal Press, 2004) Ratcliff, John. Timecode: A Users Guide. (Focal Press, 1999) Ray, Sidney F. Applied Photographic Optics, 3rd ed. (Focal Press, 2003) Rogers, Pauline. Contemporary Cinematographers on Their Art (Focal Press) Rogers, Pauline B. Art of Visual EffectsInterviews on the Tools of the Trade. (Focal

Press, 1999) Rogers, Pauline B. Contemporary Cinematographers on Their Art. (Focal Press, 1998) Rogers, Pauline B. More Contemporary Cinematographers on Their Art. (Focal Press,

1999) Samuelson, David W. Hands-On Manual for Cinematographers, 2nd ed. (Focal Press,

1998) Samuelson, David W. Motion Picture Camera and Lighting Equipment. (Focal Press,

1987) Samuelson, David W. Motion Picture Camera Data. Boston, MA: Focal Press, 1979. Samuelson, David W. Motion Picture Camera Techniques. (Focal Press, 1984) Samuelson, David W. Panaflex Users Manual, 2nd ed. (Focal Press, 1996) Sawicki, Mark. Filming the Fantastic: A Guide to Visual Effects Cinematography.

(Focal Press, 2007) Schaefer, Dennis, and Larry Salvato. Masters of Light: Conversations with

Contemporary Cinematographers. (University of California Press, 1985) Schroeppel, Tom. The Bare Bones Camera Course for Film and Video, 2nd rev. ed.

(Tom Schroeppel, 1982) Schroeppel, Tom. Video Goals: Getting Results with Pictures and Sound. (Tom

Schroeppel, 1998) Samuelson, David. Hands-On Manual for Cinematographers (Focal Press, 1998) Taub, Eric. Gaffers, Grips and Best Boys (St. Martins Press, 1995) Schaefer Dennis, & Larry Salvato. Masters of Light (University of CA Press) Swartz, Charles. Understanding Digital Cinema: A Professional Handbook (Focal Press,

2004) Uva, Michael G. The Grip Book, 3rd ed. (Focal Press, 2006) Uva, Michael G., and Sabrina Uva. Uvas Basic Grip Book. (Focal Press, 2001) Uva, Michael G., and Sabrina Uva. Uvas Guide to Cranes, Dollies and Remote Heads.

(Focal Press, 2001) Van Sikill, Jennifer. Cinematic Storytelling, (Michael Wiese Productions, 2005)

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Viera, Dave, and Maria Viera. Lighting for Film and Digital Cinematography, 2nd ed. (Wadsworth Publishing, 2004)

Ward, Peter. Digital Video Camerawork. (Focal Press, 2000) Wheeler, Leslie. Principles of Cinematography: A Handbook of Motion Picture

Technology (Fountain Press, 1981) Wheeler, Paul. High Definition and 24P Cinematography (Focal Press, 2003) Wheeler, Paul. Digital Cinematography. (Focal Press, 2001) Wheeler, Paul. High Definition Cinematography, 2nd ed. Boston, MA: Focal Press,

2007. Wheeler, Paul. Practical Cinematography, 2nd ed. Boston, MA: Focal Press, 2005.

Wilson, Anton. Anton Wilsons Cinema Workshop, 4th Ed. (ASC Press, 1994) Zone, Ray, New Wave King: The Cinematography of Laszlo Kovacs, ASC.

(ASC Press, 2002) Zone, Ray, ed. Writer of Light: The Cinematography of Vittorio Storaro. (ASC Press,

2001) Directing Acker, Ally. Reel Women: Pioneers of the Cinema, 1896 to the Present (Continuum,

1991) Arijon, Daniel. Grammar of the Film Language (Silman-James Press, 1991) Bjrkman, Stig. Woody Allen on Woody Allen (Grove Press, 1994) Block, Bruce. The Visual Story: Seeing the Structure of Film, TV, and New Media (Focal

Press, 2001) Fuller, Samuel. A Third Face (Knopf, 2002 ISBN 0-375-40165-2) Katz, Steven D. Film Directing Shot by Shot: Visualizing from Concept to Screen (Focal

Press 1991) Katz, Steven D. Film Directing, Cinematic Motion: A Workshop for Staging Scenes

