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Objective
Television studio, lighting setup, Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY, taken March 20, 1958

Use this guide as a resource for researching information for planning a shoot (pre-production).  It also serves as a portal to Ithaca cinema events and history.

Film Production resources
Ithaca College & the City of IthacaState & Regional
National & International
Sound Clips
Try these sites for free sound clips:
also, take a look at Jenny's guide to Public Domain Material (images, audio, scores, & books)
Screenplays, TV shows, and documentaries
Primary: screenplaysSecondary: articles about screenplays:Reviews
Camera Rental and Settings
Rentals: I've never rented a camera but here is a site: Pro Photo Rental (ex. Cannon 5D and 7D cameras)
Settings:  Jim Doty Jr.'s site on 5D camera Settings  ; Tyler Ginter's video on 7D camera settings
Also, try one of this subject in the library catalog: Canon digital cameras.
Where do you rent from?  Have a setting guide you refer to? Let me know: cmichael@ithaca.edu
Production: books & e-books
Books on Directing 
Motion pictures--Production and direction.
Television--Production and direction

Books on Editing 
Digital video--Editing
Motion pictures--Editing.

Recommended Texts for Fiction Field:Focal Press titles
Faber Projections Series
 Projections is a series on filmmakers and filmmaking from the publisher Faber & Faber. Descriptions are from the library's catalog, Google books, and the publisher.

Projections 1: A Forum for Film-Makers. (1992).  The first issue includes a journal compiled by John Boorman which records his responses to the events and trends of 1991, and their implications for the future of cinema. Like his Emerald Forest diary, Money into Light, it is a fascinating mix of anecdote, personal reflections, thoughts on the nature of cinema, and comments on the practical business of making films. Projections also contains contributions from cinematographer Nestor Almendros, who describes the craft of photographing the human face, and from Jonathan Demme, who traces the evolution of his career from his early days with Roger Corman to his chilling Silence of the Lambs. River Phoenix and Gus Van Sant discuss their work together on My Own Private Idaho; there is a script from one of the most original talents in American today, Hal Hartley, and a penetrating account by director Michael Mann of his startling new version of Last of the Mohicans.

Projections 2: A Forum for Film-Makers. (1993). London [U.K.]: Faber and faber. Projections 2 highlights Robert Altman, whose film The Player restored him to his proper place in cinema's pantheon. Actor Tim Robbins, who memorably incarnated Griffin Mill in The Player, has written, directed and acted in Bob Roberts, the script of which is printed here in full. And another actor, Willem Dafoe, describes how he approaches his craft. There are also pieces by Belgian director Jaco van Dormael, New Zealand director Alison Maclean and Australian director George Miller, who charts the journey he has made from Mad Max to the (then) eagerly awaited Lorenzo's Oil. Finally, Bertrand Tavernier's diary records the evolution of his controversial film L627 against the shifting European cultural landscape.

Projections 3: Film-Makers on Film-Making. (1993). Projections (London, Eng.). London: Faber and Faber. Journals 1989-1993 / Francis Ford Coppola -- The narrow path / Chen Kaige with Tony Rayns -- Acting is doing / Sydney Pollack with John Boorman -- Art direction: from Wajda to Spielberg / Allan Starski -- Making music for Short cuts / Hal Willner -- My shining future: the luxuries of Pixelvision / Michael Almeryda -- Kasdan on Kasdan / edited by Graham Fuller -- The struggles of a screenwriter / Michael Tolkin -- The perils of producing / Art Linson -- Answers first, questions later / Quentin Tarantino interviewed by Graham Fuller -- On tour with Orlando; a diary / by Sally Potter -- The Hollywood way / Gus Van Sant -- The burning question: is there a relation between dream and film? -- 'I wake up, screaming'; a diary / by Richard Stanley -- The script: Flirt / Hal Hartley -- In front of the cracked mirror / Zrinko Ogresta.

