| Book | Description |
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| Cinema studies, the Key concepts
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A useful resource for those starting cinema studies. |
| Directing the Documentary | A collection of essays about Documentary making |
| The Film Sense | Sergei Eisenstein explains his editing theory adding case examples of films he has made. |
| Documentary: A history of the Non-fiction film | An interesting read for those wanting to find out about documentary ages during the past century |
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Video Camera Techniques
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A useful book for those wanting to study more about how to film properly |
| The Independent Producer; Establishing a profitable video business
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An interesting resource if you're starting up in video production |
| Making Videos for Money | A book written for those aiming to take video making to a proffessional level |
| Understanding Media cultures | A look into how the media conveys the message and what effect it has on it's audience. |
| For those interested in making video more hands on for the local population why not browse through this book for ideas | |
| Taking a look at how technology and globalization are affecting the way in which news is gathered and distributed to it's audience. | |
| Power without Responsibility
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Taking a look at Great Britain's media and the way in which they may inform the public |
| Understanding media
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Written by Marshall Mcluhhan, one of the most influential media writers of the time. He takes a look at the way in which through time the media have affected people. He speaks about Hot and cold media and what amount of influence they have had on people. |
| Manufacturing Consent | Noam Chomsky is known for his views on the media, he is warning people to beware of the way in which news coverage is manipulated by the government to give the information which suits the government most at the time |
| Film Art | Taking various films as examples this is an interesting book when learning about codes and conventions within the cinema's great classics |
| The Search for Reality | A collection of essays written by directors who speak about the trials they have encountered while shooting their documentaries |
| Film directing and Aesthetics
| For those whom are interesting in directing this book explores the variety of shots which can be prepared, how to deal with actors and more |
| Film directing Shot by shot
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Written for those interested in cinematography |
| Broadcast News Writing, Reporting and Producing | A good resource for those needing a little more guidance when starting out in broadcast news production |
| Lighting for Video | Uses a range of examples to exlpain how to light a set with single and three point lighting. Explains how to get various lighting configurations to get the desired look so that a scene is three dimensional. |
On Writing Well |
Webmaster's Pick For anyone wishing to improve their writing this is an ideal book. It's an enjoyable read and I think of it whenever writing. |
Writing to Learn |
By the same author of On Writing Well this is complementary reading |
Mass Media and society |
The core text for anyone wanting to study the media, includes essays about various ideas |
Satelite Realms |
Taking a look at Satelite Broadcasting in the middle East |
From Grierson to the Docu-soap |
Exploring documentaries over time |
Global Media Governance |
Taking a look at the various bodies governing the world's media |