Direction & Production

the Thought-provoking, Aesthetically Pleasing Animated Films Of Hayao Miyazaki Attract Audiences Well Beyond The Director's Native Japan. Princess Mononoke...

In this revised and updated edition of Of Mice and Magic, Leonard Maltin not only recreates this whole glorious era from the silent days through the Hollyw...

Ed Hooks' indispensable acting guidebook for animators has been fully updated and improved! Hooks uses basic acting theory to explain everything from cha...

Twelve essays written between 1928 and 1945 that demonstrate key points in the development of Eisenstein’s film theory and in particular his analysis of ...

Film and television director Barry Sonnenfeld's outrageous and hilarious memoir traces his idiosyncratic upbringing in New York City, his breaking into fil...

The revised twelfth edition of Video Production: Disciplines and Techniques introduces readers to the operations underlying video production. It provides t...

Lee Lanier. A Focal Press book--Cover. Includes index.Categories: Arts & Photography Photography & VideoFilm & Video Art

Michael Ondaatje's conversations over the period of a year with the film and sound editor Walter Murch. Their exchange reveals behind-the-scenes glimpses of...

In a digital moment where both the democratizing and totalitarian possibilities of media are unprecedented, the need for complex, ethical, and imaginative d...

Oscar-winner Peter Lamont has a global reputation as one of the film industry's leading designers. For a large part of his career he worked on 18 of the Jam...

In This Riveting Popular History, The Creator Of You Must Remember This Probes The Inner Workings Of Hollywood’s Glamorous Golden Age Through The Stories ...

Pierre–Auguste Renoir (1841–1919) stands out among the great artists for his willingness to paint pictures that are straightforwardly pretty and charmi...

Written by senior compositor, technical director, and master trainer Steve Wright, this book condenses years of production experience into an easy-to-read a...

Traces The History And Development Of Video Games, Providing Information On The First Games, Influential Developers, How The Games Have Changed Over The Yea...

Complete with Academy Award results, this full-length book includes excerpts from James Cameron's journals on how the landmark film was made, plus notes by...

The classic guide to writing screenplays, by screenplay guru Syd Field. A step-by-step guide from concept to finished script. Third edition. Library Journa...

A 688-page volume jam-packed with practical information, advice, tips, and quirky wisdom, both basic enough for the novice and complete enough to help thos...

This edition covers iMovie 10.0 for Mac and iMovie 2.0 for iOS.iMovie's sophisticated tools make it easier than ever to turn raw footage into sleek, enterta...

A Guide To 52 Prime Examples Of Must-see Cinema, The Essentials Vol. 2 -- Based On The Turner Classic Movies Series -- Is Packed With Behind-the-scenes Stor...

Product Description From New York Times bestselling author Scott Eyman, this is the story one of the most influential studios in film history, from its...

Nothing about Otto Preminger was small or trivial--from his privileged upbringing in Vienna as the son of an improbably successful Jewish lawyer to his wo...

Norman Jewison Directed Some Of The Most Iconic And Beloved Films Of An Era, From In The Heat Of The Night And The Thomas Crown Affair To Jesus Christ Super...

The son of a celebrated Hollywood director emerges from his father's shadow to claim his own place as a visionary force in American culture. George Stevens,...

Now available as an ebook for the first time! No one knows the writer's Hollywood more intimately than William Goldman. Two-time Academy Award-winning scr...

Empire of Dreams is the first definitive look at all of the science fiction, fantasy, and horror films directed by Steven Spielberg, one of the most popul...

Ideal choice for fans of the LEGO movie who want to try stop-motion animation in their own movies Provides practical tips on how to film using stop-motion...

Lion of Hollywood is the definitive biography of Louis B. Mayer, the chief of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer—MGM—the biggest and most successful film studio of Ho...

Howard Hawks is now regarded as one of the greatest directors ever to work in Hollywood. His career stretched from the silent era through the seventies and ...