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Microsoft Windows Movie Maker 2 (Visual QuickStart Guide)

8 reviews
Jan Ozer

Peachpit Press, 2004

Did You Know that Microsoft Windows XP has FREE ability to make Narrated Powerpoint Presentations?
I didn't know - and this book showed me how to use it. It is so easy to create a narrated powerpoint presentation, and give you the ability to distribute as needed. I cannot believe how easy it is to create movies using my video camera, and even better, the softare is FREE (Look in your "START " to find it. This book could NOT make it easier to take full use of the program. I lead a ...

Walt Disney: Young Movie Maker (Childhood of Famous Americans)

4 reviews
Marie Hammontree

Aladdin, 1997

I hope more people read this exciting book.
This book was enjoyable. Marie Hammontree described how a person can be a big success while being a little poor. It shows the ups and downs of Disney's life. She describes what it took to get to the top of his career. This book tells who he was inspired by and how they helped him. She told me his problems in his life and how they were solved. It gave me the puzzle pieces to his life so I ...

Ridley Scott: Interviews (Conversations With Filmmakers Series)

3 reviews

University Press of Mississippi, 2005

The Key of Ridley's Kingdom
I usually own all the movies directed by my favorite directors. Even their lesser achievements often prove to say a lot about them. And you usually get to understand the man (if not know them) through their filmography. I must admit that I never thought of Ridley Scott as one of my favorite directors until I read this book. I never actually realized that I actually own all his movies! and the ...

Walt Disney: The Triumph of the American Imagination

70 reviews
Neal Gabler

Knopf, 2006

A Great Biography
As a kid growing up in Southern California in the 1950's and 1960's, I was absolutely obsessed with Disneyland and the Mickey Mouse Club. The ultimate experience for me was spending a day at Disneyland with my sister and cousins. When I saw Neal Gabler's interview on the Today show, I was convinced that I needed to read his book. I was not disappointed. It took me about eight months to get ...

Leonard Maltin's 2009 Movie Guide (Leonard Maltin's Movie Guide)

17 reviews
Leonard Maltin

Plume, 2008

Still the quintessential reference book after all these years
Leonard Maltin has been issuing this yearly movie reference guide for many years. A while back (not sure when exactly), Maltin decided to split up the movies in pre-and after 1960 movies. The pre-1960 movies now have their own book ("Leonard Maltin's Classic Movie Guide"). "Leonard Maltin's 2009 Movie Guide" (a whopping 1,644 pages, this book should be sold "by the pound") brings the ...

The Guerilla Film Makers Movie Blueprint

2 reviews
Chris Jones, Jonathan Newman, ...

Continuum, 2003

Wow!!!
I am only Half of the way thru this book so far, but this is INCREDIBLE. Its actually giving me a head ache, how much information this guy has crammed into his book. The graphics, illustrations and photos are all excellent, and even the cartoons (which I normally HATE) are good. It helps that the chick is kinda cute! Every chapter gives you a "blueprint" of what you need to know about that ...

Mike Leigh on Mike Leigh (Directors on Directors)
Amy Raphael

Faber & Faber, 2008

An insightful collection of original interviews with the innovative director of Secrets & Lies A five-time Oscar nominee and BAFTA winner and the only British director to have won the top prize at both Cannes (for Secrets & Lies ) and Venice (for Vera Drake ), Mike Leigh is unquestionably one of world cinema?s preeminent figures. First trained in theater, Leigh devised his own method for the making of first plays and then films, based on ...

Tim Burton: A Child's Garden of Nightmares

1 review

Plexus Publishing, 2007

A lot of great information about a great director!
"Tim Burton: A Child's Garden of Nightmares" is divided into chapters, each chapter being a movie that he directed or created (A Nightmare Before Christmas). For each chapter, there are articles that people wrote when the movie was being made and a review. I wish it had more interviews with Tim, but oh well. The book also has alot of pictures of him and the actors on set and there's a chapter ...

David Lynch: Beautiful Dark (Scarecrow Filmmakers Series)

1 review
Greg Olson

The Scarecrow Press, Inc., 2008

Beautiful Dark - A work of art...
Simply put, the book, "Beautiful Dark" by Greg Olson is a work of art. Even though I had seen it coming for years now, I never expected it to affect me the way it did. I have to admit, that for years, being a long time fan of Lynch, I have read practically every Lynch related book, news article, and watched every interview that I could possibly get my hands on. After reading this book, I was ...

Microsoft Windows Movie Maker 2: Do Amazing Things (Bpg-Other)

6 reviews
John Buechler

Microsoft Press, 2004

Wonderful Movie Maker!
If you have made slideshows and used pictures in PowerPoint or other programs, give Movie Maker a shot. Then after you fiddle with Movie Maker, give this book a shot. I have found it to be the very best guide to Movie Maker available and I don't think you will be disappointed. It gives a very good description of Movie Maker from top to bottom and the pictures on every page are beautiful and ...

