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Post by nucleusofswarm on Nov 4, 2017 0:22:50 GMT
So, we've talked plenty about different forms of entertainment and media, but what about books on the actual craft?
Writing manuals, filmmaking guides, how-tos on everything from animation to painting, what have you consulted lately to help fire the artist/merely curious in you?
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Post by nucleusofswarm on Nov 4, 2017 0:23:48 GMT
Just recently, I started re-reading John Yorke's Into The Woods, a gide to not just screenwriting, but storytelling in general.
It's actually quite a page turner, and it even got an endorsement from Chibnall.
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Post by Audio Watchdog on Nov 4, 2017 1:08:56 GMT
I'm fond of The Empty Space by Peter Brook and it is a book I have returned to several times over the decades. Also Theater Games for Rehearsal: A Director's Handbook by Viola Spolin has probably been the most influential book on my work as a director.
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Post by Hieronymus on Nov 4, 2017 4:07:37 GMT
Just finished Making a Monster by Al Taylor & Sue Roy. One of the only books I've seen that is a history by artist, rather than a "how-to" book. Each section focuses on the work of a single artist with pictures and titles of films, making it much easier to compare styles and artistry.
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Post by nucleusofswarm on Nov 5, 2017 0:45:25 GMT
Also, The Lone Ranger had a really great making of book. Really detailed, covering all stages of production at length, including the writing, seet design, trains and action, as well as even anecdotes about life on set.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 5, 2017 1:40:08 GMT
A few months back I re-read one of my favourite books on the film industry, Peter Biskind's Down And Dirty Pictures. Essentially a history of indie films going mainstream in the late 80s and through the 90s. The main "bad guy" in the narrative is Harvey Weinstein. Absolutely tonnes of stories about his wicked, wretched behaviour. So it's been quite bizarre for me to now have people in work and the like who might watch movies but don't know their Robert Evans from their Michael Eisners to know who Weinstein is all of a sudden. He's been a by-word for Hollywood sleaze for me for so long that I almost struggle to remind myself he wasn't a household name.
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Post by nucleusofswarm on Nov 12, 2017 0:35:47 GMT
Adventures in the Screen Trade by William Goldman.
Yes, it really is that good.
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Post by nucleusofswarm on Nov 16, 2017 14:36:17 GMT
Just read some more of Save The Cat.
Be a cynic if you wish, but Blake Snyder's book is very engaging.
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Post by nucleusofswarm on Dec 1, 2017 20:08:56 GMT
Adventures in the Screen Trade by William Goldman. Yes, it really is that good. And since then, I've been reading the follow-up, Which Lie Did I Tell? Just as good, though more on Goldman's views of the craft rather than war stories. |
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