Tell us the books you have read that you consider around 70% fluff so we don't suggest them.

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The best book that ive read, that puts it down in laymans term is "the Guerrila filmmakers handbook' by Chris Jones and Geneveive Joliffe. It may not be what you want but he covers all bases for independent filmmaking. Also been on a masterclass with Chris and hes really good.

The book is like a bible. In america though there may be bitter/different for your culture

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I would suggest that the 70% fluff is stuff that every basic film book should have. It's only fluff if you've read it before in another book.

RJSchwarz
San Diego, CA

Filmmaking for dummies. if you only ever read 1 book on filmmaking then this should be it. I recomend this book on here to every one who asks the same question, cause its easy to understand and will cover most,if not all the questions you've been asking your self. Cleary.

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It's only fluff if you've read it before in another book.

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Great point. The "fluff" was helpful when I saw it the first time but it got repetitive seeing it re-worded in other books. It's wrong of me to think that way about it. All the books were very helpful. I've read "Rebel without a crew", "Feature Filmmaking at used car prices", "Directing 101", "The Portable Film School", and "The Complete Guide to Standard Script Fomats".

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Try 'Cinematography: Its theory and practice' by Blain Brown for a detailed introduction to cinematography (digital and film)

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One of the reasons why every book about filmmaking kind of repeats
stuff is because filmmaking is very simple. There are several
steps that all productions need to finish in order to make a
movie. Every good book will touch on these.

I mean there are only three stages:
Pre Production
Production
Post Production

How each filmmaker handles the main stages is a little different
but each stage is exactly the same. So maybe you would be more
interested in anecdotal stories by filmmakers and not "text book"
style book about the basics.

I'll tell you all something now yeah! f**k whats written about how you should be make films, if you know how you want to make films your way then get out there and make them the way that you see them. f**k filmmaking ideoloigies about, films should be made this way or that way. Make it your own way cause thats how you want to make it. Cause thats how films should be mde. Cleary.

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Rebel Without a Crew...by Robert Rodriguez

Those books listed are mostly fluff...too much about how the filmmakers made their films instead of the facts of filmmaking, cinematography, etc. "Just Shoot It!" is all about the facts...no fluff. Best book out there. "Film Production Technique" is also a great book.

I read pretty much everythign I could find and nearly every one had some stuff that wasn't found in the others.

RJSchwarz
San Diego, CA