The Filmmaker's Handbook: A Comprehensive Guide for the Digital Age Paperback - 2007

• Techniques for making narrative, documentary, corporate, experimental and feature films.
• Working with high-definition and standard-definition digital video formats, including DV, HD, and HDV.
• Extensive coverage of video editing with the latest nonlinear editing systems.
• Thorough grounding in lenses, lighting, sound recording, and sound editing.
• The business aspects of financing and producing movies

Written by filmmakers for filmmakers, this book will give you the skills you need to take your dreams from script to screen.

Details

• Title The Filmmaker's Handbook: A Comprehensive Guide for the Digital Age
• Author Steven Ascher; Edward Pincus
• Binding Paperback
• Edition 0003-2008, Revis
• Pages 817
• Volumes 1
• Language ENG
• Publisher Plume Books, New York, New York, U.S.A.
• Date September 4, 2007
• Illustrated Yes
• ISBN 9780452286788 / 0452286786
• Weight 2.32 lbs (1.05 kg)
• Dimensions 8.92 x 6.3 x 1.75 in (22.66 x 16.00 x 4.45 cm)
• Ages 18 to UP years
• Grade levels 13 - UP
• Library of Congress subjects Digital video, Motion pictures - Production and direction
• Library of Congress Catalog Number 2007014363
• Dewey Decimal Code 778.53

“Seminal.”
– New York Times
 
"Gold-standard technical reference book for filmmakers."
-Boston Globe
 
“The bible – updated.”
- The Independent
 
"This is an essential book."
-Self-Reliant Filmmaking
 
"You need this book. Billed as the authoritative guide to filmmaking from fundraising to distribution, the book achieves this in clear, accessible language using current up-to-date information. It's easy to see why this has become a standard text in many film schools. A gilt-edged investment for aspiring and beginning filmmakers and it would not be out of place in the libraries of experienced professionals either."
-James MacGregor, Netribution.co.uk
 
"This edition of the book is awesome. I don't know how you managed it. Such a mass of information so expertly organized and so clearly presented! Amazing."
-Alfred Guzzetti, Professor, Harvard University
 
“Anyone who is serious about learning the language and techniques of this art, whether amateur or professional, must have this comprehensive reference.”  
- Bookviews 
 
“Speaking as a member of the 'figure it out yourself' camp, I consider most 'technical' reference books to be nothing more than leisure reading. This one is worth its salt. Every page is relevant and fascinating. When I find a chapter that refers to something we've done, I realize that every mistake we made was covered, if only we'd thought to read up beforehand.”
- Genericfilms.com
 
"I was thrilled to find your book, which is a gem. No matter what corner of the subject I poked into, looking for cogent explanations, the Handbook passed with flying colors. So please accept my admiration, appreciation and thanks."
-Pat Jackson, Associate Professor, San Francisco State University; Emmy-winning Supervising Sound Editor