weblinks

 

The BBC has lots of online info and courses:

http://www.bbctraining.com/

 

see the Good Shooting Guide: the basic principles on:

http://www.bbctraining.com/onlineCourse.asp?tID=5914&cat=2781

 

Channel 4 also have one:

http://www.channel4.com/film/makingmovies/makemovies.html

 

and a blog about documentary filmmaking:

http://www.channel4.com/blogs/page/fourdocs?catname=%2FFilmmaking+Tips

 

This comes highly recommended:

http://filmmaker.com/links.html

 

Professional examples of storyboards:

http://www.thestoryboardartist.com/

 

A comparison of traditional film editing with electronic nonlinear editing:

http://www.nonlinear4.com/brandt.htm

 

bibliography

These books are all available in University of Sheffield libraries

Film art: an introduction by David Bordwell, Kristin Thompson. New York; London: McGraw-Hill, 1993
Has been in print for years. Excellent.

 

Directing on camera: a checklist of video and film technique by Harris Watts, London: Aavo Media, 1992
The TV producer's bible!

 

Film and video editing by Roger Crittenden, London: Blueprint, 1995
A thought-provoking book

 

Film directing shot by shot: visualizing from concept to screen by Steven D. Katz. Studio City, Calif.: Michael Wiese Productions, c1991
A useful guide to get you started

 

Movie making: a guide to film production by Sumner Glimcher, Warren Johnson. New York : Columbia University Press, 1975

 

Projections: film-makers on film-making, edited by John Boorman and Walter Donohue. Vol.5.

 

The complete book of video: techniques, subjects, equipment by David Cheshire. London: Dorling Kindersley, 1990

 

A Digital nonlinear editing: editing film and video on the desktop by Thomas Ohanian. Boston, Mass.; Oxford: Focal Press, c1998

 

The independent film & videomaker's guide by Michael Wiese. Studio City, CA: Michael Wiese Productions, 1998

 

Novel into film: the case of La familia de Pascual Duarte and Los santos inocentes by Patricia J. Santoro. Newark: London: University of Delaware Press; Associated University Presses, c1996

 

Producing and directing the short film and video by Peter W. Rea and David K. Irving. Boston; Oxford: Focal Press, 1995

 

Story : substance, structure, style and the principles of screenwriting by Robert McKee. London : Methuen , 1998

 

Video camera techniques by Gerald Millerson. Oxford: Focal Press, 1994

 

Video production handbook by Gerald Millerson. Oxford: Focal Press, 1992

 

film and art

Jane and Louise Wilson
Art practices, multi-screen video installations, created films such as Monument Apollo Pavillion and Normapaths.

http://www.artfacts.net/index.php/pageType/artistInfo/artist/2474

Mike Figgis
Mainstream filmmaker/Director, has developed innovative techniques. Produced Time Code in 2000, where the film screen is split into 4 with consecutive and interlocking stories shown at once.

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001214/

http://www.haro-online.com/movies/time_code.html

Peter Greenaway
Filmmaker/Director, his work has been called anti-cinematic in that he works against the established mainstream, high budget films.  Two examples of his work are The Belly of an Architect in 1987, Drowning by Numbers in 1988.

http://petergreenaway.co.uk/

Lev Manovich
New Media expert and visual artist, Manovich is interested in the development of film in the past, and how the digital age has enabled more people to push the boundaries of filmmaking.

http://www.manovich.net/

Patrick Keiller
Makes films that are perceived as architectural as they often focus on different and varied environments, with still shots that allow the viewer to watch an everyday scene unfold at a speed that encourages you to look around the screen rather than focus on the middle. Titles include London and Robinson in Space.

http://www.luxonline.org.uk/artists/patrick_keiller/index.html