Direction & Production

After Effects CS5.5 Update: /tv.adobe.com/show/after-effects-cs55-new-creative-techniques/Chris and Trish Meyer have created a series of videos demonstrating how to use their favorite new and enhanced features in After Effects CS5.5. Virtually all of...

Every production is built on the backbone of the pipeline. While a functional and flexible pipeline can't assure a successful project, a weak pipeline can guarantee its demise. A solid pipeline produces a superior product in less time and with happier...

In a first-person account, Amazing Ameziane leads us through the life story of this iconic auteur, from his humble beginnings as a video shop clerk, to his rise through iconic indie blockbusters, all the way to global superstar. Discover the influences,...

The Graphic User Interface, or GUI, is the adhesive centre of today's screen entertainment web. From films and television to apps and videogames, it holds together a multitude of media and shapes the way they are accessed, organised, created, consumed,...

So You Want to Be a Producer is packed with information and advice from top Hollywood producers, writers and directors and is a must-read for anyone interested in what it really takes to get a film made, including: * Finding your story * Obtaining the...

A deluxe collector's hardcover edition exploring the Star Wars saga on with features and interviews covering the first appearance of Boba Fett in the infamous Star Wars Holiday Special, the Droids and Ewoks cartoons - through to The Clone Wars and Star...

The award-winning VES Handbook of Visual Effects remains the most comprehensive guide to visual effects techniques and best practices available. This edition has been updated to the latest industry techniques, technologies, and workflows. The Visual...

SECRETS AND LIES. CONSPIRACY AND COVER UP. TIPPING POINT AND REVOLUTION. Where the redactions end, a Paul Greengrass film begins.A graduate of Granada Television's award-winning World in Action investigative reporting team, Greengrass has become one of...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780684832661Author Ma GriffinFormat PaperbackPage Count 516Imprint TouchstonePublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 650gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm * 29mm

John Carpenter's producing partner Debra Hill hired photographer Kim Gottlieb-Walker to be the unit photographer on Halloween, and Kim soon became part of Carpenter's filmmaking family, shooting stills on the sets of some of his most iconic films:...

This volume offers a new interpretation of one of the most innovative directors in the history of cinema. It is the first book to cover the whole of Godard's career, from the French New Wave to the recent triumphs of Histoire(s) du cinema and Eloge de...

The 4th of the 24 Marvel Cinematic Universe Infinity Saga film titles being published as a complete set. Packed with exclusive content, this fully illustrated tome sheds light on how Captain America: The First Avenger was created, including concept...

Andrzej Zulawski (1940-2016) was born in Lwow, Poland (now Lviv, Ukraine) and educated in Paris. From 1971 to 2015 he directed thirteen feature films. Andrzej Zulawski: Abject Cinema interprets the director's oeuvre through the methodological lens of...

The definitive visual history of the thrilling make-up artistry of the legendary Rick Baker, a must-have for collectors and special effects afficionados. From the gory zombies of Michael Jackson's Thriller to the staggeringly lifelike results of...

Coraline (Henry Selick, 2009) is stop-motion studio LAIKA's feature-length debut based on the popular children's novel by British author Neil Gaiman. Heralding a revival in global interest in stop-motion animation, the film is both an international...

Norfolk Summer presents the story about the making of a film starring Julie Christie and Alan Bates Joseph Losey's award-winning movie The Go-Between was filmed entirely on location in Norfolk in 1970. The film charts the tragic story of a young boy's...

Witness the return of one of the most formidable movie monsters of all time as director Shane Black brings The Predator to the world's cinema screens. This official companion book provides a unique look at the making of the movie, including...

Whether you're posting a clip on Facebook, making a presentation video, introducing yourself to others online, or just sending out a greeting to friends, today everyone is a filmmaker. This book cuts away the jargon to offer a highly accessible,...

Whether you're posting a clip on Facebook, making a presentation video, introducing yourself to others online, or just sending out a greeting to friends, today everyone is a filmmaker. This book cuts away the jargon to offer a highly accessible,...

