If anyone is looking for a decent little book that's great for teaching you film techniques, I can certainly recommend this one, which I still occasionally re-read:
Directing on Camera, A Checklist of Video & Film Technique, by Harris Watts. (ISBN-0-9507582-2-1)
A little quote on the back cover ought to give you some idea of how good this book is:
'This book should be handed out to all film students and, possibly, to all film directors to keep beside them at all times. It is thorough, concise, well laid out and, surprisingly for a handbook, it's a good read! I wish he had written it when I first started my career' - John Schlesinger. (who of course directed such classics as: Far from the Madding Crowd, Midnight Cowboy, Marathon Man, Yanks, Billy Liar, A Kind of Loving etc etc)
you can buy it here:
http://www.amazon.com/Directing-Came...5314177&sr=8-1
Chock