Projections 4: Film-Makers on Film-Making.(1995). Projections (London, Eng.). London: faber and faber. Contents: Founding father / Louis Lumière with Georges Sadoul -- The burning question: what is the greatest gift or the worst legacy of the movies? -- Anamorphobia / Martin Scorsese with Gregory Solman -- Divisions and dislocations: a journal for 1994 / James Toback -- Penn on Penn; interview / with Tom Luddy and David Thomson -- Raising the dead / Ken Burns with David Thomson -- Letters home 1937-1939 / Sidney Howard -- The story gets a treatment / Sidney Howard -- Chekhov's children- in their own words / edited by Oren Moverman -- Sound design: the dancing shadow / Walter Murch -- Playing cowboys and Indians / Eddie Fowlie with John Boorman -- Lunch and a book; observations on director/camerman relations / John Seale -- An American in Paradise: Gene Kelly / edited by Graham Fuller -- The tango lesson / Sally Potter -- Creation and the artist / Federico Fellini with Damien Pettigrew -- Missing Sandy Dennis / Viggo Mortensen -- Meeting in Dublin; the Quiet man, 1950 / Lindsay Anderson

Projections 4.5: Film-Makers on Film-Making. (1995).  London: Faber and Faber. The Positif collection / edited by Michel Ciment and Hubert Niogret: For pleasure / Michel Ciment -- The actor as auteur / Robert Altman -- A few shots rescued from oblivion / Theo Angelopoulos -- Andy Warhol / Olivier Assayas -- Memories / Pupi Avati -- Lee Marvin / John Boorman -- One day I saw Baby doll-- / Catherine Breillat -- Psycho / Jean-Claude Brisseau -- Carne / Alain Cavalier -- B.A., or a dialectic of survival / Claude Chabrol -- Our favourite actor / Joel and Ethan Coen -- Eduardo / Luigi Comencini.
Vincent Price as I remember / Roger Corman -- Fritz Lang / Alain Corneau -- The film of my life / Michel Deville -- Deus e o Diablo na Terra do Sol = White devil, Black God / Carlos Diegues -- Directed by-- / Clint Eastwood -- Pasolini's Teorema / Atom Egoyan -- Alexander MacKendrick / Stephen Frears -- How John Ford and Max Steiner made my favorite movie / Samuel Fuller -- Henri of the Cinémathèqué / István Gaál -- Just place, preferably architectural place / Peter Greenaway. Woody Allen, check him out / James B. Harris -- Victor Erice's Spirit of the beehive / Monte Hellman -- About Boris Barnet / Otar Iosseliani -- The hyphenated Americans / Elia Kazan -- The Round-up / Zsolt Kézdi-Kovács -- From Sophia Loren to La dolce vita / Abbas Kiarostami -- The Sunday musicians / Krzysztof Kieślowski -- Vertigo / Matjaz Klopcic -- In and around Godard's Hélas pour moi / Robert Kramer -- One film, one director, two actresses / Albert Lattuada. If there were only one-- / Patrice Leconte -- L'Albero degli Zoccoli / Mike Leigh -- Death of a nation / Ken Loach -- Life as a remake of movies / Dusan Makavejev -- Libera me / Louis Malle -- A free replay (notes on Vertigo) / Chris Marker -- Two images / Gianfranco Mingozzi -- Mamoulian, Langdon, Rossellini / Mario Monicelli -- The last of the good guys / Marcel Ophuls -- University of Southern California Film School, Hollywood 1926-50 / Robert Parrish.
Actors and directors, directors and actors / Arthur Penn -- The Grierson comet in Latin America / Nelson Pereira dos Santos -- The meeting / Lucian Pintilie -- Odd man out / Roman Polanski -- Stroheim revisited / Karel Reisz -- Alain Resnais -- Luis Buñuel and Nazarín / Arturo Ripstein -- Is cinema bad for you? / Dino Risi -- Pierre Rissient -- Eric Rohmer -- From The kid to La Terra trema / Francesco Rosi -- The boys / Alan Rudolph -- This time, I want to talk about the affair of The black cat / Raul Ruiz. The red shoes / Valeria Sarmiento -- Le Jour se Léve / Claude Sautet -- Los olvidados / Jerry Schatzberg -- Pickpocket / Paul Schrader -- Revolt of the adolescents / Mrinal Sen -- An image from Rio Bravo / Slobodan Sijan -- An economy of energy (on The Hustler) / Jean-François Stévenin -- Sound of the mountain / Bernard Tavernier -- Memories of Pasolini / Paolo and Vittorio Taviani -- Buñuel in fourth gear / Agnès Varda -- Billy Wilder -- Edward Yang -- My first visit to the cinema / Krzysztof Zanussi -- Buster Keaton; the D.W. Griffith of comedy / Kevin Brownlow.