In this authoritative volume, writer and historian Scott Tracy Griffin traces the development of the history-making Tarzan franchise, from the motion-picture industry's early silent and serials, through the high point of the Metro- Goldwyn-Mayer era...

With the shift from film to digital, today's filmmakers are empowered by an arsenal of powerful, creative options with which to tell their story. Modern Post examines and demystifies these tools and workflows and demonstrates how these decisions can...

Francis Glebas, a top Disney storyboard artist, teaches artists a structural approach to clearly and dramatically presenting visual stories. They will learn classic visual storytelling techniques such as conveying meaning with images and directing the...

The reason for the decline of Orson Welles's career is a hotly debated issue, but decline it certainly did. When Citizen Kane, his first film, opened in 1941, Welles was universally acclaimed as the most audacious filmmaker alive. But instead of marking...

When Bob and Dick Sherman-two relatively unknown songwriters-walked onto the Walt Disney Studios lot to pitch a song for Annette Funicello, they had no idea that they'd end up meeting Disney himself or that a few months later they'd be developing the...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780140298406Author Charmian CarrFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 215gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 137mm *...

Following the global success of Godzilla and Kong: Skull Island comes the next chapter in Warner Bros. Pictures' and Legendary Pictures' cinematic Monsterverse, an epic action adventure that pits Godzilla against some of the most popular monsters in pop...

If Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs represented the Animation industry's infancy, Ed Hooks thinks that the current production line of big-budget features is its artistically awkward adolescence. While a well-funded marketing machine can conceal...

A director, producer, and writer, George Lucas is the power behind ""The Force."" The son of a conservative small-town businessman, he grew up to become arguably the most identifiable and popular filmmaker in the history of the medium. Yet unlike his...

They haven't spoken for 12 years. Can they fall in love in 12 days? 'I've been bowled over by this perfect little rom com . . . FULL of good lines and great moments' JANE CASEY ...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781593934651Author Hank MoonjeanFormat PaperbackPage Count 392Imprint BearManor MediaPublisher BearManor MediaWeight(grams) 522gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *...

This is a comprehensive, advice-packed handbook to the world of low-budget, DIY documentary filmmaking - filled with interviews and case studies. Documentary films have enjoyed a huge resurgence over the last few years, and there's a new generation of...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781615932344Author Simone BartesaghiFormat PaperbackPage Count 170Imprint Michael Wiese ProductionsPublisher Michael Wiese ProductionsWeight(grams)...

The freshest storytelling today is on television, where the multi-episodic format is used for rich character development and innovative story arcs. This exciting new edition of Directors Tell the Story continues to offer rare insight and advice straight...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781932907698Author Richard La MotteFormat PaperbackPage Count 216Imprint Michael Wiese ProductionsPublisher Michael Wiese ProductionsWeight(grams) 318g

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780984412600Author Charles HelfensteinFormat PaperbackPage Count 290Imprint Spies LLCPublisher Spies LLCWeight(grams) 930gDimensions(mm) 277mm * 213mm * 20mm

At a time when few reviewers and critics were taking the study of film seriously, Robin Wood released a careful and thoroughly cinematic commentary on Ingmar Bergman's films that demonstrated the potential of film analysis in a nascent scholarly field...

'A commanding portrait.' Total Film'Indispensable . . . rich, engaging, thorough.' Sight & Sound'Bergman's films stand alone as beacons in film history.' Wim WendersA chronicle of the life and career of one of film's defining figures, God and the Devil...

The official art book for the movie Thor: Ragnarok, the 16th title reissue of the 24-book Marvel Studios' The Infinity Saga series published as a resized matching set.The 16th of the 24 Marvel Cinematic Universe Infinity Saga film titles being published...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780345511461Author J.W. RinzlerFormat HardbackPage Count 372Imprint Random House WorldsPublisher Random House WorldsSeries Star WarsWeight(grams)...

- Offers a step-by-step guide for editing raw documentary footage into a structured, finished film-from surveying the hours of footage, to the rough cut and test screening-giving readers a comprehensive view of the documentary editing process. - In-depth...