Shelton Communications
Author / Visual Media Consultant
Communicating Ideas with Film, Video, and Multimedia
Southern Illinois University Press, 2004
This monograph is an insider’s perspective on the informational media industry. With over thirty-five years of experience, award-winning filmmaker S. Martin Shelton presents his astute views on the state of the profession and offers sage, constructive advice for the successful design and production of information motion-media.
This monograph is the winner in two categoraies of the Society for Technical Communication - 2004-2005 Southern California Spotlight Competition:
- Best of Show
- Distinguished Technical Communication Award in the Book category
Fundamentals of Photographic Optics
Shelton Communications, 2010
This monograph explores some of the fundamental characteristics of the lens used in photography. It matters not whether or not the lens is on an analog (film) or a digital camera. The information applies equally to all manner of photographic lenses.
The False Reality in Film
Shelton Communications, 2012
Shelton’s perception of reality in the five film genera is defined as information, documentary, narrative, enrichment, and experimental. He draws the scope of these genera on his developed Film Reality Scale and plots representative films on this scale within this monograph.