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Reference  Books

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Halliwell's Guide   "Halliwell's 2006 Film, Video & DVD Guide"
Edited by John Walker

HarperCollins 10¼x8¼ pb [12/2005] for $26.37
Cinema Year by Year   "Cinema: Year By Year, 1894-2005" [2005]
Edited by David Thomson & others

DK Publng 7-pound hardcover [8/2005] for $31.50
1894-2004 edition by Robyn Karney & others
DK Publng 7-pound hardcover [8/2004] out of print/used
Halliwell's Who's Who  
"Halliwell's Who's Who in the Movies" [2003]
Edited by John Walker

HarperCollins 10½x8½ 15th edition pb [8/2003] for $15.72
AFI Desk Reference   "American Film Institute Desk Reference: The Complete Guide To Everything You Need To Know About The Movies" [2002]
by Melinda Corey & George Ochoa

DK Publng 9½x7¾ hardcover [11/2002] for $28.00
Biographical Dictionary of Film   "The New Biographical Dictionary of Film"
[orig 1975, 4th edition 2002] by David Thomson

"The finest reference book on the movies." — Benjamin Schwarz
Knopf 9¼x6¾ pb [11/2004] for $15.61
Knopf 9½x7¼ hardcover [10/2002] for $23.10
Encyclopedia   "The Film Encyclopedia" [4th edition 2001]
Edited by Ephraim Katz, Fred Klein &
Ronald Dean Nolan

HarperCollins 9x7½ pb [3/2001] for $21.00
Film Dictionary   "The Complete Film Dictionary" [Meridian 1997]
by Ira Konigsberg

Penguin 9.3x7.3 pb [11/98] for $13.27
Penguin 9½x7¾ hardcover [9/97] out of print/used
Oxford History   "The Oxford History of World Cinema" [1996]
Edited by Geoffrey Nowell-Smith

Oxford Univ Press pb [2/99] for $20.97
Oxford Univ Press hardcover [11/96] for $55.00
Overlook Film Encyclopedia / The Western   "The Overlook Film Encyclopedia" Edited by Phil Hardy
"The Western" [Wm. Morrow 1984]
Overlook 11¾x9¼ pb [10/95] for $30.40
Overlook 12x9½ hardcover [5/94] for $65.00
"Horror" [1986]
Overlook 11¾x9¼ pb [10/95] for $27.60
Overlook 12x9½ hardcover [9/94] for $47.45
"Science Fiction" [Wm. Morrow 1984]
Overlook 11½x9 {5.2 lbs} pb [10/95] for $28.00
Overlook 12x9½ hardcover [5/94] for $47.45
"The Gangster Film"
Overlook 11½x9¼ pb [12/98] for $45.00
Overlook 12x9½ hardcover [10/98] for $65.00



Art  &  Business  of  Film-Making

Bordwell & Thompson's Film Art   "Film Art: An Introduction" [2003]
by David Bordwell & Kristin Thompson

popular first-year film school text, 7th edition
McGraw-Hill pb with tutorial CD-ROM [12/2003] for $72.19
McGraw-Hill 10x¼x8½ pb [6/2003] out of print/many used
Complete Film Production Handbook & CD-ROM   "The Complete Film Production Handbook and CD-ROM"
[orig 1993, 3rd edition 2001]
by Eve Light Honthaner

Focal Press 11x8½ pb [4/2001] for $36.27
Producing For Hollywood   "Producing For Hollywood: A Guide For The Independent Producer" [2000]
by Paul Mason & Don Gold

Allworth Press 9x6 pb [9/2000] for $13.97
Producer Handbook   "The Producer's Business Handbook" [2000]
by John J. Lee jr

Focal Press 10x7 pb & CD-ROM [3/2000] for $34.97

John Lee's Ent. Business Group website

Breaking & Entering   "Breaking & Entering: Land Your First Job In Film Production" [1997]
by April Fitzsimmons

Lone Eagle 9x6 pb [6/97] for $12.57
Making Movies   "Making Movies" [1995]
by Sidney Lumet

Vintage 8x5¼ pb [3/96] for $9.60
Knopf 8¾x6 hardcover [3/95] out of print/used
Sydney Lumets's credits from IMDb
Cinema Book   "The Cinema Book" [1986]
Edited by Pam Cook & Mieke Bernink

BFI 11&fracx8 pb [12/99] for $35.00
Pantheon pb [10/86] out of print/used
BFI hardcover [12/99] for $76.99
Art PoPix   "The Art of The Moving Picture" [orig 1915; rev 2000]
by Vachel Lindsay; edited by Martin Scorsese

