Best Television Direction & Production

A complete catalogue of motion picture techniques for filmmakers. Film Directing Shot by Shot offers a good introduction to the rudiments of film production. Steven Katz's book gives a great breakdown of the fundamentals of film directing.

This updated edition to this classic manual for young filmmakers includes numerous additions reflecting the enormous changes impacting the world of digital video. Since publishing the first edition, Lanier and Nichols have gone on to become pioneers in the lnline video indsutry.

Through an overview of the music editing process, this book will equip you with detailed techniques to solve musical problems encountered during editing. "This is a 'must-read' for anyone considering a career in music editing, as well as a really useful reference book for anyone in sound post-production...Steven Saltzman is obviously a gifted teacher, as the book gently introduces you to who's who in the team involved, through providing the music track plus detailed observations from working professionals in an easy Q&A style...This book will most certainly go on my list of recommended reading for up-and-coming sound department professionals." "Saltzman does a fantastic job at detailing the work the music editor will go through from the beginning to the end...The interviews [of industry professionals] in the book are a fantastic bonus as well...This book is not only a good resource for music editors, but for anyone who is a part of the filmmaking process." Through an overview of the music editing process, this book will equip you with detailed techniques to solve musical problems encountered during editing."

This touching and hilarious memoir is 100 percent Carol Burnett -- funny, irreverent, and irresistible. In her second book, comedy legend Burnett looks back fondly on her long and successful career in short, easily digestible chapters that part the curtain on her private life. She also dishes about her famous costars and friends, including Jimmy Stewart, Lucille Ball, Cary Grant, Julie Andrews, and, of course, Carol Burnett Show regulars Harvey Korman, Tim Conway, Vicki Lawrence, and Lyle Waggoner. Fans of both the show and the actress will enjoy this mostly lighthearted though sometimes poignant look back at Burnett’s career. --Kathleen Hughes "These short memories, of the people Burnett met and interviewed over the years, on- and off-camera, bring it back — the golden age of variety shows....Burnett has a writer's eye for the moment, the detail, the slip that reveals character. — Los Angeles Times "Carol was a huge star on television because she was funny, daring, and always genuine.

The Hollywood Standard describes in clear, vivid prose and hundreds of examples how to format every element of a screenplay or television script. The book's strength lies in its ability to combine important specifics (e.g., the proper use of punctuation) with broader aspects of scriptwriting (e.g., how to describe what's being seen and heard within a shot or sequence). Riley, who's also written screenplays for Touchstone Pictures, Paramount and Mandalay, supplies what may be the first accurate, complete and practical guide to standard script formats, a reference that writers of film would do well to keep handy as they work.

It was only a matter of time before Diana Gabaldon’s bestselling Outlander saga made the leap from book to hit TV series, and the millions of readers captivated by the epic romance of Claire Beauchamp Randall and Jamie Fraser have eagerly followed.

It was only a matter of time before Diana Gabaldon’s bestselling Outlander saga made the leap from book to hit TV series, and the millions of readers captivated by the epic romance of Claire Beauchamp Randall and Jamie Fraser have eagerly followed.