Projections 5: Film-Makers on Film-Making. (1996). . London: Faber and Faber. Some like it dark / Tony Curtis talks to Jamie Lee Curtis -- Emotion pictures / Brian De Palma talks to Quentin Tarantino -- Animation and dynamation / Ray Harryhausen interviewwed by Adrian Wootton -- A lot can happen in a second / Nick Park by Kevin Macdonald -- Bringing things to life by hand / Henry Selick by Gregory Solman -- Ladislaw Starewicz; cut off their tails with a carving knife / Simon Pummell -- Annuad on Annaud / edited by Laurence B. Chollet -- A little tea, a little chat / Fred Zinnemann interviewed by Walter Donohue -- Learning your craft / James Stewart by Gregory Solman -- and all is well in our world- making Safe / Todd Haynes, Julianne Moore and Christine Vachon ; edited by Oren Moverman -- Portfolio / Chris Buck -- William Wellman: making Wings / with an introduction by William Wellman Jr. -- Adventures in a light industry / Walter Donohue -- In memoriam Louis Malle.

Projections 6: Film-Makers on Film-Making. (1996). Projections (London, Eng.). London: Faber and Faber. Contents: Reflections on: The award season / Mike Figgis -- Credits and debits / John Boorman -- Struggling with success / Lawrence Bender -- Notes from overboard: the Moonlight diary / Tom DiCillo -- Further notes / Eleanor Coppola -- Following your feelings / Stanley Donen interviewed by Kevin Macdonald -- To and from fiction / Shohei Imamura interviewed by Toichi Nakata -- Robert Towne on writing, on directing -- Joel and Ethan Coen -- Walter Murch -- Suso Cecchi D'Amico -- Terence Davies -- Steve Martin & Gillies MacKinnon -- Westward the course of empire / Karl Brown -- An interest in photography / Freddie Young interviewed by Frank Mannion -- From Vigo to the Nouvelle vague: a cameraman's career / Michel Kelber interviewed by Kevin Macdonald -- A journey into light / Vittorio Storaro in conversation with Ric Gentry -- Images and accidents: a diary of Kids / Eric Alan Edwards -- Howard Hawks and the great paper chase: memoir of a desert encounter / compiled by James V. D'Arc -- Working with writers / Howard Hawks interviewed by Joseph McBride -- Dziga Vertov / compiled by Kevin Macdonald -- In memoriam Krzysztof Kieślowski

Projections 7: Film-Makers on Film-Making ; in Association with Cahiers Du Cinéma. (1997). Projections. London: Faber and Faber. Contents: Martin Scorsese: a passion for films. An authentic passion / Martin Scorsese. Scorsese and us / the editors of Cahiers du cinema. Casino / Martin Scorsese interviewed by Thierry Jousse and Nicolas Saada. Thelma Schoonmaker interviewed by Nicolas Saada. The abyss of hallucinations / by Nicolas Saada. Demolition job by Serge Toubiana. De Niro and me. Our generation. Irishamerican. About British cinema. Three portraits in the form of a homage; Ida Lupino, John Cassavetes, Glauber Rocha. A passion for film. Five questions -- Acting: Jeanette Helen / Jamie Lee Curtis in conversation with Janet Leigh. Lillian / Jamie Lee Curtis in conversation with Lillian Burns. Never forget Mastroianni / Hippolyte Girardot. Being true to the character / Frances McDormand interviewed by Willem Dafoe. Looking like nothing matters / Robert Mitchum interviewed by Graham Fuller. Scene by scene / Brian Cox on Manhunter, Leslie Caron on The l-shaped room, Sylvia Syms on Victim, Teresa Wright on Shadow of a doubt -- The craft: Life lessons / Jaco Van Dormael in conversation with Pierre Hodgson. Making music for Forbidden planet / Bebe Barron interviewed by Mark Burman. Photographing Dead man / Christopher Porter. The centenary / Frank Capra, Douglas Sirk - In memoriam: William K. Everson / by Michael Almereyda. Marcello remembered / by John Boorman.

