I read "shot-by-shot: A practical guide to film making"  
It was refreshing to read a book outside the scope of computer science.  It is interesting to see that the book has a very different approach to things. 

Anyway, I don't see much changes to the big picture in my mind to how films are created. However,
there are many many small things that I never had the chance to think about, and this book gave
me the opportunity to know about them.  
  
Here is a small list of nice things.  

1. Camera and Lenses  
   a. When to use telephoto lenses, fisheye lenses, and normal lenses  
   b. The concept of f-stops and doing correct lighting  

2. Film Stock  
   a. It was interesting to know there are different films for daylight and Tungesten light environments.  It was also nice to know about coatings and speical lenses used to be used in different environments.  

3. Composotion  
   a. It was interesting to read about when to use closeup shots, extreme close up shots, long shots, etc.  
   b. I never heard about the "Dutch Angle" before  
   c. Some interesting discussion of zoom-in vs. dolly-in

4. Continuity  
   a. The 180 degree rule was completely new to me  
   b. The 4 methods of how to work around the 180 degree was, therefore, also completely new to me! :)  

5. Film Editing   
   a. Was interesting to read about using rhythm with film cuts (faster cuts -> more suspense and so on)  
   b. Of course I saw many movies with parallel editing, but was interesting to read about it in a (kinda) formal fashion

7. Lighting  
  This was the most interesting chapter of them all.  
  a. Using hard vs. soft lights and how they affect the appearance of objects was nice  
  b. Using lighting angles to change impression (like three-quarter back lighting -> gives a mysterious look). This was very interesting.  
  c. Using 3 point lighting (I knew about this before, but it was nice to read about it again)  
 
8. Sound  
  The only interesting thing for me was the clever note that since the film doesn't roll at a constant speed (you show a frame, shut, advance), it is not clear how to store sound with it. I liked the solution they described. I know this doesn't apply in today's digital world, but it was still cool to read anyway.


  
  
So, overall, not much has changed for me with the "big picture" in my head, but lots of nice and small details made me realize things are not as easy as they seem. You need much more than just a video-camera and a one very long shot of the scene. You have to plan carefully everything, from lighting to cameras to scripts. It is interesting to note the amount of pre-production needed just to make a small film