Master Shots gives you everything you need to execute complex, original shots on any movie budget. It will teach you a way of seeing, so you’ll be able to create knock-out shots, even when you’re on the set and under pressure. more...

Put the video podcast medium to work for you and your clients with a winning formula. Know how video podcasts work and every facet of what it takes to produce a professional-quality program that will meet every criterion for success. The authors are seasoned video production pros that have been on more...

Ray Harryhausen is arguably the greatest stop-motion animator in the history of motion pictures, blazing new trails in special effects from the 1950s to the 1980s creating realistic dinosaurs, fantastic aliens, and imaginative mythological creatures. In the animator's own words, accompanied by more...

Fifteen of the world’s top editors reveal exactly what happens during the months of post-production. By sharing the secrets of their trade, they tell us how films are put together. Not all the editors approached wanted to take part in this book. After much deliberation one world-class editor more...

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...

The Screenwriter_s Bible (a Writer_s Digest Book Club Featured Selection) may be the most complete screenwriting tool ever designed. It includes useful worksheets, sound marketing advice, sample scenes and treatment, the latest on the new spec style, and more. The Screenwriter's Bible is actually more...

If you love animation then you're in for a treat!

Olivier Cotte has gone behind-the-scenes of 13 of the greatest short animations ever made, interviewing the directors and close collaborators who made each one, to offer us a unique guide to classic techniques from the masters of their crafts. more...

With advances in technology today, almost anyone can make a movie. If you have the passion, time, and a little money, you can turn your dreams into a big-screen experience. But you need more than technology alone to create something that people will want to see. This full color, comprehensive guide more...

Learn how to direct television programs, understand complex directing tasks, and learn the fundamentals of studio production procedure in this back-to-basics guide to studio-based productions. Learn about lighting, set, camera operations, floor direction, technical direction, audio, tape, graphics, more...

This handbook is a collection of the wide variety of theories, procedures and tactics used by the practicing motion picture camera assistant while working on location or on the professional film set. Since this book concentrates on the important facets of the camera assistants’ job on the set more...

A Wildly Fictional Account of How Orson Welles Learned Everything About the Art of Cinematography in Half an Hour or Was it a Weekend?

This book brings to life the 60-plus year Urban Legend of the infamous weekend between Orson Welles and the Oscar winning cinematographer, Gregg Toland more...

If you’re an independent filmmaker looking for information on how to market, distribute and find audiences for your movies and videos, you’ll find street-smart savvy and real-world examples on how to promote and sell your productions in this book. Includes both traditional and guerilla 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...