The 48 Hour Film contest is coming up here in Houston, so I dusted off some of my movie making books for a refresher.  One that I like is:

Cinematic Storytelling: The 100 Most Powerful Film Conventions Every Filmmaker Must Know

http://tinyurl.com/pkm2q5t

$16 at Amazon and well worth it IMHO.  The excerpt Amazon gives is not the best section, I think.  For my purposes, I like the chapter on "Camera Motion".  The idea is to tell the story visually, with little or no dialogue (always good for a 2 day contest, no voice acting & lip syncing), and also I try to avoid characters walking around, just more animation to do.  Moving the camera is pretty easy in Carrara, probably much easier than for the live action folks.  I mean, crane shots with no crane ... or drone ...