Modern Library 8x5 pb [3/2000] for $15.00


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Motion  Picture  Arts  &  Crafts

Society of Motion Picture & Television Engineers Society of Motion Picture & Television Engineers [est. 1916]

S.M.P.T.E. entry on Wikipedia

Interviews With Film Production Designers   "By Design: Interviews With Film Production Designers" [2002]
by Vincent LoBrutto

Praeger 9x6 pb [8/92] for $31.95
Praeger 9¾x6½ hardcover [8/92] for $79.95
Filmmaker's Guide To Production Design   "The Filmmaker's Guide To Production Design" [2002]
by Vincent LoBrutto

Allworth Press 9x6 pb [9/2002] for $14.16
Film Technology In Post Production   "Film Technology In Post Production" [2nd edition 2001, orig 1997]
by Dominic Case

Focal Press 8½x5½ pb [8/2001] for $24.39

Film  Technology

Eastman Kodak   Student Filmmaker Handbook
Glossary of Mo-Pix Terms
Digital Learning Center

World 3D Film Expo [Sept 2006 = #2]
A History of Technicolor
Cinerama
IMAX Theatres
film formats pages at Internet Encyclopedia of Cinematographers
High Definition New Mexico in Santa Fe, NM

Digital Cinema Revolution  
"Digital Cinema: The Revolution In Cinematography, Post-Production & Distribution" [2005]
by Brian McKernan

McGraw-Hill/TAB 9¼x6½ pb [3/2005] for $27.57
Widescreen Cinema book   "Widescreen Cinema" [1992] by John Belton
Harvard Univ Press 9x7½ pb [11/92] out of print/used

"Technicolor Movies: The History of Dye Transfer Printing" [1993]
by Richard W. Haines
McFarland & Co. hardcover [11/93] out of print/used

Cinematography  &  Cinematographers
now on their own page
main pagepeoplebooksfilmsorganizationslinks

cinematography catalog at Amazon.com

Five C's   "The Five C's of Cinematography: Motion Picture Filming Techniques" [1965 classic]
by Joseph V. Mascelli

Silman James Press 11x8½ pb [6/98] for $20.97
Light   "Painting With Light" [1995]
by cinematographer John Alton

Univ of Calif Press 10x7½ pb [4/95] for $19.25
Univ of Calif Press hardcover [4/95] out of print/used
John Alton [1901-96] credits from IMDb
Laszlo / Rembrandt   "Every Frame a Rembrandt: Art & Practice of Cinematography" [2000]
by Andrew Laszlo, ASC

Focal Press 9¼x6 pb [5/2000] for $27.99
Andrew Laszlo's credits from IMDb

Film  Editing
Motion Pictures Editors Guild [est. 1937] - I.A.T.S.E. Local 700
Movieola
A.M.P.A.S. Teachers Guide on Film Editing

American Cinema Editors [est. Nov 1950]

Cutting Edge Movie Editing   "The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing"
[B.B.C./Starz Oct 2004]
Produced & directed by Wendy Apple; narrated by Kathy Bates

Warner widescreen color DVD [9/2005] for $10.99
full credits at IMDb
Murch & Ondaatje   "The Conversations: Walter Murch & The Art of Editing Film" [2002]
by Michael Ondaatje

listed in 'L.A. Times 100 Best Books of 2002'
Random House pb [7/2002] out of print/used
Knopf hardcover [9/2002] for $24.50
Walter Murch's credits from IMDb
Cut To The Chase   "Cut To The Chase: Forty-Five Years of Editing America's Favorite Movies" [2002]
by Sam & Bobbie O'Steen

Michael Wiese Prodns 10x7 pb [1/2002] for $17.47
Sam O'Steen [1923-2000] credits from IMDb
A Perspective On Film Editing   "In The Blink of An Eye: A Perspective On Film Editing"
[orig 1995, 2nd edition 2001]
by Walter Murch

Silman-James Press pb [8/2001] for $11.58
Dmytryk / Editing   "On Film Editing: An Introduction To The Art of Film Construction"
[1984] by Edward Dmytryk

Focal Press 8¼x5.4 pb [12/84] for $31.95
Edward Dmytryk's credits from IMDb
Shooting / Cutting   "When The Shooting Stops, The Cutting Begins: A Film Editor's Story"
[1979] by Ralph Rosenblum & Robert Karen

DaCapo Press 7¾x5 pb [5/88] for $11.90
Viking pb [10/80] out of print/used
Viking hardcover [10/79] out of print/used
Ralph Rosenblum [1925-95] credits from IMDb
Technique of Film Editing   "The Technique of Film Editing" [1953 classic]
by Karel Reisz & Gavin Miller

