With the advances in computer technology the process of film scoring has substantially changed. While the aesthetics and dramatic requirements may remain the same as one hundred years ago, it is new possible to put together reasonable orchestral mock-ups with synthesizers and computer sequencers; more...

The screenwriters gathered together in this book are world-class storytellers, these interviews are illustrated with script excerpts, hand-written notes, storyboards, film stills, and photographs from the screenwriters' own personal collections. Screenwriters include: Paul Schrader, George Axelrod, more...

Every great filmmaker has role models and films which inspired him or her to greater and greater heights. Here is an awe-inspiring guide that takes you into the inner workings of classic scenes, revealing the aspects that make them great and the reasons they have served as inspirations. more...

Storaro: Writing With Light-Colours-Elements

This new book combines elements of Vittorio Storaro's recently published trilogy and features all new, double-exposure images from the exhibition "Storaro: Writing with Light," which the cinematographer has been more...

The great figurative (and psychological) values that unite the two artists. About the meeting with painting and Gino Covili, sign of their common feeling of light, colour, and image. more...

This NEW book combines elements of Vittorio Storaro's recently published trilogy and features all new, double-exposure images from the exhibition "Storaro: Writing with Light," which the cinematographer has been taking around the world for many years.


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The directors, editors, cinematographers, and producers behind today’s most thought-provoking nonfiction films reveal the thought processes, methods, and collaborations that have guided their efforts—from project conception to developing, producing, shooting, editing, and releasing some of the more...

This is the only book that combines conceptual and practical instruction on creating polished and eloquent images for film and video with the technical know-how to achieve them.

Loaded with hundreds of full-color examples, ";The Filmmaker's Eye"; is a focused, easy-to-reference guide more...

The five C’s is one of the most widely respected books on filmmaking ever published. With the aid of hundreds of photographs and diagrams it clearly and concisely presents the essential concepts and techniques of motion picture camera work and the allied areas of filmmaking with which they more...

_Slavko Vorkapich was an artist, special effects artist, film theoretician, director, and montage specialist who is most noted for his montage work on many classic films, including Viva Villa, David Copperfield, San Francisco, The Good Earth, and Mr. Smith Goes to Washington. He was also a highly more...

Immerse yourself in the past, present and future of visual effects with this two-book package. The ASC Treasury of Visual Effects, compiled by Linwood Dunn, ASC, and edited by beloved American Cinematographer editor George Turner, includes hundreds of illustrations and offers wisdom from many more...