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Movies in TCCD's streaming services: Careers in Film Making

Guide to streaming on TCCD's various streaming services.

Directing and Editing

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The sound effects bible : how to create and record Hollywood style sound effects - Tarrant County College (exlibrisgroup.com)

Offers user-friendly knowledge and stimulating exercises to help compose story, develop characters and create emotion through skillful creation of the sound track.

The Foley Grail: The Art of Performing Sound for Film, Games, and Animation - Tarrant County College (exlibrisgroup.com)

Master classic and cutting-edge Foley techniques that will allow you to create rich, convincing sound for any medium, be it film, television, radio, podcasts, animation, or games.

Sound: Dialogue, Music, and Effects - Tarrant County College (exlibrisgroup.com)

This title is a complete guide to recording dialog on location. The topics include audio basics, microphone selection, wireless systems, recording and mixing techniques.

On film editing an introduction to the art of film construction - Tarrant County College (exlibrisgroup.com)

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Costume, makeup, and hair - Tarrant County College (exlibrisgroup.com)

The art of film costume design

                A closer look at the art that is costume design.

For Film Set Decorators, Tiny Details Count

               A deeper look at the job of a set decorator.

Top 50 movies with ingenious costume design

                A fun look at costumes.

Architectural Digest: Set Design 

                Set design from current film and TV shows.

Movie Makeup Artist Job Description

                Make-up Design in film.

 

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Directing and Editing

 

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12 Tips for Directing Your First Feature Film

7 Basic Things All Future Film Directors Should be Doing Right No

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Courses for beginners all the way to advanced filmmakers from general learning to tutorials on specific software.

Books on Directing

The Cinema of Muhammad Malas Visions of a Syrian Auteur - Tarrant County College (exlibrisgroup.com)

Includes critical analyses and archival material, as well as original interviews translated from Arabic to English, to offer more in-depth perspective on Malas’s work. Part of a new book series on Arab cinema that provides intimate and innovative windows onto the Arab region and its filmmakers.

Directors tell the story : master the craft of television and film directing - Tarrant County College (exlibrisgroup.com)

Covering everything through prep, shoot, and post, the authors offer practical instruction on how to craft a creative vision, translate a script into a visual story, establish and maintain the look and feel of a television show or film, lead the cast and crew, keep a complex operation running on time and on budget, and effectively oversee editing and post-production.

Sleepless in Hollywood: tales from the new abnormal in the movie business - Tarrant County College (exlibrisgroup.com)

By the author of the bestseller HelloHe Lied, a veteran producer takes a witty look at the new Hollywood. Lynda Obst returns to dish on the experts, tastemakers, and moguls of today's Hollywood and the movies they make. She describes how the movie business has lost its MO--and is now losing its talent to network and especially cable TV. With the collapse of the DVD market, the movie industry was crippled. The business reacted by producing tentpoles (mega-hits) or tadpoles (which nobody gets a chance to see).

 

 

Film and video editing - Tarrant County College (exlibrisgroup.com

Emmy-winning television and film directors and editors take you inside the process and psychology of film editing, and how to direct the edit.

Film and video editing - Tarrant County College (exlibrisgroup.com)

This book traces the history and current practice in film and television arguing that a solid base of knowledge of the craft of the skill is essential for the proper application of the new techniques.

The Invisible Presence: Cut-In, Close-Up, and Off-Scene in Antonello da Messina's Palermo Annunciate - Tarrant County College (exlibrisgroup.com)

The book reveals how the editor like a magician manipulates his audience by using sleight of hand and seduces them by anticipating their needs and desires.

First cut : conversations with film editors - Tarrant County College (exlibrisgroup.com)