Focal Press 9¼x6.2 pb [6/95] for $49.99
Focal Press 9x6 pb [2/74] out of print/used
Karel Reisz [1926-2002] credits from IMDb

Sound Dept.
Sven E. Carlsson's FilmSound website + Film Sound History pages
history of motion picture sound at University of San Diego: 1910-19291930-19891990-2000
film sound history timeline at Middle Tennessee State University
S.O. Coutant's microphone museum
Cinema Audio Society - sound mixers [est. 1964]
The Vitaphone Website
The Village Recording Studios in West Los Angeles, CA
A.M.P.A.S. Teachers Guide on Motion Picture Sound & Music

Magic Lantern's Film Music & Composers Page

Association of Motion Picture Sound in U.K.        Motion Picture Sound Editors [est. 1953]

Silent Film Sound  
"Silent Film Sound" [2005] by Rick Altman
Columbia Univ Press 10x8 pb [2/2007] for $27.50  
Columbia Univ Press 10¼x8 hardcover [1/2005] for $50.00
Now We're Talking   "Now We're Talking: The Story of Theodore W. Case & Sound-On-Film" [2003]
by Antonia K. & Luke P. Colella

Authorhouse 9¼x6¼ pb [11/2003] for $13.95
Authorhouse hardcover [1/2003] out of print/rare
Sounds of Early Cinema   "The Sounds of Early Cinema" [2001]
Edited by Richard Abel & Rick Altman

Indiana Univ Press 9¼x6¼ pb [10/2001] for $22.95
Indiana Univ Press 9½x6½ hardcover [10/2001] for $49.95
Practical Art of Motion Picture Sound   "Practical Art of Motion Picture Sound" [orig 1999, 2nd edition 2003]
by David Lewis Yewdall, MPSE

Focal Press 9½x7 pb with audio CD [2/2003] for $41.80
Sound For Film & Television   "Sound For Film and Television" [2nd edition 2001, orig 1997]
by Tomlinson Holman

Focal Press 11x8½ pb with audio CD [12/2001] for $49.95
Butterworth-Heinemann 11x8½ pb [4/97] out of print/used
Speed of Sound / Talkie Revolution   "The Speed of Sound: Hollywood & The Talkie Revolution,
1926-1930" [1997]
by Scott Eyman

Johns Hopkins University Press 9¼x6 pb [5/99] out of print/used
S&S 9½x6½ hardcover [3/97] out of print/used

Grips & Electrical

Grip Book / Comprehensive Reference   "The Grip Book: The Comprehensive Reference For Grips"
[orig 1988, 3rd edition 2006] by Michael G. Uva

Focal Press 9x6½ pb & CD-ROM [4/2006] for $39.95
Lighting Technician's Handbook   "Set Lighting Technician's Handbook: Film Lighting Equipment, Practice & Electrical Distribution" [orig 1993, 3rd edition 2003]
by Harry C. Box

Focal Press 9¼x6 pb [3/2003] for $30.99
Placing Shadows / Lighting Techniques   "Placing Shadows: Lighting Techniques for Video Production" [1995]
by Chuck B. Gloman & Tom Letourneau

Focal Press 10x7 pb [3/2000] for $24.49
Motion Picture & Video Lighting   "Motion Picture and Video Lighting" [1993]
by Blain Brown

Focal Press 10x7 pb [9/95] for $44.60



  µ  Photography  µ  

Eastman House Timeline of Photography
A History of Photography
Reel 3-D Enterprises [est. 1978]
B.P.W. Limited Classic & Collectible Cameras [est. 1983]
New Mexico Photography Field School [est. 1986] of Santa Fe, NM
Texas Photographic Society [est. 1985]

Camera & Photo Store at Amazon.com
photography books catalog at Amazon.com

Spira History of Photography   "The History of Photography: As Seen Thru The Spira Collection" [2001]
by S. F. Spira, Jonathan B. Spira & Eaton S. Lothrop, Jr.

Aperture 12¼x10 hardcover [12/2001] for $52.50
Matters of Light & Depth   "Matters of Light and Depth: Creating Memorable Images For Video, Film & Stills Through Lighting" [1999]
by Ross Lowell
lighting for still & film & digital photography

Lowel-Light Mfg 9x9 pb [4/99] for $28.95
History of The Photographic Lens  
"A History of The Photographic Lens" [1989]
by Rudolf Kingslake

Academic Press hardcover [10/89] for $66.95

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