So, I contacted Brian McDonald, who, I knew, has a couple of his own books on the list. And, prompt and helpful as always, Brian sent the following the next morning. The original version is numbered 1) to 25), but pairs the books by William Goldman together as one, and the same for Brian McDonald. I have given each book it's own number.
1) The Art of Dramatic Writing
2) On Film-making
3) On Directing Film
4) In the Blink of an Eye
5) Adventures in the Screen Trade
6) Which Lie Did I Tell?
7) Hitchcock
8) 20 Master Plots: And How to Build Them
9) The Visual Story: Seeing the Structure of Film, TV and New Media
10) Film Directing: Shot by Shot: Visualizing from Concept to Screen
11) Invisible Ink
12) The Golden Theme
13) Making Movies
14) Conversations with Wilder
15) Final Cut: Art, Money, and Ego in the Making of Heaven's Gate
16) Comics and Sequential Art
17) Understanding Comics
18) Cinematic Motion
19) The Five C's of Cinematography
20) Film Editing
21) The Conversations, by Michael Ondaatje and Walter Murch
22) Trickster Makes This World
23) A Short History of Myth
24) On Writing - A Memoir of the Craft
25) The Creative Habit
26) The Uses of Enchantment
27) The Writers Journey
If you haven't read these, take advantage of the commercial Xmas season to buy yourself a present. (Maybe buy a different book for a friend who writes. You can swap later and get double the value.) I'd recommend reading them all, starting with the book covers shown, in sequence. If you don't know Invisible Ink
2 comments:
This list of texts from Pixar has all the top books. I am ashamed to say I had not heard of Invisible Ink and have now ordered it. This kind of inside knowledge is invaluable. Thanks, Henry.
I stand corrected. Invisible Ink was reviewed in this very blog Friday, 13 January 2012. At the time I had no money to buy it. I still can't really afford it but what has changed are my priorities. Who can afford not to study their craft?
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