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Books
British Film Institute (BFI)
The BFI publishes a wide range of books for a variety of audiences: from GCSE and A-Level students to undergraduates who are studying the moving image at an advanced level. Many of their more popular books are also aimed at a broader audience with a passion for cinema. These include the acclaimed BFI Film Classics series and its complementary series BFI Modern Classics which discusses the best in contemporary world cinema.
Creative Screenwriting - A Practical Guide
by Tony Bicat and Tony Macnabb
A step-by-step guide to writing a screenplay, from the initial idea through to pitching a screenplay in the real world and selling your final draft. Topics include:
This book is based on and inspired by the authors' professional experience and their workshops at the Short Course Unit at the UK's National Film and Television School. It is written for both the first-time screenwriter and the established writer seeking to change direction or overcome a block, as well as those working in other disciplines in the industry.
Focal Press
Visit the Focal Press website for details of a wide range of books on film production.
The Guerilla Filmmakers Handbookby Chris Jones and Genevieve Jolliffe
www.livingspirit.com/books.htm
The Knowledge
The Knowledge is packed full of all the contacts and services you need at any stage in the production process, from pre to post production. Published annually and extensively updated every year, The Knowledge is one of the biggest sources of industry information. Also available on CD-ROM and on the web.
How to Fund Your Film: The Film Finance HandbookHow to Fund Your Film: The Film Finance Handbook is a comprehensive roadmap to film funding structures and opportunities in the UK. From low budget short film schemes through to multi-million pound international co-productions, this is a vital reference guide for producers, filmmakers, financiers and their advisors.
Following on from UK Film Finance Guide 2006/2007, How To Fund Your Film, published by Netribution, is completely updated and significantly expanded.
The Pitchby Eileen Quinn and Judy Counihan
A lively, witty and confidence-inspiring guide through the pitch process, this unique book is aimed at every aspiring and practising storyteller/film-maker setting out to turn their Big Idea into a reality. Based on a series of 'how-to' lectures developed by the authors over the last decade and interwoven with interviews with many well-known filmmakers, the book's approach is twofold. Firstly it looks at the requirements and psychology of buyers, and how successful sales techniques can be adapted to the film industry, providing a detailed analysis of the actual Pitch Process from preparation to delivery. Secondly it incorporates the experience of big name industry practitioners who relate their 'best and worst' pitch stories and advice, punctuated by a series of entertaining illustrations from the Guardian cartoonists and animators Berger and Wyse. Film students, artists, agents, distributors, script executives, and producers will find the insights of The Pitch utterly invaluable and refer to it again and again each time go out to market their Big Ideas.
Script Factory
On thier website the Script Factory suggests books that offer advice on screenwriting: not an exhaustive guide, but a small selection that they consider to be potentially most helpful to new writers.
http://www.scriptfactory.co.uk/go/Resources/Article_36.html
Magazines
British Film Magazine
Britishfilmmagazine is an online consumer magazine designed to celebrate British films and the wealth of British film talent in movies everywhere. It aims to provide everyone interested in British film with the latest information of every aspect of the British film world, from script ideas through location reports to new cinema releases and DVDs.
Directors Notes
Film & Festivals
It's a Wrap
It’s a Wrap is a free online magazine, published quarterly, from The New Producers Alliance. It features news and articles about independent filmmaking in the UK and beyond.
movieScope
movieScope magazine is the UK's only trade/specialist consumer film magazine with a focus on global filmmaking - from Independent and European film to Hollywood and World cinema. movieScope magazine provides an unrivalled insider's point-of-view into a broad spectrum of filmmaking processes including acting, animations, directing, documentary, DV filmmaking, producing and writing.
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