Projections 8: Film-Makers on Film-Making. (1998). London: Faber and Faber. In reponse to the almost universal drubbing the critics gave The Fifth Element at Cannes, the film's star, Bruce Willis, pronounced: 'Nobody up here pays attentions to reviews . . . most of the written word has gone the way of the dinosaur'. This issue of Projections takes up the gauntlet laid down by Willis and looks at the position of critics in society today. We ask major critics, here and abroad, what they think about the current state of film criticism; what they think their relationship - and responsibility - is to film and film-makers; what do critics dream about? We also ask film-makers about how they regard the critics. This issue also contains articles and interviews with practioners of film, including a diary for the set of the Coen brothers film, The Big Lebowski, as well as a diary of the making of Wong Kar-wai's award-winning film, Happy Together, by the cameraman Chris Doyle

Projections 9: French Film-Makers on Film-Making in Association with Positif. (1999). London: Faber and Faber. Robert Bresson -- L'Argent / Eric Rohmer -- Conte d'ete / Claude Chabrol -- La Ceremonie / Alain Resnais -- On connait la chanson / Louis Malle -- Au revoir les enfants / Alain Cavalier -- Therese / Claude Sautet -- Un coeur en hiver / Maurice Pialat -- Van Gogh / Bertrand Tavernier -- Un Dimanche a la campagne / Claude Miller -- Garde a vue / Patrice Leconte -- Ridicule / Marcel Ophuls -- Hotel Terminus / Otar Iosseliani -- Les favoris de la lune / Olivier Assayas / Catherine Breillat -- 36 fillette / Jean-Pierre Jeunet -- Delicatessen / Robert Guediguian -- Marius et Jeannette / Arnaud Desplechin -- La sentinelle / Manuel Poirer -- Western / Jacques Audiard -- Un heros tres discret / Mathieu Kassowitz -- La haine.

Projections 10: Hollywood Film-Makers on Film-Making. (1999). . London: Faber. Ever since his first journey to Hollywood in 1987, the director Mike Figgis has been intrigued by the workings of the studio system. As he progressed from the acclaim for his first American-produced film, Internal Affairs, through hellish studio wrangles on Mr. Jones and on to the Academy Award-winning success of Leaving Las Vegas, Figgis has always wanted to find a way to document the dubious mores of the Hollywood system. For Projections 10, he accepted an invitation to return to Los Angeles in late 1998 as guest editor and create such a document.The format is simple: a series of taped, no-holds-barred conversations with filmmakers, directors, actors, writers, managers, and agents. What emerges from these interviews with Mel Gibson, Jodie Foster, Sony Pictures head John Calley, producer Jerry Bruckheimer, and others is a fairly dark picture of an industry where money does more than talk. And in addition to exploring the corrupting influence of money, Projections 10 asks such questions as:Why does Hollywood still rely on formula? What is the position of women in filmmaking and in film today? And where is the studio system that the word "Hollywood" represents going? Also included is Figgis's own journal from his visit in 1998 and his impressions of the films he saw.

Projections 11: New York Film-Makers on Film-Making. (2000). London: Faber and Faber. Why live and work as a film-maker in New York rather than Hollywood? The birthplace of US cinema, New York has played a hugely influential role in its evolution - particularly in the realm of more personal, 'independent' film-making of figures from Sam Fuller to John Cassavetes. Now Projections 11 seeks to answer Mike Figgis' Los Angeles issue Projections 10 by interviewing film-makers who base themselves in New York, creating an East coast alternative to Hollywood. Tod Lippy speaks to Spike Lee, Jim Jarmusch, Sidney Lumet, Christine Vachon, David O. Russell, Nora Ephron, Tim Robbins, Frances McDormand, and many others.

Projections 12: Film-Makers on Film Schools. (2002).  London: Faber and Faber. In the 1960s film schools sprang up around the globe and since then one-time student film-makers such as Milos Forman and Martin Scorsese have enriched world cinema. Yet when young upstarts such as Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez were able to succeed without a formal film school education the very need for such institutions was put into question. Projections 12 explores film education past, present, and future. Composed of a series of wide-ranging dialogues with current teachers at major schools such as Columbia and USC and recent alumni from across the disciplines -- including editing, script writing, and cinematography -- this is an ideal volume for anyone interested in a film career.

