![[BOOK REVIEW] The Director’s Six Senses, by Simone Bartesaghi](https://www.raindance.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/The-Directors-Six-Senses.jpg)
by Baptiste Charles | 8 March, 2020 | Book Review
The director is the crucial crew member through whom all creative decisions of a film go. They’re responsible for the creative integrity of the project, and for all the ends up on the screen. What the audience sees or doesn’t see is their decision. As...
![[BOOK REVIEW] The Coffee Break Screenwriter, by Pilar Alessandra](https://www.raindance.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Coffee-Break-Screenwriter-Cover.jpg)
by Baptiste Charles | 3 March, 2020 | Book Review
Being a screenwriter is a discipline unlike any other. It’s not just writing in the romantic way that you envision being a lone novel writer sitting at your desk, nor is it -necessarily- the soul-crushing mercenary activity that movies have led us to believe for...
![[BOOK REVIEW] Producer to Producer, by Maureen A. Ryan (2nd Edition)](https://www.raindance.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Producer-to-Producer-Maureen-A-Ryan.jpg)
by Baptiste Charles | 22 February, 2020 | Book Review
A good film producer can earn a reputation of mythical proportions. Whether they helm a global franchise, like Kathleen Kennedy with Star Wars, or Barbara Broccoli and her father before her Albert Broccoli, with James Bond, or churn out classic films like no one else,...
![[BOOK REVIEW] Master Shots – Vol 3, by Christopher Kenworthy](https://www.raindance.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Master-Shots-3-Christopher-Kenworthy.jpg)
by Baptiste Charles | 26 January, 2020 | Book Review
Directors are always on the hunt for new ways to tell stories. It is a widespread misconception that creativity is budget-dependent. The truth of the matter is that creativity is dependent on, well, creativity. That means: how do you use the tools that you know, with...
![[BOOK REVIEW] The Writer’s Journey, by Christopher Vogler (25th Anniversary Edition)](https://www.raindance.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Writers-Journey-Christopher-Vogler.jpg)
by Baptiste Charles | 25 January, 2020 | Book Review
Once upon a time, a story analyst wrote a memo while working at the biggest entertainment corporation; that memo became a staple of the film industry, before becoming the alpha and the omega of books about writing: The Writer’s Journey. That story analyst is...
![[BOOK REVIEW] Save the Cat! Goes to the Movies, by Blake Snyder](https://www.raindance.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Save-the-Cat-Goes-to-the-Movies-by-Blake-Snyder.jpg)
by Baptiste Charles | 19 January, 2020 | Book Review
Save the Cat, by Blake Snyder, became an instant classic upon its release. It’s since become a classic of screenwriting books, alongside Robert McKee’s Story and John Truby’s Anatomy of Story. What has distinguished Save the Cat -which we reviewed...
