DVXuser's Directors Bible

jpbankesmercer · Nov 9, 2006

'DVXuser's Directors Bible'

Jean-Paul Bankes-Mercer

Directors Guilds (INPO)

Directors Guild of America
http://www.dga.org/index2.php3

Directors Guild of Great Britain
http://www.dggb.org/

The Directors Guild of Canada, B.C. District Council
http://www.dgcbc.com/ie4/news/current.cfm

The Directors Guild of Canada
http://www.dgc.ca/

The Directors Guild of Canada - Ontario
http://dgcodc.ca/

Dutch Directors Guild
http://www.directorsguild.nl/

Director Guild of Japan
http://www.dgj.or.jp/en/index.html

(Please PM me links for your country)

Acting/ Theater Practitioners (INPO)

Aristotle

Aristotelian Society
The Aristotelian Society can be
reached by writing to:
Executive Secretary
Department of Philosophy
Birkbeck College
Malet Street
London WC1E 7HX

Articles
http://www.agamemnon.com/aristotle.html
http://www.cnr.edu/home/bmcmanus/poetics.html

Poetics
http://classics.mit.edu/Aristotle/poetics.mb.txt

Stanislavsky

Bios
http://method.vtheatre.net/stanislavsky.html

Theaters
http://www.sts-online.org/

Books
http://books.google.com/books?q=stanislavsky%2Bbooks&oi=print&sa=X&oi=print&ct=title

Brecht

Bios
http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/brecht.htm

The International Brecht Society
http://german.lss.wisc.edu/brecht/

Books
http://books.google.com/books?ct=title&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=brecht%2Bbooks&as_brr=0

David Mamet

Bios
http://www.imagi-nation.com/moonstruck/clsc31.html

David Mamet Society
http://mamet.eserver.org/

Articles
http://film.guardian.co.uk/mamet/story/0,,1177703,00.html

Essays
http://www.all-story.com/issues.cgi?action=show_story&story_id=36

Books
http://books.google.com/books?q=david+mamet+books&oi=print&sa=X&oi=print &ct=title

True and False
http://www.shadowhousepits.com.au/mametandacting.htm

Uta Hagen

Bios
http://www.wic.org/bio/hagen.htm

Books
http://www.amazon.com/Respect-Acting-Uta-Hagen/dp/0025473905

Practical Exercises
http://www.owlnet.rice.edu/~thea301/Rigdon/Uta_Hagen.htm

Phil Gyford's essay on R.F.A.
http://www.gyford.com/phil/writing/2006/05/08/respect_for_act.php

Lee Strasberg

Bios
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Strasberg

Articles
http://www.methodfest.com/04pages/industry/gilbert.htm

Books
http://www.amazon.com/Strasberg-Actors-Studio-Tape-Recorded-Sessions/dp/1559360224

Strasberg Institute
http://www.strasberg.com/

Useful Directing Books

Composition

Picture Composition for Film and Television - Peter Ward
http://www.amazon.com/Picture-Composition-Film-Television-Second/dp/0240516818

The Five C's of Cinematography - Joseph V. Mascelli
http://www.amazon.com/Five-Cs-Cinematography-Picture-Techniques/dp/187950541X

Painting With Light - John Alton
http://www.amazon.com/Painting-Light-John-Alton/dp/0520089499

Cinematic Storytelling - Jennifer Van Sijll
http://www.amazon.com/Cinematic-Storytelling-Powerful-Conventions-Filmmaker/dp/193290705X

Directing/ production job sites

DVXuser
http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/forumdisplay.php?f=15

Mandy
http://www.mandy.com

2-Pop
http://www.2-popforums.com/forums/fo...play.php?f=180

Talent Circle (UK)
http://www.talentcircle.co.uk/

Shooting People (UK-USA)
http://www.shootingpeople.org/account/auth.php

Craiglist
http://www.craigslist.org

Worldwide Festivals

Updated festival listings

Britfilms
http://www.britfilms.com/festivals/

Festivals submission services

Withoutabox
withoutabox.com

Miscellaneous

IndieBudgetBuddy 2.0 - Free Film Budget Estimator
http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/showthread.php?t=34947

Reels on Demand - Online reel service
http://www.reelsondemand.com/

Trigger Street - Short film community
http://www.triggerstreet.com

Interesting DVXuser articles

jpbankesmercer · Nov 9, 2006

First part of the bible in-place, I've got lot's to add to it yet but thought I'd get MK-I up.
Anything you want to add please PM me.
Cheers.
J.P.