Projections 13: Women Film-Makers on Film-Making. (2004).  London: Faber and Faber.Women film-makers on film-making. Talking about women: a conversation between Frances McDormand, Lisa Cholodenko and Emily Mortimer -- Anna Karina interviewed by Graham Fuller -- On writing Tadpole: Heather McGowan interviewed by Tod Lippy -- Making Personal velocity: a diary/Rebecca Miller -- Katia Lund on City of God, interviewed by Isabella Weibrecht -- Linda/Allison Anders -- Susanne Bier interviewed by Jason Wood -- That rushing current: Pauline Kael on Jean Renoir, introduced by Michael Almereyda -- Misc. crew: Libby Savill, lawyer, interviewed by Rosa Bosch -- Ramona Sanchez interviewed by Matthew Sweet -- Denise Breton interviewed by David Thomspon -- Clare Binns, film programmer, interviewed by Jason Wood. Diverse others on film-making. Carrying out a good piece of craftsmanship: Ingmar Bergman interviewed by Jan Aghed, translated by Charles Drazin -- Lawless hearts: Neil Hunter and Tom Hunsinger interviewed by Ryan Gilby -- Offering something authentic: David Gordon Green interviewed by Jason Wood -- Designing Cukor: Gene Allen interviewed by Phillip Williams. In memoriam. Katrin Cartlidge/Mike Leigh -- Conrad Hall/John Boorman -- The rebel inside: Gavin Lambert remembers Karel Reisz.

Projections 14: The Director's Cut: The Best of Projections. (2006). Projections. London: Faber and Faber. Martin Scorsese writes about Robert de Niro, Nick Park gives a rare interview about his work, there's a new piece on the making of low budget indie hit Tarnation and features by and on Clint Eastwood, Wong Kar-Wei, Tony Curtis, Janet Leigh, Ray Harryhausen, Paul Thomas Anderson, Jodie Foster and James Stewart. Packed with big names revealing private and fascinating insights into their work, this is the perfect introduction for anyone new to the series and a must-have for cinephiles everywhere.

Projections 15: European Cinema. (2007). London: Faber and Faber. The European Film Academy was founded in 1988 as a cinematic brotherhood that would bring together film-makers from across the East-West divide. This volume features articles and interviews with leading directors, writers, producers, actors, cinematographers, critics, directors of festivals and cinema institutions as well as audience members from across the wide swathe of Europe in which they discuss the question: What is a European film? The volume also contains a Foreword by British critic Derek Malcolm.
Ithaca Made Movies
This is a short pathfinder to Ithaca Made Movies.

BOOKS & VIDEOS
People of interest may include: Theodore and Leopold Wharton, Warton Studios;  Pearl White, Irene Castle, Beatrix Fairfax
NEWSPAPERS
For more information on searching newspapers and magazines, go to my J History guide.
ARCHIVES, LOCAL LIBRARIES AND HISTORY WEBSITES (lists of films, etc.)
 
Prof. Sinclair Recommends
Click here to see a list of Prof. Sinclair's recommended feature films.
Fiction Field Blogs

Related library research guides
Background research for the Production
These are some top picks of starting places to find news, articles, etc.
Browse TV trade journals
TV trade journals
Browse all online TV or Film journals (scholarly and trade)
Software Training & Manuals
Computer Software vendor sites:
Free Online Training & Resources Selected Manuals:
There is an app for that
I haven't tried these but thought you might be interested: 
Weather
Weather:
Costumes
  • Costume Institute Database: From the Metropolitan Museum, 30,000 costumes and accessories spanning five continents and as many centuries.
  • Stage Costume: from the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, this site features features images of and commentary on costumes, costume design, and costume making.
Location & Maps
LocationMaps
  • Google maps. Get directions to and from a location.  Includes Satallite and Earth views (3D Earth view requires a plugin).  Users can indicate a location
  • MapQuest   In addition to maps, access yellow pages, gas stations, and local information.
Copyright Resources for Filmmakers
See also: U. S. Copyright Office
According to the U. S. Constitution, the Copyright Office was established, “To promote the progress of science and useful arts, by securing for limited times to authors and inventors the exclusive right to their respective writings and discoveries."
Local Cinemas & Events
Cinemas
  • Regal Cinemas in the Ithaca Mall.  This cinema complex has stadium seating and hosts popular films.
  • Cinemapolis.  A non-for-profit theatre right off the Commons that shows more documentaries and arthouse works.
  • Cornell Cinema  Cornell University's "campus film exhibition program" that is now in its 40th year.   In the Williard Straight Theatre, they specialize in classic Hollywood, independent films, foreign films and documentaries.  They've even had classic films with live accompaniment.
Events
Production related (IC Library)

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