We're here to help connect you with others and provide a range of resources for making screen content:
Our library is well resourced with more than 130 titles - everything from screenwriting, directing through to legals and running a business. Borrowing is free for WAT members - you can come in and browse or check out our catalogue and we'll post books for free if you live outside Southern Tas. These are just a few of what we have available to borrow.
Screenwriting
- Writing the Short Dramatic Screenplay Compiled by Jonathan Dawson
- Storytelling Techniques for Digital Filmmakers by Ross Hockrow
- Save the Cat - the last book on screenwriting.. by Blake Snyder
- Screenwriting - A Manual by Jonanthan Dawson
Directing
- FilmCraft: Directing by Michael Goodridge
- Directing, Film Techniques and Aesthetics by Michael Rabiger
Film Producing and Management
- The Production Satchel
- Film Production Management by Bastian Clevé
- A Handbook for producers - Film Business by Tom Jeff
- Hands On All Media Producing by Marcus Gillezea
Documentary
- Documentaries… and how to make them by Andy Glynn
- Filming tips for Documentary by Peter Curtis
Insurance and Legals
- Arts Laws Resource Material by Arts Law Australia
- The Arts Insurance Handbook by Arts Law - Catherine Fargher & Seth Richardson
Community Organizations
- Community and Independent Television by Metro Television
- Strategic Planning for Public & Non-profit Organisations by John M Bryson
- The Book of the Board by David Fishel
Film Crew Roles
- FilmCraft: Editing by Justin Chang
- FilmCraft: Costume Design by Deborah Nadoolman Landis
- FilmCraft: Production Design by Fionnuala Halligan
- Lighting for Cinematography by David Landau
These are just a few of the resources that we have available
We also have a terrific range of DVDs for you to borrow - stacks of locally produced films that you can browse in the office or borrow from our DVD library.
If you have suggestions for some book titles that you would like us to have, please give us a yell. Donations are always welcome if you are ready to pass on your pre-loved screen books.
Book Title |
Author |
Year of Publication |
| A Complete Guide to Special Effects Makeup 2 - Introduction to Dark Fantasy and Zombie Makeups |
Tokyo SFX Makeup workshop |
2018 |
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A crash course in Screenwriting |
Handout of the Web |
2009 |
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A Critical Cinema |
Scott Macdonald |
1998 |
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A Handbook for producers - Film Business |
Tom Jeffrey |
2006 |
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A Semiotics of the Cinema Film Language |
Christian Metz |
1974 |
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About Looking |
John Berger |
1980 |
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ACTIONS- The Actor's Thesaurus |
Arina Caldarone and Maggie Lloyd-Williams |
2014 |
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Aesthetics of Film |
Jaques Aumont, Alain Bergala, Michel Marie, Marc Vernet |
1983 |
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American Cinematographers Manuel |
Dr. Rob Ryan |
1993 |
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An Anagram of Ideas on Art, Form and Film |
Maya Deren |
1946 |
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An Idiots Guide to Screenwriting |
Skip Press |
2008 |
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Answers for Artists - Handouts x 6 |
Arts Law Centre of Australia |
2012 |
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Arts Laws Resource Material |
Arts Law Australia |
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Australia Cinematographer Issue #43 |
Australia Cinematographer |
2009 |
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Beauty and the Beast: Diary of a Film |
Jean Cocteau |
1972 |
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Before You Shoot |
Helen Garvy |
1985 |
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Beyond the Silver Screen: A History of Women, Filmmaking and Film Culture in Australia 1920–1990 |
Mary Tomsic |
2017 |
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Big Story Country. Great Arts Stories from Regional Australia |
Regional Arts Australia |
2008 |
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Blade Runner Shooting Script |
Blade Runner |
1981 |
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Brakhage Scrapbook Collected Writings |
Robert A. Haller |
1982 |
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Business Structures and Governance |
Arts Law Centre of Australia |
2008 |
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Cahiers du Cinema The 1950's |
Jim Hillier |
1985 |
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Cahiers du Cinema The 1960's |
Jim Hillier |
1986 |
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Cinema Interval |
Trinh T. Minh-ha |
1999 |
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Cinema Paradiso Script |
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Citizen Kane |
Laura Mulvey |
1992 |
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Collection #5 |
Aust Script Centre |
2004 |
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Community and Independent Television |
Metro Television |
1993 |
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Complete idiots guide to Screenwriting |
Skip Press |
2008 |
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Crisis of the Real |
