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Here’s a convenient listing of the books, DVDs, movies, and websites you may find useful. Hyperlinks for books and media will take you directly to that item at Amazon.com for convenient ordering. You'll find more resources on the DV References and Web Links page.

Books

Egri, Lajos, The Art of Dramatic Writing (New York: Touchstone/Simon and Schuster, 1960) Art of Dramatic Writing

Gabler, Neal, An Empire of Their Own: How the Jews Invented (New York: Doubleday Anchor, 1988) An Empire of Their Own

Hunter, Lew, Lew Hunter's Screenwriting 434 (New York: Perigee/Penguin Putnam, 1995) Lew Hunter's Screenwriting 434 (Serial)

Shaner, Pete and Gerald Everett Jones, Real World Digital Video, Second Edition (Berkeley: Peachpit Press, 2004) Hey, buy this book!

Koppelman, Charles, Behind the Seen: How Walter Murch Edited Cold Mountain Using Apple’s Final Cut Pro and What This Means for Cinema (Indianapolis: New Riders Press, 2004) Behind the Seen

Rodriguez, Robert, Rebel Without a Crew: Or How a 23-Year-Old Filmmaker with $7,000 Became a Hollywood Player (New York: Plume/E. P. Dutton, 1996) Rebel Without a Crew: Or How a...

 DVD Collections

Directors, The: The Essential DVD Collection (Los Angeles: Fox Lorber, 2001) The Directors - The Essential DVD...

Wilson, Michael Henry (dir.), Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies, A  (Burbank: Miramax, 1995) A Personal Journey With Martin Scorsese...

Movies

28 Days Later, directed by Danny Boyle (2003)

Apocalypse Now, directed by Francis Ford Coppola (1979)

Bowling for Columbine, directed by Michael Moore (2002)

Civil War, The, TV mini-series, directed by Ken Burns (1990)

Close Call for Boston Blackie, A, directed by Lew Landers (1946)

Cold Mountain, directed by Anthony Minghella (2003)

English Patient, The, directed by Anthony Minghella (1996)

Farenheit 9/11, directed by Michael Moore (2004)

Gangs of New York, directed by Martin Scorsese (2002)

Gladiator, directed by Ridley Scott (2000)

Hamlet, directed by Kenneth Branagh (starring Branagh, 1996)

Hamlet, directed by Franco Zeffirelli (starring Mel Gibson, 1990)

Hamlet, directed by Laurence Olivier (starring Olivier, 1948)

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, directed by Chris Columbus (2001)

Jaws, directed by Steven Spielberg (1975)

Lethal Weapon, directed by Richard Donner (1987)

Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The, directed by Peter Jackson (2001)

Love Story, directed by Arthur Hiller (1970)

MacGyver, TV series, created by Lee David Zlotoff (1985-1992)

Matrix, The, directed by Andy Wachowski and Larry Wachowski (1999)

Men in Black II, directed by Barry Sonnenfeld (2002)

Pretty Woman, directed by Garry Marshall (1990)

Princess Diaries, The, directed by Garry Marshall (2001)

Roger & Me, directed by Michael Moore (1989)

Star Wars: Episode II: Attack of the Clones, directed by George Lucas (2002)

Websites

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences www.oscars.org 

Adobe software training www.adobe.com/products/premiere/training.html 

American Film Institute (AFI)  www.afi.com 

Apple software training www.apple.com/software/pro/training

Atom Films (e-distributor)  atomfilms.shockwave.com/af/home

Avid software training www.avid.com/training/index.html 

B&H Photo (gear and supplies) www.bhphotovideo.com 

BeachTek (audio adapters) www.beachtek.com 

Camcorderinfo.com (camera technology) www.camcorderinfo.com 

CD Baby (online music distribution) www.cdbaby.com 

Craigslist (classified ads for used gear), www.craigslist.org 

Drew’s Script-o-Rama, www.script-o-rama.com 

Famous Frames, Inc. (storyboard artists)  www.famousframes.com 

Film Festivals (listing)  www.filmfestivals.com 

Film Music Magazine  www.filmmusicmag.com 

Film Education.com (film school directory) www.filmeducation.com 

Filmmaker.com (forms and tips)  www.filmmaker.com 

Final Draft, Inc. www.finaldraft.com 

Gee Three (iMovie plugins) www.geethree.com  Slick Sampler download 

Internet Movie Database  www.imdb.com 

Independent Feature Project  www.ifp.org 

InkTip (writer-to-producer online mart)  www.inktip.com 

International Documentary Association (IDA)  www.documentary.org 

.Mac (online storage and Apple enhancements) www.mac.com 

Media Access Project (free-speech issues)  www.mediaaccess.org 

Media Pal (online media distribution) www.mediapal.com 

Music Biz Academy.com (online music distribution) www.musicbizacademy.com 

Netflix (DVDs)  www.netflix.com 

School of Cinema and Performing Arts (SOCAPA), www.socapa.org 

Screen Actors Guild, www.sag.org 

Shure, Inc. (audio gear) www.shure.com 

SmartSound, Inc. (Sonicfire Pro) www.smartsound.com 

Sound Hunter (sound effects) www.soundhunter.com 

Storyboard Quick! (software)  www.storyboardartist.com 

Studio 1 (audio gear) www.studio1productions.com 

U.S. Library of Congress (copyright information and forms), www.loc.gov/copyright 

Without a Box, Inc. (film festival submission service)  www.withoutabox.com 

Writers Guild of America  www.wga.org 

X Drive (online storage) www.xdrive.com

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