Cross-cultural filmmaking
Subtitle: a handbook for making documentary and ethnographic films and videos
By: Ilisa Barbash and Lucien Taylor ; technical illustrations by Sandra Murray ; figure drawings by Chad Vaughan.
Contributors: Taylor, Lucien.
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Berkeley
Language: eng
Number of pages: 555
Subjects: Motion pictures in ethnology; Motion pictures -- Production and direction
Description: This handbook is for anyone who wants to make or study documentary and ethnographic films and videos. It provides a step-by-step guide to film- and videomaking - from research and funding, through the "nuts and bolts" of production, to distribution - as well as a thorough orientation to the ethical and aesthetic issues that confront documentarians in the field.

Filled with practical illustrations, state-of-the-art technical information, and advice from numerous leading filmmakers and anthropologists, this book is the essential guide for veteran and beginner alike.
Notes: Filmography: p. 520-526.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 527-537) and index.