Andy Grundberg |
1990 |
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Cutting Rhythms |
Karen Pearlman |
2009 |
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Digital Stroytelling: Train the Trainer Manual |
ACMI |
2007 |
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Direct Theory |
Edward S. Small |
1994 |
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Directing Film Techniques and Aesthetics |
Michael Rabiger |
2008 |
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Documentaries… and how to make them |
Andy Glynne |
2012 |
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Documentary a History of the Non-Fiction Film |
Erik Barnouw |
1993 |
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Earning a living in the visual arts and crafts |
James Stokes |
1997 |
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Effective Letters 50 of the best |
Marketing, Media and Post Centre |
2012 |
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Emotion Pictures |
Wim Wenders |
1986 |
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Encore |
SAFC |
2014 |
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Encore directory 2012 |
2012 |
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Essays in Film Theory; Film Form |
Sergei Eisenstein |
1949 |
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Film at Wit's End |
Stan Brakhage |
1989 |
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Film Craft: Costume Design |
Deborah Nadoolman Landis |
2012 |
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Film Craft: Directing |
Michael Goodridge |
2012 |
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Film Craft: Editing |
Justin Chang |
2012 |
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Film Craft: Production Design |
Fionnuala Halligan |
2012 |
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Film History an Introduction |
Kristen Thompson David Bordwell |
1994 |
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Film Production Management (3rd ed) |
Bastian Cleve |
2006 |
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Film Speak |
Stefan Kussy |
1996 |
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Film Speak |
Stefan Kussy |
1996 |
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Filming tips for Documentary |
Peter Curtis |
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French cinema of the Occupation and Resistance |
Andre Bazin |
1984 |
| Get started in Film Making (The Definitive Film Maker's Handbook) |
Tom Holden |
2018 |
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Guide to Postproduction for TV and Film - Managing the Process |
Barbara Clark and Susan J. Spohr |
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Goodfellas |
Martin Scorsese, Nicholas Pileggi |
1990 |
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Hands On |
Marcus Gillezeau |
2004 |
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Hands On All Media Producing |
Marcu Gillezeau |
2013 |
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Hiroshima Mon Amour |
Marguerite Duras |
1960 |
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How to Crowdfund Your Film - Tips and Strategies for Filmmakers |
Stephen Follows |
2018 |
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How to Manage Your Grant After Winning It |
Funding Centre |
2013 |
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How to produce a Very Low Budget Film: A Laboratory for Guerrilla Movies |
Wide Angle Tasmania |
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| In The Blink Of An Eye: A Perspective on Film Editing |
Walter Murch |
2001 |
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Inspirational Hollywood - Reflections on Life, Love and the Art of Filmmaking |
Ronald Warren Deutsch |
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International Film Guide 1964 |
Peter Cowie |
1963 |
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Killer Camera Rigs that you can build |
Dan Selakovich |
2003 |
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Last Year at Marienbad |
Alain Robbe-Grillet |
1978 |
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Lighting for Cinematography |
David Landau |
2014 |
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Lumina Vol 1 - Journal of Screen Arts and Business |
Baz Luhrmann, Warwick Thornton, David Stratton, Jan Chapman |
Winter 2009 |
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Lumina Vol 4 - Journal of Screen Arts and Business |
2010 |
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Lumina Vol 6 - Journal of Screen Arts and Business |
2010 |
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Lumina Vol 7 - Journal of Screen Arts and Business |
2011 |
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Lumina Vol 8 - Journal of Screen Arts and Business |
2011 |
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| Making Movies |
Sidney Lumet |
1996 |
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Managing Short Films |
Wide Angle Tasmania |
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Movies Now: From Movie Brats to Slackers |
Compiled by Jonathan Dawson |
2010 |
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Master Shots: 100 Advanced Camera Techniques to Get an Expensive Look on Your Low Budget Movie (Vol 1, 2nd ed.) |
Christopher Kenworthy |
2009 |
| Master Shots, Vol 2: 100 Ways to Shoot Great Dialogue Scenes |
Christopher Kenworthy |
