recommended
books on film making
Bruce Block, The Visual Story, Second Edition: Creating the Visual Structure of Film, TV and Digital Media (2007)
Edwin Catmull and Amy Wallace, Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces that Stand in the Way of True Inspiration (2014)
Walt Disney Animation Research Library, Design (Walt Disney Animation Archive Series) (2010)
Walt Disney Animation Research Library, Layout & Background (Walt Disney Animation Archive Series) (2011)
Syd Field, Screenplay: The Foundations of Screenwriting (2005)
Sidney Lumet, Making Movies (1995)
Alexander MacKendrick, On Film-making: An Introduction to the Craft of the Director (2005)
Scott McCloud, Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art (1994)
Scott McCloud, Making Comics: Storytelling Secrets of Comics, Manga and Graphic Novels (2006)
Robert McKee, Story: Substance, Structure, Style and the Principles of Screenwriting (1997)
Walter Murch, In the Blink of an Eye: A Perspective on Film Editing, 2nd Edition (2001)
Ernest R. Norling, Perspective Made Easy (Dover Art Instruction) (1999)
Walt Stanchfield, Drawn to Life: 20 Golden Years of Disney Master Classes: Volume 1: The Walt Stanchfield Lectures (2009)
Walt Stanchfield, Drawn to Life: 20 Golden Years of Disney Master Classes: Volume 2: The Walt Stanchfield Lectures (2009)
David Trottier, The Screenwriter's Bible, 6th Edition: A Complete Guide to Writing, Formatting, and Selling Your Script (Expanded & Updated) (2014)
John Truby, The Anatomy of Story: 22 Steps to Becoming a Master Storyteller (2008)
Linda Venis, Cut to the Chase: Writing Feature Films with the Pros at UCLA Extension Writers' Program (2013)
Christopher Vogler, The Writers Journey: Mythic Structure for Writers, 3rd Edition (2007)
Sylvain Despretz, Los Angeles: Film storyboards & songs of sirens caught in celluloid (2021)