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The Documentary Film Makers Handbook: A Guerilla Guide (Paperback)
by Genevieve Jolliffe

This handbook features incisive and helpful interviews with dozens of industry professionals, on subjects as diverse as interview techniques, the NBC News Archive, music rights, setting up your own company, the Film Arts Foundation, pitching your proposal, the Sundance Documentary Fund, the Documentary Channel, the British Film Council, camera hire, filmmaking ethics, working with kids, editing your documentary, and DVD distribution.

Desktop Video Studio Bible
Producing Video, DVD, and Websites for Profit
by George Avgerakis

A detailed roadmap to setting up and operating your own desktop video studio, covering both the powerful new tools and radical new business models created by digital technology.

Another great book from McGraw-Hill!
Highly recommended by cinecityfilm.com

   

No-Budget Digital Filmmaking : How to Create Professional Looking Video for Little or No Cash
by Chuck Gloman 

Thanks to the rise of digital video technology, millions of people now have the tools to create their own films. But without an infusion of movie studio capital, how can you make effective videos on a low budget -- without making them look low budget? Enter McGraw-Hill's No-Budget Digital Filmmaking.

   
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Film Budgeting - Or, How Much Will It Cost To Shoot Your Movie?
by Ralph S.Singleton

The companion book to the best-selling Film Scheduling, Film Budgeting takes the reader through the steps of converting a motion picture schedule to a professional motion picture budget. Included is an actual budget to Francis Ford Coppola's The Conversation as an example, complete with footnotes, glossary and index.

   
IFP/West Independent Filmmaker's Manual

IFP/West Independent Filmmaker's Manual by Nicole Shay LaLoggia, Eden H. Wurmfeld

Written by two independent producers, based on their experience with the successful independent film Swingers. Includes a CD-ROM with QuickTime versions of interviews with leading independent filmmakers such as Billy Bob Thornton and Ang Lee as well as frequently used production forms in reusable template format. Extensive resource guide of references, organizations, and terms.

   
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Film Production : The Complete Uncensored Guide to Filmmaking by Greg Merritt

Aims to provide the reader with real world facts about producing and selling a motion picture.

EDITING

Editing Digital Video
The Complete Creative and Technical Guide
by Robert M. Goodman and Patrick McGrath

Anyone from amateurs to students to professionals can learn to edit and tell compelling stories using the results-oriented approach in this book. You'll finally unleash your creativity. Learn more in one session that you would from any user manual. A refreshingly realistic approach!

   
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The Avid Handbook by Steve Bayes

For anyone with some experience with the Avid Media Composer or Avid Xpress who wants to expand their knowledge.
A guide to strategies, common problems, and techniques while editing nonlinear digital video or film.

ENCYCLOPEDIA

AMC - Classic Movie Companion
by Robert Moses (Editor), American Movie Classics Company

More than 5,000 entries.

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