What we use

The gear, software, and books we actually use on set, in the edit, and between shoots. Free and paid.

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Books we recommend

Directing

Film/TV Director’s Field Manual, Rob Spera

Directing Actors, Judith Weston

The Film Director’s Intuition, Judith Weston (audiobook)

Making Movies, Sidney Lumet

Story and screenwriting

The Science of Storytelling, Will Storr (audiobook)

Aristotle’s Poetics for Screenwriters, Michael Tierno

Cinema Speculation, Quentin Tarantino

Acting and creativity

Sanford Meisner on Acting, Sanford Meisner and Dennis Longwell

The Artist’s Way, Julia Cameron