(Michael Wiese Productions 1992) Lumet, Sidney. Making Movies (Random House, Inc 1996) Milne, Tom, trans. and ed. Godard on Godard (Da Capo, 1972) Peacock, Richard Beck. The Art of Movie-Making: Script to Screen (Prentice Hall, 2001) Pintoff, Ernest. Directing 101 (Michael Wiese Productions 1999) Pollock, Dale. Skywalking: The Life and Films of George Lucas (Da Capo, 1999) Quigley, Elizabeth, trans. Fellini on Fellini (Da Capo, 1996) Rabiger, Michael. Directing: Film Techniques and Aesthetics, 4th ed. (Focal Press, 2007) Rabiger, Michael. Directing the Documentary 4th ed. (Focal Press, 2004) Rodley, Chris, ed. Lynch on Lynch (Faber and Faber, 1997) Smith, Gavin, ed. Sayles on Sayles (Faber and Faber, 1998) Thompson, David, and Ian Christie, eds. Scorsese on Scorsese (Faber and Faber,

1989/1996) Thompson, Roy. Grammar of the Shot (Focal Press, 1998) Truffaut, Franois. Hitchcock (Simon and Schuster, 1984) Editing and Sound Altman, Rick, ed. Sound Theory, Sound Practice (Routledge/AFI Film Readers, 1992) Bayes, Steve. The Avid Handbook: Intermediate Techniques, Strategies

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and Survival Information for Avid Editing Systems 4th ed. (Focal Press, 2004)

Dancyger, Ken. The Technique of Film and Video Editing (Focal Press, 2002) Hollyn, Norman. The Film Editing Room Handbook: How to Manage the

Near Chaos of the Cutting Room 3rd ed. (Lone Eagle Publishing Co. 1999) LoBrutto, Vincent. Selected Takes: Film Editors on Editing (Praeger, 1991) Miller, Pat P. Script Supervising and Film Continuity 3rd Ed. (Focal Press, 1998) Murch, Walter. In the Blink of an Eye: A Perspective on Film Editing (Silman-James

Press, 1995) Ratcliff, John. Timecode: A Users Guide (Focal Press, 1999) Reisz, Karel, and Gavin Millar. The Technique of Film Editing, enlarged edition

(Hastings House, Publishers/Focal Press Limited, 1968) Rosenblum, Ralph, and Robert Karen. When the Shooting Stops the Cutting Begins: A

Film Editors Story (Viking Press, 1979) Weis, Elizabeth, and John Belton. Film Sound: Theory and Practice (Columbia

University Press, 1985) Yewdall, David Lewis. Practical Art of Motion Picture Sound, 3rd Ed. (Focal Press,

2007) Producing Arijon, Daniel. Grammar of the Film Language (Focal Press) ISBN: 0-8038-2675-3 Bart, Peter & Guber, Peter. Shoot Out (Putnam, 2002 ISBN: 0-399-14808-6). Behlmer, Rudy. Memo from David O. Selznick (Samuel French Trade, 1990) Berstein, Steven. Film Production (Focal Press) ISBN: 0-240-51343-6 Dancyger, Ken. World of Film and Video Prod Aesthetics and Practices, The (Harcourt

Brace College Publishing) ISBN: 0-15-502861-8 Daniels, Bill, David Leedy, and Steven D. Sills. Movie Money: Understanding

Hollywoods Creative Accounting Practices (Silman-James Press, 1997) Houghton, Buck. What a Producer Does (Silman-James Press, 1941) LaLoggia, Nicole, Wurmfeld, Eden. IFP/Los Angeles Independent Filmmakers Manual

2nd Ed. (Focal Press, 2004) Linson, Art. A Pound of Flesh: Perilous Tales of How to Produce Movies in Hollywood

(Grove Press, 1993). Mamer, Bruce. Film Production Technique (Wadsworth Publishing)

ISBN: 0-534-20568-2 Pierson, John. Spike Mike Slackers and Dykes: A Guided Tour Across a Decade of

American Independent Cinema (Hyperion, 1995/1997) Vachon, Christine. Shooting To Kill (Avon Books, 1998) Production Design Ching, Frank. Architectural Graphics, 3rd Edition ISBN: 0471287539 Ettedgui, Peter. Production Design and Art Direction: Screencraft ISBN: 020804007 Guthrie, Pat. The Architects Portable Handbook: First Step Rules of Thumb for Building

Design ISBN: 007025303X Lobrutto, Vincent. By Design ISBN: 0275940314 Olsen, Robert L. Art Direction for Film and Video ISBN: 02080189X

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Sennett, Robert S. Setting the Scene: The Great Hollywood Art Directors ISBN: 0810938464

Vas, Mark Cotta. Industrial Light & Magic: Into the Digital Realm ISBN: 0345381521 Screenwriting Cooper, Dona. Writing Great Screenplays for Film and TV, 2nd ed. (Macmillan/ARCO/

AFI, 1997) Field, Syd. The Screenwriters Workbook (Dell Publishing Company, Inc. 1984) Goldman, William. Adventures in the Screen Trade (Warner Books, 1983) Hauge, Michael. Writing Screenplays that Sell (McGraw-Hill, 1988) [or latest edition] Johnson, Claudia Hunter. Crafting Short Screenplays that Connect (Focal Press, 2000) Vogler, Christopher. The Writers Journey: Mythic Structure for Writers, 2nd ed.

