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Awsome resource. This book has everything you need to know about filmmaking from codecs to lighting. If you want to learn about film/video, buy this book.
I loved this book. It is very helpful. Every single shot shows with image and also shows different angle with original picture image.Excellent for anyone.
The book is quite thick - it contains so much information that a future filmmaker could need that it is almost overwhelming. In the preface, author Ascher alerts us to two important facts - cinema technology is ever changing, and knowing everything about the cinematic creation process isn't going to hurt even if you're only the editor, DoP, or director.For the price, it is a steal. Learning to make a movie from Harvard/MIT professors in Film Studies usually costs a small fortune; for the independent videographer, it is a negligible cost for a wealth of information.
Great book for any1, novice or veteran, interested in film production. very thorough and well-written.
For a guide to the art of filmmaking/directing, my favorite book is "Film Directing Fundamentals" by Nicholas Proferes. For those who love films but don't really know what's involved in their getting made, this is an excellent guide. But for the practical and day to day and big picture of the business of filmmaking, "The Filmmaker's Handbook" is Indispensible: an excellent and thorough introduction and guide to the processes, the people, the arrangements, the contracts, the details that go into making films, especially independent films. Of course, it's even more indispensible for those who hope one day to make a film but aren't currently involved in the business. I emphasize "business" here because this isn't really a guide to the art of making films; you could imagine a similar book called "The Entrepeneur's Handbook: A comprehensive guide to establishing your own business in the age of the internet" and it would cover the same types of topics. I required this book as one of the textbooks for my film history course on "American Independent Film" because it seemed to me there was no better way to indicate to students how much is involved in getting films made. It's a very helpful piece of the course and gives students a perspective that they wouldn't get from my own emphasis on film theory and criticism.
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