101 Things I Learned: 101 Things I Learned ? in Film School (Hardcover)

from Hagelstein

A nifty little book that I like a lot. It's packed with concise and coherent information for film makers, aspiring fim makers, actors, writers, crew members, and those simply interested in films and how they're made. Neil Landau provides details about all aspects of film making, including plot, w...

from iruzadnal

The title says it all. This is a very compact education in filmmaking -- not only narrative and cinematographic technique, but also the slang and terminology, the business of movies from concept to release, and nuts and bolts details like the ratio of script pages to minutes on film, or how deals...

from Katya0133

A valuable reference for those of us who haven't been to film school but are still interested in film criticism. (Those who have been to film school will hopefully have learned all of this, but may still find it useful as a quick reference.) Favorite part: Many of the tips reference specific movi...

from 5hrdrive

A very neat little book, but not at all what was expected. I guess I thought this would be more about filmmakers and what they personally learned along the way that made them great. Instead, the book offers 101 individual thoughts about filmmaking and explains them in one to three paragraphs with...

from Daniel.Estes

I graduated from film school and I absolutely love little books like this one. Some of the wisdom was new for me though much of it was traditional film knowledge presented from the author's unique perspective. Some of the lessons were technical, like day-to-day stuff while working on a film, and ...