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The Art of Digital Video
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The Art of Digital Video
by John Watkinson

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The industry "bible" is back and it's better than ever. The Art of Digital Video has served as the ultimate reference guide for those working with digital video for generations. Now this classic has been revised and re-written by international consultant...
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Vegas Pro 8 Editing Workshop
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Vegas Pro 8 Editing Workshop
by Dougl Spotted Eagle

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Master the Vegas Pro 8 toolset, including its industry-leading HD and audio capabilities. This comprehensive guide delivers the nuts and bolts of the essential tasks, from installing the application to outputting, together with practical editing...
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Producing Great Sound for Film and Video
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Producing Great Sound for Film and Video
by Jay Rose

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Make your film or video project sound as good as it looks with this complete training course by audio guru Jay Rose. You get hundreds of professional, real-world techniques that you can employ from preproduction through the final mix. This is a solution...
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Introduction To Writing for Electronic Media (07 Edition)
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Introduction To Writing for Electronic Media (07 Edition)
by Robert B. Musberger

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"Wonderfully practical....just what every media writer needs." Christopher H. Sterling George Washington University * Learn what it takes to write for commercials, news, documentaries, corporate, educational, animation, games, the internet, and dramatic...
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Producing Video Podcasts: A Guide for Media Professionals
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Producing Video Podcasts: A Guide for Media Professionals
by Richard Harrington

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Written by video experts for video experts, this resource features instruction and case studies that delve into production and implementation issues unique to the medium. A full-color presentation delivers tangible, inspiring examples of creative...
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Documentary Storytelling (2ND 07 Edition)
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Documentary Storytelling (2ND 07 Edition)
by Sheila Bernard

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Documentary Storytelling is unique in offering an in-depth look at story and structure as applied not to Hollywood fiction, but to films and videos based on factual material and the drama of real life. With the growing popularity of documentaries in...
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Ideas for the Animated Short with DVD: Finding and Building Stories
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Ideas for the Animated Short with DVD: Finding and Building Stories
by Karen Sullivan

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Build your skills in the development of story ideas that will command an audience for your 2-5 minute animated short. Packed with illustrated examples of idea generation, character and story development, acting, dialogue and storyboarding practice this...
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The Pocket Lawyer for Filmmakers: A Legal Toolkit for Independent Producers
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The Pocket Lawyer for Filmmakers: A Legal Toolkit for Independent Producers
by Thomas A. Crowell

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* You have an idea you want to pitch to a production company; how do you safeguard your concept? * There's a painting in the background of your independent film; is it necessary to clear the rights? * The screenplay you and a friend wrote gets optioned...
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Practical Art of Motion Picture Soun 3RD Edition
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Practical Art of Motion Picture Soun 3RD Edition
by David Lewis Yewdall

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Practical Art of Motion Picture Sound embraces the subject of sound for films. Based on the experience of the author and other top sound craftspeople, this book provides numerous real-life examples and relevant technical data. It also is firmly grounded...
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Dialogue Editing for Motion Pictures: A Guide to the Invisible Art
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Dialogue Editing for Motion Pictures: A Guide to the Invisible Art
by John Purcell

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Dialogue editing is a crucial yet invisible part of filmmaking. Do it right, and no one notices. Do it wrong, and your film or video sounds messy, distracting, and unrealistic. This is a book for people who need to edit production sound for film, TV, or...
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Voice and Vision: A Creative Approach to Narrative Film and DV Production
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Voice and Vision: A Creative Approach to Narrative Film and DV Production
by Mick Hurbis-cherrier

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VoiceandVision is a comprehensive manual for the independent filmmakers and film students who want a solid grounding in the tools, techniques, and processes of narrative film in order to achieve their artistic vision. This book includes essential and...
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Character Animation 2D Skills for Be 2ND Edition
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Character Animation 2D Skills for Be 2ND Edition
by Steve Roberts

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Improve your character animation with a mastery of traditional principles and processes including weight and balance, timing, walks, birds, fish, snakes, four legged animals, acting and lip-synch. Traditional animation skills and techniques are presented...
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Prepare to Board!: Creating Story and Characters for Animation Features and Shorts
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Prepare to Board!: Creating Story and Characters for Animation Features and Shorts
by Nancy Beiman

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Packed with illustrations that illuminate and a text that entertains and informs, this book explains the methods and techniques of animation preproduction with a focus on story development and character design. Story is the most important part of an...
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Studio Television Production and Directing (Media Manuals)
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Studio Television Production and Directing (Media Manuals)
by Andrew Hicks Utterback

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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,...
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Secrets of Oscar-Winning Animation: Behind the Scenes of 13 Classic Short Animations
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Secrets of Oscar-Winning Animation: Behind the Scenes of 13 Classic Short Animations
by Olivier Cotte

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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...
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Portable Video : Eng and Efp (5TH 07 Edition)
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Portable Video : Eng and Efp (5TH 07 Edition)
by Norman Medoff

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