(Michael Wiese Productions, 1998) Aesthetics, Genre Studies, Theory and Criticism Andrew, J. Dudley. The Major Film Theories: An Introduction (Oxford University Press,

1976) [or latest edition] Arnheim, Rudolf. Film As Art (University of California Press, 1972) Bordwell, David, and Kristin Thompson. Film Art: An Introduction, 4th ed. (McGraw

Hill, 1993) [or latest edition] Bywater, Tim, and Thomas Sobchack. Introduction to Film Criticism: Major Critical

Approaches to Narrative Film (Longman, 1989) Dancyger, Ken. The World of Film and Video Production: Aesthetics and Practices

(Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1999) Dmytryk, Edward. Cinema: Concept and Practice (Focal Press, 1988). Eisenstein, Sergei. Film Form: Essays in Film Theory. Trans., Jay Leyda (Harcourt,

Brace & World, 1949) Grant, Barry Keith, ed. Film Genre Reader (University of Texas Press, 1986) Hirsch, Foster. Detours and Lost Highways: A Map of Neo-Noir (Limelight Editions,

1999) Jameson, Richard T., ed. They Went Thataway: Redefining Film Genres (Mercury

House/National Society of Film Critics, 1996) Kerr, Walter. Tragedy and Comedy (Da Capo Press, 1985) Mast, Gerald, Marshall Cohen, and Leo Braudy, eds. Film Theory and Criticism:

Introductory Readings, 4th ed. (Oxford University Press, 1992) [or latest edition] Silver, Alain, and Elizabeth Ward. Film Noir: An Encyclopedic Reference to the

American Style (Overlook Press, 1979) [or later editions] Sitney, P. Adams. Visionary Film: The American Avant-Garde 1943-1978, 2nd ed.

(Oxford University Press, 1979) Tarkovsky, Andrey. Sculpting in Time: Reflections on the Cinema. Trans. Kitty Hunter-

Blair (Faber, 1989) Truffaut, Francois. The Films In My Life (Da Capo Press, 1994) Voytilla, Stuart. Myth and the Movies: Discovering the Mythic Structure of 50

Unforgettable Films (Michael Wiese Productions, 1999) Non-Fiction Film

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Barnouw, Erik. Documentary: A History of the Non-Fiction Film (Oxford University Press, 1993)

Barsam, Richard M. Nonfiction Film: A Critical History, revised ed. (Indiana University Press, 1992)

Visual Effects Abbott, L.B. Special Effects: Wire, Tape & Rubber Band Style (The ASC Press, 1984)

ISBN: 0-935578-06-4 Baker, Christopher W. How Do They Do It Computer Illusion in Film (Alpha Books)

ISBN: 156761-422-1 Dunn, Linwood & Turner, George. ASC Treasury of Visual Effects. (The ASC Press,

1983). Fielding, Raymond. The Technique of Special Effects Cinematography (Focal Press,

1985) Finch, Christopher. Special Effects Creating Movie Magic (Abbeville Press, 1989)

ISBN: 0-89659-452-1 Hamilton, Jake. Special Effects In Film & Television (DK Publishing)

ISBN: 0-7894-2813-X Hutchison, David. Film Magic Art and Science of Special Effects (Prentice Hall Press,

1987) ISBN: 0-13314774-6 Kerlow, Isaac Victor Art of 3-D Computer Animation & Imaging, The (Van Nostrand

Reinhold) ISBN: 0-442-01896-7 Penny Lane Animation. Little Black Book of Visual Effects (Penny Lane Animation,

2000) Perisic, Zoran. Visual Effects Cinematography (Focal Press, 1999) Reinfield, Eric & Sherry London. Real World After Effects (Peach Pit Press, 1997)

ISBN: 0-201-68839-5 Rogers, Pauline B. Art of Visual Effects Interviews on the Tools of the Trade. (Focal

Press, 1999). Film Music Composition Morgan, David. Knowing the Score: Film Composers Talk About the Art, Craft, Blood,

Sweat, and Tears of Writing for Cinema (Harper Entertainment, 2000) Animation Finch, Christopher. The Art of Walt Disney: From Mickey Mouse to the Magic Kingdom Thomas, Frank and Ollie Johnston. The Illusion of Life: Disney Animation Maltin, Leonard. Of Mice and Magic: A History of American Animated Cartooons