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Developing Story Ideas
Developing Story Ideas
by Michael Rabiger
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This book was written to answer a pressing need for works with more individuality, focus, and personal voice. Michael Rabiger, a renowned teacher, author, educator, and mentor, proves we all have the inner resources and life experiences to be creative... (read more)

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Light - Science and Magic: An Introduction to Photographic Lighting
Light - Science and Magic: An Introduction to Photographic Lighting
by Paul Fugua
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This highly respected text, now in paperback, has been thoroughly updated and revised. It introduces a logical theory of photographic lighting --- one that teaches beginning photographers to predict results before setting up lights. This is not primarily... (read more)

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Filmmakers and Financing: Business Plans for Independents with CDROM
Filmmakers and Financing: Business Plans for Independents with CDROM
by Louise Levison
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The first, most crucial step in making a film is finding the funds to do it. Let Louise Levison, who wrote the innovative business plan for The Blair Witch Project, show you how. Whether you're planning a feature, short, documentary, or large format film,... (read more)

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Adobe Photoshop Elements 6 Maximum Performance: Unleash the Hidden Performance of Elements
Adobe Photoshop Elements 6 Maximum Performance: Unleash the Hidden Performance of Elements
by Mark Galer
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Real world project approach to achieving professional image editing effects with a cut-price... (read more)

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The Mobile DJ Handbook: How to Start & Run a Profitable Mobile Disc Jockey Service
The Mobile DJ Handbook: How to Start & Run a Profitable Mobile Disc Jockey Service
by Stacy Zemon
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This book contains information on becoming a professional, securing bookings, buying equipment and music, and running party dances, contests, and games. Included within the text are sample contracts, an advertisement and brochure, and resource... (read more)

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Painter IX for Photographers: Creating Painterly Images Step by Step
Painter IX for Photographers: Creating Painterly Images Step by Step
by Martin Addison
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• Get up to speed fast with Corel’s Painter and learn how to create imaginative artwork from your own photographs • Highly illustrated throughout with beautiful color images and a CD packed full of photographs to help you practise your new skills ... (read more)

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Photoshop CS: Essential Skills (Essential Skills)
Photoshop CS: Essential Skills (Essential Skills)
by Mark Galer
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al Skills' by Mark Galer and Digital Imaging: Essential Skills' by Mark Galer and Les Horvat.... (read more)

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Light and Lens: Photography in the Digital Age
Light and Lens: Photography in the Digital Age
by Robert Hirsch
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Light & Lens: Photography in the Digital Age is a groundbreaking introductory book that clearly and concisely provides the instruction and building blocks necessary to create thought-provoking digitally based photographs. It is an adventurous idea book... (read more)

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How to Cheat in Adobe Flash Cs3: The Art of Design and Animation
How to Cheat in Adobe Flash Cs3: The Art of Design and Animation
by Chris Georgenes
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Enabling designers and animators to get even more out of Adobe Flash CS3, this book shows users step by step how to work from the problem to the solution when creating Flash animations. Information is presented from the viewpoint of an animator who has... (read more)

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Avid Editing: A Guide for Beginning and Intermediate Users with DVD
Avid Editing: A Guide for Beginning and Intermediate Users with DVD
by Sam Kauffmann
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Avid Editing is a comprehensive guide covering Avid Xpress Pro, XPress Pro HD, and Xpress DV. Due to the similarity of Avid's interface across product lines, it is also relevant for Media Composer and other systems. Suitable for beginning editors or... (read more)

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Communication Technology Update
Communication Technology Update
by August E Grant
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New communication technologies are being introduced at an astonishing rate. Making sense of these technologies is increasingly difficult. Communication Technology Update is the single best source for the latest developments, trends, and issues in... (read more)

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The Visual Story: Creating the Visual Structure of Film, TV and Digital Media
The Visual Story: Creating the Visual Structure of Film, TV and Digital Media
by Bruce A Block
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If you can't make it to one of Bruce Block's legendary visual storytelling seminars, then you need his book! Now in full color for the first time, this best-seller offers a clear view of the relationship between the story/script structure and the visual... (read more)

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Screenwriting: Screencraft Series (Screencraft)
Screenwriting: Screencraft Series (Screencraft)
by Felim Macdermott
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No other series exists that provides filmmakers, students, and screenwriters/directors with visually-stimulating access to world-class story-tellers and their techniques. This sixth book in the series offers rare insights into the creative processes... (read more)

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The Visual Story: Seeing the Structure of Film, TV and New Media
The Visual Story: Seeing the Structure of Film, TV and New Media
by Bruce A Block
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The Visual Story offers students and professionals in cinematography, production design, directing and screenwriting a clear view of the relationship between the story/script structure and the visual structure of a film or video. An understanding of the... (read more)

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High Definition and 24p Cinematography
High Definition and 24p Cinematography
by Paul Wheeler
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This authoritative new reference demystifies the technologies of high definition and 24P cinematography. It is written for the director of photography, camera crew and producer or director and deals with the subject from their point of view. It provides... (read more)

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Producing Great Sound for Film and Video
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... (read more)

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Single Camera Video Production 4TH Edition
Single Camera Video Production 4TH Edition
by Robert B Musburger
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Single-camera Video Production, Fourth Edition clearly explains the technology and the equipment of video production and details step-by-step the professional-level techniques that can be applied to any type of production or budget. In addition, this... (read more)

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Pinhole Photography 3RD Edition Rediscovering A
Pinhole Photography 3RD Edition Rediscovering A
by Eric Renner
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A respected guide for students, amateurs, and advanced photographers ??? inside you will find more varieties of pinhole cameras for beginners, expanded instructional information on pinhole and zone plate practices, and new information on where to get... (read more)

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Adobe Photoshop Elements 3.0: A Visual Introduction to Digital Imaging
Adobe Photoshop Elements 3.0: A Visual Introduction to Digital Imaging
by Philip Andrews
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This complete and easy-to-follow introduction to Adobe Photoshop Elements has been updated throughout to show all the new features of version 3.0 including Photo Browser, Quick Fix Editor, Photo Creations Projects, the integrated RAW file editor and 16... (read more)

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Filmmakers and Financing: Business Plans for Independents
Filmmakers and Financing: Business Plans for Independents
by Louise Levinson
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