ISBN The Filmmaker’s Handbook

The Filmmaker’s Handbook

The fourth edition of the authoritative guide to producing, directing, shooting, editing, and distributing your video or film.

Widely acknowledged as the “bible” of video and film production, and used in courses around the world, The Filmmaker’s Handbook is now updated with the latest advances in HD and new digital formats. For students and teachers, professionals and novices, this indispensable handbook covers all aspects of movie making.

• Techniques for making dramatic features, documentaries, corporate, broadcast, and experimental videos and films
•  Shooting with DSLRs, video, film, and digital cinema cameras
•  Digital editing with the latest video editing systems
•  In-depth coverage of lenses, lighting, sound recording, and mixing
•  The business aspects of funding and producing your project
•  Getting your movie shown in theaters, on TV, and on the Web


About author(s)
Steven Ascher is an Oscar-nominated filmmaker who has taught film at Harvard and MIT. He most recently directed the Emmy-nominated documentary Raising Renee.

Edward Pincus was a director of many films, including The Axe in the Attic and One Cut, One Life. He taught film courses at Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and developed the MIT Film Section. He died in 2013.