Publications

Maximum communication power from your films, videos, and multimedia shows.

S. Martin Shelton publishes extensively on motion-media topics. Here is a sample of his most recent and upcoming publications:

Books:

Communicating Ideas with Film, Video, and Multimedia:
A Practical Guide to Information Motion-Media

Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press, 2004.

Book Synopsis

• Cloth - $65.00
• Paper - $35.00

Awards

Society for Technical Communication - 2004-2005 Southern California Spotlight Competition:

• Best of Show
• Distinguished Technical Communication Award in the Book category

Comments from Judges:

• "If I were still teaching I would use this book."
• "An excellent book, it gets straight to the point."
• "A great resource for media professionals."

Comments from graduate film students at a major university:

• "Why haven't we been taught this before?"
• "I never thought about using film to communicate."
• "You're telling me new stuff!"

Nevada Ghost Towns and Mining Camps:
A Pictorial Survey and Database

Publisher: Nevada Office of Historic Preservation, Carson City
(Scheduled for release in 2006)

Monographs:

A Survey of Reality in the Five Film Genera

(Scheduled for publication in 2006)

Synopsis:

There is no reality in film. There is only the audience's perception of reality. And, it is the audience's perception of reality in film that engenders empathy and thus acceptance—that point at which the audience willingly suspends disbelief in the false reality on the screen and joins the filmmaker in the scenario. However, without audience empathy and acceptance, except for certain types of films, most films will probably fail—no matter how expertly produced or what the goal of the film is: to turn a profit or motivate the audience. That is, the audience's feeling or sense of reality is the foundation of the effectiveness of a film. My monograph discusses my perception of reality in the five film genera that I have defined as information, documentary, narrative, enrichment, and experimental. I have drawn the scope of these genera on my developed Film Reality Scale and have plotted representative films on this scale.