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"For nearly two decades, Documentary Storytelling has reached filmmakers and filmgoers worldwide with its unique focus on the key ingredient for success in the global documentary marketplace: storytelling. As this revised, updated fifth edition makes clear, nonfiction storytelling is not limited to ... more
"This book covers everything you need to know to master the fundamentals of location sound recording and post-production sound in a comprehensive one-stop guide. This user-friendly book provides real world situations to analyse the many kinds of location recording configurations and post-production ... more
"Guerrilla Film Marketing takes readers through each step of the film branding, marketing and promotional process. Tailored specifically to low-budget independent films and filmmakers, Guerrilla Film Marketing offers practical and immediately implementable advice for marketing considerations across ... more
"Put the video podcast medium to work for you and your clients with a winning formula. Know how video podcasts work and every facet of what it takes to produce a professional-quality program that will meet every criterion for success. The authors are seasoned video production pros that have been on ... more
"El lector encontrará en un lenguaje sencillo, de manera precisa y detallada los cómos del proceso de realización de sus series favoritas." (Contratapa)

Filmproduktion: Eine Einführung in die Produktionsleitung

Konstanz; München: UVK, 3., völlig überarbeitete Aufl. (2024), 298 pp.
"Wie Filme fesselnde Geschichten erzählen, zeigt Hagen Myller. In seinem Buch beschreibt er maßgebliche Arbeitsschritte: von der Konzeption der Handlung über die Montage bis hin zur Regie. Der Fokus liegt auf einem zentralen Aspekt, der in der filmwissenschaftlichen Literatur oft unberücksichtig ... more
"Und bitte los" ist ein bildreiches „Lese-Arbeitsbuch”. Du findest gesammeltes Know-how, direkt umsetzbare Schritt-für-Schritt-Anleitungen, Kopiervorlagen, Checklisten, QR-Codes zu Video-Beispielen sowie vertiefend Wissenswertes zur Filmproduktion mit Gruppen. Für Laien verständlich, mit viel ... more
"Das neue Zeitalter der Streamingwelt bedeutet nicht nur einen Umbruch der Sehgewohnheiten des Publikums, die Entwicklung der Geschichten hat sich ebenfalls radikal verändert. Serien führen ihre Erzählungen über Stunden aus und sind komplexer und diverser. Filme werden nicht nur für den nationa ... more
"This book sets out the fundamentals of filmmaking, explores academic discourse on digital documentaries and online distribution, and considers the place of this discourse in the evolving academic landscape. The book walks its readers through the intellectual and practical processes of creating digi ... more
"Ob Youtube-Clips, Doku-Formate, Musikvideos, Fernsehinterviews oder Kurzspielfilme: Um eigene Filmprojekte erfolgreich umzusetzen, braucht es mehr als eine Idee und eine Kamera. Thomas Strauch und Carsten Engelke erklären die zentralen Aspekte der praktischen Ästhetik und machen in einfachen Übu ... more
"Author and veteran filmmaker Rustin Thompson shows that by stripping away, sidestepping, or reassessing the entrenched industry hurdles-long waits for funding, the unwieldy crews, the unnecessary gear, the gauntlet of film festivals, pitch forums, and distribution networks-filmmakers can move quick ... more

The Impact Field Guide and Toolkit: From Art to Impact

London et al.: Doc Society, 2nd ed. (2019), 381 pp.
"This guide is about more than just tools and resources, it’s about building community. As with the process of evaluation, we saw an opportunity to learn about how impact happens and to track how films are catalysing social change. That’s the impetus behind the case studies that make up our Impa ... more
"The potential of documentary moving images to foster democratic exchange has been percolating within media production culture for the last century, and now, with mobile cameras at our fingertips and broadcasts circulating through unpredictable social networks, the documentary impulse is coming into ... more
"En el proyecto PLAID se realizaron cursos de capacitación en vídeo para agricultores y consultores. Las experiencias obtenidas en estos cursos constituyen la base de esta guía. En ella se dan consejos sobre cómo producir vídeos informativos utilizando medios sencillos. Esta guía sigue los tre ... more
"El objetivo de esta guía va más allá de presentar herramientas y recursos, pretende crear comunidad. Igual que sucede con el proceso de evaluación, vimos una oportunidad para aprender cómo se produce el impacto y hacer un seguimiento de cómo las películas están catalizando el cambio social. ... more
"Nós oferecemos ideias e abordagens para que você não tenha que lidar com um obstáculo que alguém já ultrapassou e, com isso, concentrar-se nos desafios próprios de seu projeto. Disponibilizamos todas as nossas colaborações, conversas, acordos e desentendimentos com equipes de filmagem incr ... more