Tim Burton: Interviews (Conversations With Filmmakers Series)

2 reviews

University Press of Mississippi, 2005

A Great Book for Burton Fans!!!
The Tim Burton Interviews is a must have for anyone who loves Tim Burton or filmmaking in general. Kristian Fraga's introduction sets the tone for this fun and informative book on Tim Burtons life, love for movies, and insight into the unique mind of Tim Burton.

Buster Keaton Remembered

14 reviews
Eleanor Keaton, Jeffrey Vance

Harry N. Abrams, 2001

Buster-a wonderful and fitting remembrance
I can't believe I've reached my 50th review.And it is happily on a topic near and dear to my heart.....Buster Keaton. Buster was not as appreciated as he might have been in his 1920s heydays.And when his downfall at the hands of MGM came in the early 30s,as far as the public was concerned he was just considered just another fatality like so many of his peers that occured in the late 20s and ...

Ingmar Bergman: Interviews (Conversations With Filmmakers Series) (Conversations With Filmmakers Series)

4 reviews

Univ Pr of Mississippi (Trd), 2007

Great book! Highly informative!
I'm a big fan of Bergman, and I was thrilled to see these interviews come back into print. They tell you so much about Bergman's life, films, and his personal opinions. Organized chronologically, this book reveals a development of Bergman both as an artist and as a person. I highly recommend this book to anyone who is interested in learning about Bergman's genius or film in general. The ...

Print the Legend: The Life and Times of John Ford

19 reviews
Scott Eyman

The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2001

Biography that's a page turner!`
Having read a fair number of biographies in my time, in subjects from Science to American and military history, this book is as fine a work as I've seen. It is quite probably the best work of its kind on John Ford and pulls few punches when presenting the dark side of this complex man's character. Genius often goes hand-in-hand with madness, and the odd juxtapositions of cruelty and ...

A Killer Life: How an Independent Film Producer Survives Deals and Disasters in Hollywood and Beyond

5 reviews
Christine Vachon, Austin Bunn

Hal Leonard Corporation, 2007

better than film school!
As an aspiring producer, I have long looked up to the indie queen Christine Vachon, and I was interested to read this book after having read her excellent SHOOTING TO KILL. I read that book when I was back in college, but this book is better. It's definitely more personal - in a way it reads like a memoir. You feel like you are going through all the trials and tribulations with her. There's ...

Scorsese on Scorsese: Revised Edition

7 reviews
David Thompson

Faber & Faber, 2004

Answers Scorsese Fans' FAQS
This reader felt almost privileged to read these interviews, lectures, and conversations with Martin Scorsese. He simply shares everything, and indeed he is, if nothing else, a true fan of movies! The insightful words of Scorsese, arranged to parallel his filmography up through New York Stories, are annotated by the redoubtable editors Thompson and Christie. Scorsese is arguably the greatest ...

Phallic Frenzy: Ken Russell and His Films (Cappella Books)

1 review
Joseph Lanza

Chicago Review Press, 2007

Best book yet on this Film Maker
"Phallic Frenzy is the book that was screaming to be written. Lanza does with words what Russell does with imagery. Not an easy task. All with the same tongue-in-cheek, wink-of-an-eye humor." -- Leonard Pollack, Ken Russell's former stills photographer and costume designer

Roman Polanski: Interviews (Conversations With Filmmakers Series)

1 review

University Press of Mississippi, 2005

The mind of Polanski
Polanski is perhaps my favortie director. I was excited upon the release of this book of selected interviews... it is always great to hear from the director himself. Four stars for the following reasons (though for some these may be positive points): - Some of the interviews are quite dated, going as far back as the mid-sixties. While interesting to hear of the directors evolution, it ...

Microsoft Windows Movie Maker for Dummies

2 reviews
Keith Underdahl

Hungry Minds, 2000

Great way to learn Movie Maker
When I bought my digital camcorder, I wanted to learn how to quickly get up to speed with Movie Maker so I could share my movies. This author really knows what he's talking about, and it made my life a whole lot easier. This is a "must buy" for anyone who wants to make their own movies in Windows!

Spike Lee: Interviews (Conversations With Filmmakers Series)

2 reviews

University Press of Mississippi, 2002

Much respect to the man
This book gave me more insight into the man behind some of my favorite films of all-time. There are a lot of his films I have not seen yet, but after reading the many interviews and getting more out of Lee than ever, I'm motivated to own all of his films. It was cool to see how he comes up with his scripts, some of the challenges he faced in bringing them to life, and some of the criticizing he ...

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