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The Movie Making Book: Skills and projects to learn and share Paperback – 11 May 2017
'This brilliant new book teaches you all the skills you need to make your own movie. Clearly presented, it’s jam-packed with projects to try – from simple activities to get you started, to advanced projects that will put your movie-making skills to the test.' The Week Junior
Moviemaking is easier for young people than ever before, using nothing more than a smartphones or tablet along with simple editing programmes. The Movie Making Book teaches you all the skills you need to get started in movies, from camera angles to scriptwriting to special effects. There are also fourteen more advanced projects to put all of your skills to the test, and advice on safely sharing your movies online.
- Print length144 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherFrances Lincoln
- Publication date11 May 2017
- Dimensions22.3 x 1.8 x 17.7 cm
- ISBN-100711238871
- ISBN-13978-0711238879
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From the Back Cover
About the Author
Dan Farrell and Donna Bamford are the co-directors of Sparks, a film school for young people based in East London. Since 2010 Sparks has worked with over 3000 young filmmakers, through weekend workshops, holiday clubs, school projects and ‘Make a Movie’ birthday parties. Sparks aims to deliver experiences where members not only have huge amounts of fun, but where they also have a say. Every child leaves with new skills and confidence, feeling inspired to try their very best.
Product details
- Publisher : Frances Lincoln; 1st edition (11 May 2017)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 144 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0711238871
- ISBN-13 : 978-0711238879
- Dimensions : 22.3 x 1.8 x 17.7 cm
- Best Sellers Rank: 1,002,398 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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- Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 24 April 2024This is the most comprehensive and useful guide to making short films or doing digital marketing which I have found.
Essential for any film students or aspiring directors.
- Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 19 October 2017Great birthday present for a ten year old. She loves making movies with her mates and this has helped them push things to the next level
- Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 21 September 2017In my youth we had to make do with a camcorder that would fit a mini-tape that you recorded onto. This mini-tape would then slip into a casing that could be watched on your VHS (imagine something like a DVD player, but with awful fidelity). In all, making a film was a big old faff, but trying to do anything fancy was almost impossible. There is no longer this excuse for kids today with their camera enabled smart devices, but just because they can do something does not mean they will be any good. A guide for movie making would certainly help!
‘‘The Movie Making Book’’ by Dan Farrell and Donna Bamford hopes to achieve just this and is a step by step guide for adolescents on how to start making their own movies. Areas covered include basic camera techniques, but also film structure and special effects. The end of the book even has some scenarios to help get the creative juices flowing.
As someone who had some great times with my friends growing up making mini-movies, a book like this would have been a boon. We just used to wing things and never took the process too seriously. The great thing about ‘‘Moving Making’’ is that is keeps the same playful enjoyment of film making, but also empowers. The information in the book does not seek to sap the joy from making movies, but perhaps inspire a child to think about what they are doing. With this in our backpacks, some of us may have been inspired to go into the industry.
Farrell and Bamford are part of a group that runs movie making classes for kids and this comes across in the book, not only with their level of expertise, but how they approach the subject matter. The book is probably best used by an enthusiastic 8-12 year old as the techniques are often simple, but will help them develop their skills. Older children may have already stumbled across what to do, but even they will learn a few things.
The book has a nice balance between practical directorial skills, but also does not neglect the overall film making experience. Storytelling is discussed as is characterisation. Anyone who has been to the cinema in the past 20 years or so will be well aware how many films try to dazzle you with special effects, whilst forgetting to add any heart to proceedings. You get a real sense that the authors wish to develop rounded auteurs rather than the journey-directors of the future.
The structure of the book is well thought through, it spaces the various elements so that you can tackle them one by one. There are plenty of full colour photos showing other children doing the activity so that the book is not too dry. Even so, there is a case here that you have to read the book at the right time. A child who is too old will be put off by the kiddy approach in places. You just need to find a younger tech happy child that can get the most from the book.
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JazzReviewed in Spain on 30 September 2018
5.0 out of 5 stars Buenísimo para Project Based Learning!
Es muy bueno, tanto para adaptarlo a proyectos de clase como para ideas con tus hijos. Accesible y al mismo tiempo con vocabulario muy práctico para que los niños se sumerjan en el cine y en realizar sus propias creaciones. Tiene muchas ideas y diferentes opciones para el uso de tecnología.