The medium is the massage.

All media work us over completely. They are so pervasive in their personal, political, economic, aesthetic, psychological, moral, ethical, and social consequences that they leave no part of us untouched, unaffected, unaltered.

A history of narrative film.

A history of narrative film, by David Cook, is an exellent recource for any moviemaker (or enthousiast) who'd like a solid background in the history of motion pictures. Highlighting groundbreaking evolutions such as technical advances throughout history and how they're linked with the evolution of narrative language of film.

DOF

Using depth of field for storytelling.