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Books and Resources That Improve My Filmmaking [Indie Bookstore Links]

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Affordable ways to understand story, lighting, shots, and process. I approach filmmaking as a lifestyle. These are books I learned about through classes I have taken, coaching, or that were recommended to me. Books are a great start but tutorials an...
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Producing

 
Producer to Producer -3rd Edition: A Step- By- Step Guide to Low Budget Independent Film Producing
 
Shooting to Kill
 
Film and Video Budgets 6
 
So You Want to Be a Producer

Screenwriting

 
Film Genre for the Screenwriter
 
The Hero's Journey: Joseph Campbell on His Life and Work
 
Screenplay: Building Story Through Character

Directing

 
Cinematography for Directors: A Guide for Creative Collaboration
 
Directors Tell the Story: Master the Craft of Television and Film Directing
 
Directing Actors - 25th Anniversary Edition: Creating Memorable Performances for Film and Television

Cinematography

 
Master Shots Vol 1, 2nd Edition: 100 Advanced Camera Techniques to Get an Expensive Look on Your Low Budget Movie
 
Introduction to Cinematography: Learning Through Practice
 
The Filmmaker's Eye: The Language of the Lens: The Power of Lenses and the Expressive Cinematic Image
 
Voice & Vision: A Creative Approach to Narrative Filmmaking
 
Master Shots, Volume 3: The Director's Vision: 100 Setups, Scenes and Moves for Your Breakthrough Movie
 
Five C's of Cinematography: Motion Picture Filming Techniques

Lighting

 
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Great as a reference book and to bring on set!
Set Lighting Technician's Handbook: Film Lighting Equipment, Practice, and Electrical Distribution

Grip

 
The Grip Book: The Studio Grip's Essential Guide

Color

 
If It's Purple, Someone's Gonna Die: The Power of Color in Visual Storytelling
 
Interaction of Color
 
Color Appearance Models 3e

Sound

 
Suddenly Something Clicked: The Languages of Film Editing and Sound Design
 
Dialogue Editing for Motion Pictures: A Guide to the Invisible Art
 
The Foley Grail: The Art of Performing Sound for Film, Games, and Animation
 
Practical Art of Motion Picture Sound
 
Audio-Vision: Sound on Screen
 
The Voice in Cinema
 
The Sound Effects Bible: How to Create and Record Hollywood Style Sound Effects

Editing

 
In the Blink of an Eye: A Perspective on Film Editing

VFX

 
The Ves Handbook of Visual Effects: Industry Standard Vfx Practices and Procedures
 
The Filmmaker's Guide to Visual Effects: The Art and Techniques of Vfx for Directors, Producers, Editors and Cinematographers
 
The Art and Science of Digital Compositing: Techniques for Visual Effects, Animation and Motion Graphics

Other - Film

 
The Hollywood Assistants Handbook: 86 Rules for Aspiring Power Players
 
The Mailroom: Hollywood History from the Bottom Up

Inspiration

 
Year of Yes: 10th Anniversary Edition
 
More Than Enough: Claiming Space for Who You Are (No Matter What They Say)
 
Who Better Than You?: The Art of Healthy Arrogance & Dreaming Big
 
The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl
 
Misfits: A Personal Manifesto
 
Chewing Gum Dreams

Wholistic Health

 
Set Boundaries, Find Peace: A Guide to Reclaiming Yourself
 
The Set Boundaries Workbook: Practical Exercises for Understanding Your Needs and Setting Healthy Limits
 
Drama Free: A Guide to Managing Unhealthy Family Relationships
 
Fighting for Our Friendships: The Science and Art of Conflict and Connection in Women's Relationships
 
Attached: The New Science of Adult Attachment and How It Can Help You Find--and Keep--Love
 
My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies
 
101 Essays That Will Change the Way You Think
 
Bodyweight Strength Training Anatomy
 
Intuitive Eating, 4th Edition: A Revolutionary Anti-Diet Approach
 
80/20 Running: Run Stronger and Race Faster by Training Slower
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Creative Block Busters

 
The Artist's Way: 30th Anniversary Edition
 
The Creative Habit: Learn It and Use It for Life
 
The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles
 
The Creative Act: A Way of Being

Other

 
Write to the Point: How to Communicate in Business with Style and Purpose
 
Its All Your Fault: How To Make It As A Hollywood Assistant
 
Jab, Jab, Jab, Right Hook: How to Tell Your Story in a Noisy Social World
 
Get Good with Money: Ten Simple Steps to Becoming Financially Whole
 
I Will Teach You to Be Rich: No Guilt. No Excuses. Just a 6-Week Program That Works (Second Edition)
 
I Will Teach You to Be Rich: The Journal: No Complicated Math. No More Procrastinating. Design Your Rich Life Today.
 
The 12 Week Year: Get More Done in 12 Weeks Than Others Do in 12 Months
 
Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World
 
Live Richer Challenge: Credit Edition: Learn how to raise your credit score and clean up your credit report in 22 days!
 
Live Richer Challenge: Savings Edition: Learn how to save your money and make more money in 22 days!
 
The 12-Week MBA: Learn the Skills You Need to Lead in Business Today
 
The Thank You Economy
 
The Renaissance Soul: How to Make Your Passions Your Life - A Creative and Practical Guide
 
A People's History of the United States
 
The Compound Effect (10th Anniversary Edition): Jumpstart Your Income, Your Life, Your Success
 
Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
 
Traction: Get a Grip on Your Business
 
Permission Marketing: Turning Strangers Into Friends And Friends Into Customers
 
Profit First: Transform Your Business from a Cash-Eating Monster to a Money-Making Machine
 
We Should All Be Millionaires: A Woman's Guide to Earning More, Building Wealth, and Gaining Economic Power /]Crachel Rodgers
 
A People's History of the World: From the Stone Age to the New Millennium
 
The Disability Studies Reader
 
Nothing about Us Without Us: Disability Oppression and Empowerment
 
Gender: Your Guide: A Gender-Friendly Primer on What to Know, What to Say, and What to Do in the New Gender Culture
 
The Abc's of Lgbt+: (Gender Identity Book for Teens, Teen & Young Adult LGBT Issues)
 
Stonewall: The Definitive Story of the LGBTQ Rights Uprising that Changed America
 
A Queer History of the United States
 
The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters
 
Sapiens [Tenth Anniversary Edition]: A Brief History of Humankind
 
The Body Is Not an Apology, Second Edition: The Power of Radical Self-Love
 
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants
 
The Assertiveness Workbook: How to Express Your Ideas and Stand Up for Yourself at Work and in Relationships

Film History

 
Toms, Coons, Mulattoes, Mammies, and Bucks: An Interpretive History of Blacks in American Films
 
Hollywood Black: The Stars, the Films, the Filmmakers
 
Making Movies