Useful Books of Learning

I haven't had much schooling in the ways of developing animation concepts or productions. However, I don't mind learning. Sometimes reading a good book by someone who has experience in areas you don't is the best thing you can possibly do. One good book I'm in the process of devouring is "Animation Development from Pitch to Production" by David B. Levy. Good book. Tells you all the ins and outs of pitching and producing animated projects to studios.

Another good book is "Writing Movies for Fun and Profit" Robert Ben Garant and Thomas Lennon. It's a funny, funny book that tells you simply EVERYTHING you need to know about the business of screenwriting. Very easy read and extremely informative book.

Finally, a good no nonsense book for me is "So You Want to Be a Producer" by Lawrence Turman. This book outlines the entire process of producing entertainment from finding a story, obtaining rights, developing scripts, hiring cast and crew and distributing your movie.

My learning philosophy is, "If you want to know something, either find out who knows it and talk to them or read about it from as close to the source as you can get." These books are as close to the source as I could get!