2011 |
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Multiple Voices in Feminist Film Criticism |
Diane Carson, Linda Dittmar, Janice R. Welsch |
1994 |
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Objects of Desire Conversations with Luis Bunuel |
Paul Lenti |
1986 |
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Of Walking in Ice |
Werner Herzog |
1991 |
| On Directing |
David Mamet |
1992 |
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On Writing Horror |
Horror Writers Association |
2007 |
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Open Channel Handbook |
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Pandoras Box (Lulu) |
G. W. Pabst |
1971 |
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Pathways and Protocols |
Terri Janke |
2008 |
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Sonja Schenk |
2020 |
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Production Management for Film and Video |
Richard Gates |
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| Rebel Without a Crew, or How a 23-Year-Old Filmmaker with $7,000 Became a Hollywood Player |
Robert Rodriguez |
1995 |
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Save the Cat - goes to the movies |
Blake Snyder |
2007 |
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Save the Cat - goes to the movies! Strikes Back |
Blake Snyder |
2009 |
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Save the Cat - the last book on screenwriting.. |
Blake Snyder |
2005 |
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Screenwriting - A Manual |
Jonathan Dawson |
2000 |
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Secret Lives of Great Filmmakers |
Robert Schnakenburg |
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Shining a Light - 50 Years of the AFI |
Lisa French and Mark Poole |
2009 |
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Shot By Shot |
John Cantine, Susan Howard, Brady Lewis |
1992 |
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Simple Secrets of Successful Community Groups |
Our Community Group |
2008 |
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Spike Mike Slackers & Dykes |
John Pierson |
1995 |
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Storytelling Techniques for Digital Filmmakers |
Ross Hockrow |
2014 |
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Stranger Than Paradise |
Jim Jarmusch |
1982 |
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Strategic Planning for Public & Non-profit Organisations |
John M Bryson |
2011 |
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Studying Visual Communication |
Sol Worth |
1981 |
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Surviving and Thriving as a Safe, Effective Board Member |
Boards, Committees and Governance Centre |
2009 |
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Television on the Wild Wild Web |
Marx H. Pyle |
2014 |
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The Art of Dramatic Writing |
Lajos Egri |
1942 |
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The Arts Insurance Handbook |
Arts Law - Catherine Fargher & Seth Richardson |
2005 |
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The Australian Writers Marketplace 2009 |
Qld Writers Centre |
2009/10 |
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The Bare Bones camera course for film and video |
Tom Schroeppel |
1980 |
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The Book of the Board |
David Fishel |
2008 |
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The Brakhage Lectures |
Stan Brakhage |
1972 |
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The Cheeky Monkey |
Tim Ferguson |
2010 |
| The Coffee Break Screenwriter Breaks the Rules - A Guide for the Rebel Writer |
Pilar Alessandra |
2018 |
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The Complete Community Fundraisung Handbook |
Funding Centre |
2007 |
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The Content Makers |
Margaret Simons |
2012 |
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The Craft of the Screenwriter |
John Brady |
1981 |
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The Devil Finds Work |
James Baldwin |
1976 |
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The minuets Handbook |
Our community |
2016 |
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The Patty Diphusa Stories and Other Writings |
Pedro Almodovar |
1991 |
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The Rhetoric of Film |
John Harrington |
1973 |
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The Woman in the dunes |
Kobo Abe |
1991 |
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To the Distant Observer |
Neol Burch |
1979 |
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Trash Trio |
John Waters |
1988 |
| Unconditional Love: A Memoir of Filmmaking and Motherhood |
Jocelyn Moorehouse |
2019 |
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What is Cinema Vol 2 |
Andre Bazin |
1972 |
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What is Cinema? Volume 1 |
Andre Bazin |
1967 |
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Winning Grants Funding in Australia The Step by Step Guide |
Funding Centre |
2013 |
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Writing Short Film Scripts |
Paul Kooperman |
2009 |
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Writing the Short Dramatic Screenplay |
Compiled by Jonathan Dawson |