7 Top nonfiction books like Film Directing Fundamentals: See Your Film Before Shooting by Nicholas T. Proferes

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Film Directing Fundamentals: See Your Film Before Shooting

By: Nicholas T. Proferes

4.08

Format: 296 pages, Paperback

Film Directing Fundamentals gives the novice director an organic methodology for realizing on the s…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in Film Directing Fundamentals: See Your Film Before Shooting by Nicholas T. Proferes , here is a list of 7 books like this:

Cover of Shooting to Kill: How an Independent Producer Blasts Through the Barriers to Make Movies that Matter by Christine Vachon, David  Edelstein

1. Shooting to Kill: How an Independent Producer Blasts Through the Barriers to Make Movies that Matter

By: Christine Vachon , David Edelstein

4.05

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Complete with behind-the-scenes diary entries from the set of Vachon's best-known fillms, Shooting … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • film
Cover of Hope for Film: From the Frontline of the Independent Cinema Revolutions by Ted Hope

2. Hope for Film: From the Frontline of the Independent Cinema Revolutions

By: Ted Hope

3.91

Format: 360 pages, Hardcover

An inspiring, tell-all look at the indie film business from one of the industry's most passionate p… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • film
Cover of The Writers Journey: Mythic Structure for Writers, 2nd Edition by Christopher Vogler

3. The Writers Journey: Mythic Structure for Writers, 2nd Edition

By: Christopher Vogler

4.10

Format: 325 pages, Paperback

Provides new insights and observations from Vogler's pioneering work in mythic structure for writer… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • film
  • reference
"A myth... is a metaphor for a mystery beyond human comprehension. It is a comparison that helps us understand, by analogy, some aspect of our mysterious selves. A myth, in this way of thinking, is no…"

-Christopher Vogler, The Writers Journey: Mythic Structure for Writers, 2nd Edition

"I realized that the good stories were affecting the organs of my body in various ways, and the really good ones were stimulating more than one organ. An effective story grabs your gut, tightens your …"

-Christopher Vogler, The Writers Journey: Mythic Structure for Writers, 2nd Edition

"Although well played by Billy Zane, Cal in the screenplay is one of the weakest part of the design, and would have been a more effective rival if he were more seductive, a better match for Rose, real…"

-Christopher Vogler, The Writers Journey: Mythic Structure for Writers, 2nd Edition

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4. The Gambler

By: Fyodor Dostoevsky , Constance Garnett , Gary Saul Morson

3.91

Format: 188 pages, Paperback

In this dark and compelling short novel, Dostoevsky tells the story of Alexey Ivanovitch, a young t… read more

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"Quien teme al lobo no se mete en el bosque."

-Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Gambler

"يجب ان يظل المال دون الأستقراطي، حتى لكأن الأستقراطي لا يكاد يحفل به أو يقلق له"

-Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Gambler

"En toda situación es posible comportarse con dignidad. Si hay lucha, que sea noble y no humillante."

-Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Gambler

"I believe he was feeling a bit nervous. Possibly it was my costume that took him aback. I was dressed quite well, even elegantly, and looked as if I belonged to the best society."

-Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Gambler

5. Making Movies

By: Sidney Lumet

5.00

Format: 229 pages, Paperback

From one of America's most acclaimed directors comes a book that is both a professional memoir and … read more

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6. In the Blink of an Eye

By: Francis Ford Coppola , Walter Murch

3.00

Format: 18 pages,

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7. Hitchcock

By: Alfred Hitchcock , François Truffaut

4.29

Format: 144 pages,

Any book-length interview with Alfred Hitchcock is valuable, but considering that this volume's int… read more

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8. The Big Picture: The Fight for the Future of Movies

By: Ben Fritz

4.02

Format: 309 pages, Kindle Edition

The stunning metamorphosis of twenty-first-century Hollywood and what lies ahead for the art and co… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • film
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9. Filmcraft: Production Design

By: Fionnuala Halligan

4.13

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

Production Design, the fifth title in the FilmCraft series, addresses one of the most important rol… read more

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10. The Secret Language of Film

By: Jean-Claude Carrière

4.04

Format: 232 pages, Hardcover

A linguagem secreta do cinema é uma das mais importantes reflexões sobre a linguagem cinematográfic… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • film
"Todo frequentador de cinema é, a seu modo, um pouco São Tomé: acreditando apenas no que vê e vendo o que acredita ver."

-Jean-Claude Carrière, The Secret Language of Film

Cover of Film Directing Fundamentals: See Your Film Before Shooting by Nicholas T. Proferes

11. Film Directing Fundamentals: See Your Film Before Shooting

By: Nicholas T. Proferes

4.08

Format: 296 pages, Paperback

Film Directing Fundamentals gives the novice director an organic methodology for realizing on the s… read more

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7 Best film books like Film Directing Fundamentals: See Your Film Before Shooting by Nicholas T. Proferes

Transform Your Habits

Shooting to Kill: How an Independent Producer Blasts Through the Barriers to Make Movies that Matter

Christine Vachon , David Edelstein

4.05

Transform Your Habits

Hope for Film: From the Frontline of the Independent Cinema Revolutions

Ted Hope

3.91

Transform Your Habits

The Writers Journey: Mythic Structure for Writers, 2nd Edition

Christopher Vogler

4.10

Transform Your Habits

The Big Picture: The Fight for the Future of Movies

Ben Fritz

4.02

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13 Best nonfiction books like The Secret Language of Film by Jean-Claude Carrière

Transform Your Habits

Shooting to Kill: How an Independent Producer Blasts Through the Barriers to Make Movies that Matter

Christine Vachon , David Edelstein

4.05

Transform Your Habits

Slouching Towards Bethlehem

Joan Didion

4.19

Transform Your Habits

The Myth of Sisyphus

Albert Camus , Justin O'Brien , James Wood , Justin Obrien

4.18

Transform Your Habits

Letters to a Young Poet

Rainer Maria Rilke , Franz Xaver Kappus , Reginald Snell

4.29

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