Just to clarify, no book or teacher can make you a director. See, a film director makes films and films are a medium for story telling. So, you need to have a story, you need to find your own voice and this, fortunately, or unfortunately, will be your never-ending-personal-struggle. But you can learn the technical aspects of film-making and that's where books and teachers come into the picture. Now, since we're over with the rough part, I can suggest a few books now. These mediums, books, tutorials and websites, have taught me everything I know about film-making and I'm still learning. Note - To direct a film crew and cast, you will ha
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Just to clarify, no book or teacher can make you a director. See, a film director makes films and films are a medium for story telling. So, you need to have a story, you need to find your own voice and this, fortunately, or unfortunately, will be your never-ending-personal-struggle. But you can learn the technical aspects of film-making and that's where books and teachers come into the picture. Now, since we're over with the rough part, I can suggest a few books now. These mediums, books, tutorials and websites, have taught me everything I know about film-making and I'm still learning. Note - To direct a film crew and cast, you will have to study all aspects of film-making, at-least the basics and COMMUNICATION with your cast and crew will be the most important factor. Finally, here's the list -
Screenplay - Syd Field's Screenplay books or Robert McKee's books. I personally love Syd Field. Editing - You can download a lot of tutorials online but the basic approach to editing or it's philosophical reason can be best found in, In the blink of an eye by Walter Much. Cinematography & Production Designing - The Five CS of Cinematography by Joseph V. Mascelli and Film Directing Shot by Shot by Steven D. Katz. Sound - Audio-Vision: Sound on Screen - Michel Chion
Visual Effects - After Effects Tutorials, Plug-ins and Stock Footage for Post Production Professionals Andrew Kramer is the ultimate guru for this. And, this will also help you to understand the colour correction process. Acting - An Actor prepares by Konstantin Stanislavsky
There are a bunch of websites these days which share a lot of content for budding filmmakers like us
FilmmakerIQ. Com
Jamuura Blog
YouTube has tutorials for approximately everything, be it low budget production equipment, interviews of great directors, screenplay writers and all, so this can also be great for learning.
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Just to clarify, no book or teacher can make you a director. See, a film director makes films and films are a medium for story telling. So, you need to have a story, you need to find your own voice and this, fortunately, or unfortunately, will be your never-ending-personal-struggle. But you can learn the technical aspects of film-making and that's where books and teachers come into the picture. Now, since we're over with the rough part, I can suggest a few books now. These mediums, books, tutorials and websites, have taught me everything I know about film-making and I'm still learning. Note - To direct a film crew and cast, you will ha...more