Directing Movies

Directing movies promises vast rewards--but not for free. Traps and pitfalls await even the most talented, most skilled and hard-working director. "Darkest Secrets of Film Directing" by Tom Marcoux offers priceless knowledge. Knowledge of those traps lying ahead. More, he describes effective countermeasures with which to handle each one. Problems on set come in many forms. Directors need to spot them in advance and fix them as each arises. When the crew turns on you, a name actor goes through a breakdown mid-shoot, or the producer starts squeezing your budget--knowing all these and the rest...

This manual provides a crash course on the techniques and tricks film industry professionals use to make movies, as well as everything you will need to do from start to finish to make your own feature film. It covers the basics of screenwriting, location scouting, casting, directing actors, lighting, cinematography, audio recording, professional conduct, editing, music scoring and distribution. It's meant to be read in about 60 minutes. Although film school, internships and on the job training are preferable to learn filmmaking, let’s be honest, they cost time and money many of us don’t...

An intimate memoir by the controversial and outspoken, Oscar-winning director and screenwriter about his complicated New York childhood, volunteering for combat, and his struggles and triumphs making such films as Platoon, Midnight Express, and Scarface. Before the international success of...

Early Film Directing Pioneers: The Complete Guide to the Directors, Innovations, and Films That Shaped Cinema is an essential resource for film lovers, students, and anyone curious about the origins of the movie industry. This comprehensive guide explores the groundbreaking work of early cinema’s most influential directors—from Thomas Edison and Georges Méliès to Charlie Chaplin and F.W. Murnau. Through ten in-depth chapters and a curated list of 25 must-see films, readers will discover how the foundations of modern filmmaking were laid through silent film, montage theory, German ...

A New York Times Editor's Choice! This outrageous and hilarious memoir follows a film and television director’s life, from his idiosyncratic upbringing to his unexpected career as the director behind film franchises like The Addams Family and Men in Black. Barry Sonnenfeld's philosophy is...

Discover the Invisible Architecture Behind Your Favorite Animated Films Why does a Disney movie make you feel like you can conquer the world, while a Studio Ghibli film makes you want to sit quietly in a forest? Pull back the curtain on the four creative superpowers that have defined modern storytelling: Disney, Pixar, DreamWorks, and Studio Ghibli. This is not just a history book. It is a deep dive into the divergent philosophies of East and West. Explore how Disney’s "Hero’s Journey" champions the triumph of the individual, while Ghibli’s "Kishōtenketsu" structure honors the quiet ...

The Montclair family built a Hollywood empire over four generations. Now they're learning what happens when that empire demands everything—and everyone breaks. Isabella Montclair-Winters is eleven years old and already exhausted by the weight of family expectations. Everyone assumes she'll follow in the footsteps of her legendary grandmother Victoria, one of Hollywood's most celebrated directors, but Isabella isn't sure she wants to spend her life making films just because it's what Montclairs do. Her mother Kate gave up the opportunity of a lifetime, showrunning a prestigious New York ...

The first major biography of Martin Scorsese, America’s greatest modern filmmaker, a book as stylish and audacious as the director’s movies, drawing on previously unseen sources, original research, and new interviews to reveal the origins, genius, and influence of his life and work Just a...

From the celebrated film critic and author of The Biographical Dictionary of Film--an essential work on the preeminent, indispensable movie directors and the ways in which their work has forged, and continues to forge, the landscape of modern film. Directors operate behind the scenes, managing...

This unique program teaches you the theory and practice of visualization and, perhaps even more important, how to develop the trust and self-confidence to make it work for you! Discover what scientists, doctors, athletes and executives have proven: What you can visualize, you can have!