Your recommendation might just be for a great film that you think others would appreciate in which case a short description of the film followed by a subjective score would be helpful to others (eg. enjoyment 8.5/10)

You may feel that the film helped you in specific ways, or you feel compelled to break down your own opinion into other categories that you feel are significant (eg. cinematography/editing/story/innovation/technical expertise/humor/ use of CGI/etc...)

Whilst developing a list of helpful resources for all members to use for their own benefits, there are obviously going to be differences of opinion expressed. Rather than trying to undermine somebody elses subjective score on a particular resource it would benifit everyone if you just add your own opinion next to your own entry, this will allow others to develop an understanding of everyone's "Personal-View". Leading to opinions that we will value based on who's subjective opinion we value, rather than the thread ending up as a flame war on this very subjective subject.

Thank you :)

The relationship between [Documentary] filmmaker and subject can be similar to that between a benevolent, or perhaps not so benevolent, dictator and his subjects. What limits should be voluntarily adopted to safeguard the dignity and rights of the subject?

from Bill Nichols, "What to Do About Documentary Distortion? Toward a Code of Ethics" http://www.documentary.org/content/what-do-about-documentary-distortion-toward-code-ethics-0

• Adams. 2002. The Negative. The Ansel Adams Photography Series 2.
• Adelman. 2004. The Ultimate Filmmaker’s Guide To Short Films.
• Bernard. 2004. Documentary Storytelling for Video and Filmmakers.
• Block. 2001. The Visual Story: Seeing the Structure of Film, TV, and New Media.
• Cartier-Bresson. 2005. Henri Cartier-Bresson: A Biography.
• Cowgill. 2005. Writing Short Films. 2nd Edition.
• Frost. 1998. The A-Z of Creative Photography. Over 70 Techniques Explained in Full.
• Garis. 2004. The Films of Orson Welles.
• Goodell. 1998. Independent Feature Film Production. A Complete Guide from Concept through Distribution (fully revised and updated).
• Harrington, Carman and Greenberg. 2011. An Editor’s Guide to Adobe Premiere Pro.
• Johnson. 2000. Crafting Short Screenplays that Connect.
• Jolliffe and Jones. 2004. The Guerilla Film Makers Handbook.
• Katz. 1996. Film Directing: Shot by Shot. Visualizing from Concept to Screen.
• Katz. 2004. Film Directing: Cinematic Motion. 2nd Edition.
• Kurosawa. 1982. Akira Kurosawa. Something Like an Autobiography.
• London, Upton, Stone, Kobré and Brill. 2005. Photography Eighth Edition.
• Malkiewicz.1992. Cinematography.
• Osder and Carman. 2008. Final Cut Pro Workflows.
• Prince. 1991. The Warrior’s Camera - The Cinema of Akira Kurosawa. Revised and expanded edition.
• Rabiger. 2004. Directing the Documentary. Fourth Edition.
• Rodriguez. 1995. Rebel Without a Crew.
• Stafford, Hillebrand and Hauschild. 2003. The new Nikon Compendium.
• Tarantino. Pulp Fiction Screen Play.
• Zoellner. 2007. Homade Biography: How to collect, record, and tell the life story of someone you love.

If you need some books or all, please PM me so we can see if we can work something out.