Category: Filmmaking Resources

• Film Editing Software

  Final Cut Pro
  Apple's Final Cut Pro is a professional non-linear editing software application. Also see Final Cut Express, the consumer version of the software.

  Avid Technology
  Avid specializes in video and audio production technology, and specifically in digital non-linear editing systems.

  Adobe Systems
  Adobe has several software applications that are used in the film and video editing process, such as Premiere Pro, Encore, and After Effects.

• Producers Software

  Showbiz Budgeting & Actualization
  A software for creating a budget for a commercials, music video, feature film, television, corporate video, post production, and still photography.

  Movie Magic Budgeting
  Entertainment Partners' widely-used software for budgeting and cost estimation for all types of productions.

  Movie Magic Scheduling
  Entertainment Partners' software for creating an actionable schedule for a project, from script to production to post.

  Scenechronize
  An online application of production and scheduling tools. Check out the free version.

• Recommended Books for Producers

  All You Need to Know About the Movie and TV Business: Fifth Edition
  Gail Resnik & Scott Trost

  The Big Picture: Money and Power in Hollywood
  Edward Jay Epstein

  The Biz: The Basic Business, Legal and Financial Aspects of the Film Industry
  Schulyler M. Moore

  The Business of Media Distribution: Monetizing Film, TV and Video Content in an Online World
  Jeff Ulin

  Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
  Chuck Barris

  From Concept to Screen: An Overview of Film & Television Production
  Robert Benedetti

  The Genius of the System: Hollywood Filmmaking in the Studio Era
  Thomas Schatz

  Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement without Giving In
  Robert Fischer & William Ury

  Give and Take: The Complete Guide to Negotiating Strategies and Tactics
  Chester L. Karrass

  Independent Film Producers' Survivors Guide
  Gunnar Erickson

  Making Your Film for Less Outside the U.S.
  Mark De Wayne

  The Movie Business Book, Third Edition
  Jason E. Squire, ed.

  Movie Money: Understanding Hollywood's (Creative) Accounting Practices
  Bill Daniels, David Leedy & Steven D. Sills

  Showbiz Labor Guide

  The Television P.A.'s Handbook
  Avril Rowlands

  This Business of Television
  Howard J. Blumenthal & Oliver R. Goodenough

• Recommended Books for Directors

  Cinematic Storytelling: The 100 Most Powerful Film Conventions Every Filmmaker Must Know
  Jennifer Van Sijll

  Directing, Fourth Edition: Film Techniques and Aesthetics
  Michael Rabiger

  Directing Actors: Creating Memorable Performances for Film & Television
  Judith Weston

  Directing the Story: Professional Storytelling and Storyboarding Techniques for Live Action and Animation
  Francis Glebas

  The Film Director Prepares: A Practical Guide to Directing for Film and TV
  Myrl A. Schreibman

  Film Directing: Cinematic Motion, Second Edition
  Steven D. Katz

  Film Directing Fundamentals, Third Edition: See Your Film Before Shooting
  Nicholas T. Proferes

  Master Shots: 100 Advanced Camera Techniques to Get an Expensive Look on Your Low-Budget Movie
  Christopher Kenworthy

  Moviemakers' Master Class: Private Lessons from the World's Foremost Directors
  Laurent Tirard

  My First Movie: Twenty Celebrated Directors Talk about Their First Film
  Stephen Lowenstein

  On Directing Film
  David Mamet

  On Film-making: An Introduction to the Craft of the Director
  Alexander Mackendrick, Paul Cronin & Martin Scorsese