Kugar13 · Nov 19, 2006

Awesome! Looking forward to more!!!!!

Zak Forsman · Nov 21, 2006

first thing i did was check to see if tarkovsky's 'sculpting in time' was listed. well done.

Alex DePew · Nov 21, 2006

Thanks so much for this. There were a couple threads I hadn't read and I now have a couple books to get. I would also add to the list the following

Breaking In: How 20 Film Directors Got Their Start
http://www.amazon.com/Breaking-Film-Directors-Their-Start/dp/0767906748

Making Movies - Sidney Lumet
http://www.amazon.com/Making-Movies..._bbs_sr_1/102-8706131-8331302?ie=UTF8&s=books

I don't have it, but the Hollywood Cameraworks DVD set gets a lot of press for help with camerawork and previz.

I also don't have it but I would think the DVD set by Rush would probably be helpful as well.

Kugar13 · Nov 21, 2006

Not familiar

Not familiar

cygnet74 said:
first thing i did was check to see if tarkovsky's 'sculpting in time' was listed. well done.

If I'm not familiar with tarkovsky's work would I still appreciate the book? Thx

rsbush · Nov 21, 2006

Kugar13 said:
If I'm not familiar with tarkovsky's work would I still appreciate the book? Thx

It's a great book but it probably would help to know some of his work as a reference point. But you may want to check him out. He is the artist great filmakers like Kurosawa and Bergman look up to.

Zak Forsman · Nov 21, 2006

Kugar13 said:
If I'm not familiar with tarkovsky's work would I still appreciate the book? Thx

yeah, i don't think you need to see any of his films to appreciate his philosophies on filmmaking. but it can be a bit heady in places. there are concepts that i didn't fully comprehend until years later -- i make a point to re-read it once or twice a year. it's short.

it's also where i take the name of my production company, Sabi. for 'sabi', as tarkovsky describes it, is a word the japanese use to describe anything that is evidence of or captures the passing of time -- like wrinkles around the eyes, or an old worn wooden chair. the word is a fitting banner for my filmwork.

bpotter · Jan 2, 2007

Nice work, thank you!

Jay Rodriguez · Jan 2, 2007

wow, what a great sticky this one is!

Will Clegg · Nov 1, 2007

I have found David Mamet's "On Directing Film" indispensable. I read it just before every film I set out to direct...

http://www.amazon.com/Directing-Fil...1093458?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1193957281&sr=8-2

EJ Pennypacker · Nov 2, 2007

For those interested in looking for screenplays for their production, some people may find this little thing I wrote about it helpful.

http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/showthread.php?t=108853

EJ

Jim2000 · Nov 29, 2008

If I was to ever teach a filmmaking class, the two books I would make everyone read would be "The Film Form," and "The Film Sense," both written by Sergei Eisenstein.

jpbankesmercer · Dec 24, 2008

I'll be doing an update within the next week, so any more?

J.P.

jpbankesmercer · Feb 3, 2009

Updated, I need to trawl through the back posts, so if you remember any great threads remind me.
Jp.

thekeygun · Feb 3, 2010

Will Clegg said:
I have found David Mamet's "On Directing Film" indispensable. I read it just before every film I set out to direct...

http://www.amazon.com/Directing-Fil...1093458?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1193957281&sr=8-2

agreed.

Rolf Silber · Dec 12, 2010

Directors guild of Germany

http://www.regieverband.de/

DeterminedFilmmaker · Oct 25, 2011

Great list! :happy:

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