{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"FilmFreeway","provider_url":"https:\/\/filmfreeway.com\/articles","title":"10 Books Every Aspiring Filmmaker Should Read","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"xKde2rpSz0\"><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfreeway.com\/articles\/10-books-every-aspiring-filmmaker-should-read\/\">10 Books Every Aspiring Filmmaker Should Read<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfreeway.com\/articles\/10-books-every-aspiring-filmmaker-should-read\/embed\/#?secret=xKde2rpSz0\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;10 Books Every Aspiring Filmmaker Should Read&#8221; &#8212; FilmFreeway\" data-secret=\"xKde2rpSz0\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/filmfreeway.com\/articles\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/filmfreeway.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/12\/shutterstock_2221152399.jpg","thumbnail_width":1900,"thumbnail_height":1358,"description":"When I was in film school, there probably weren\u2019t 10 books in existence about filmmaking. My focus was screenwriting, and if I recall correctly, there were only two books that had anything to do with the topic: Syd Field\u2019s \u201cScreenplay\u201d and William Goldman\u2019s \u201cAdventures in the Screen Trade,\u201d both of which were relatively recent. Every other text was not actually a book specifically about screenwriting (see: Aristotle\u2019s \u201cPoetics\u201d\u2014about plays\u2014and Lajos Egri\u2019s \u201cThe Art of Dramatic Writing\u201d\u2014also about plays).\u00a0 Today, there are so many books about every aspect of film that there\u2019s even a successful publisher, Michael Wiese Productions, producing exclusively [&hellip;]"}