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Screenwriting Tips, You Hack: 150 Practical Pointers for Becoming a Better Screenwriter

de Xander Bennett

Screenwriting Tip #99

Voice-over usually feels like scaffolding. You know-something you left in there when you were constructing the first draft, but really should have torn out after it served its purpose.

Screenwriting...

Audio Production Worktext: Concepts, Techniques, and Equipment

de Sam Sauls & Craig Stark

Providing insight into the impact media convergence has had on the radio industry, this new edition delivers an excellent introduction to the modern radio production studio, the equipment found in that studio,...

Writing Feature Articles

de Brendan Hennessy

Hennessy's classic text tells you everything you need to know about writing successful features. You will learn how to formulate and develop ideas and how to shape them to fit different markets.

Now in its fourth...

Broadcast News Writing, Reporting, and Producing

de Frank Barnas

Jargon buster: convergent journalism:

?Media convergence is the most significant development in the news industry in the last century. The ability to interchange text, audio, and visual communication over the...

HTML5 Mobile Websites: Turbocharging HTML5 with jQuery, Sencha Touch, and Other Frameworks

de Matthew David

Build HTML5-powered mobile web experiences with the aid of development frameworks that speed the development of Native App-like experiences. Build on your foundation of HTML and JavaScript with a complete understanding...

The Stage Manager's Toolkit: Templates and Communication Techniques to Guide Your Theatre Production from First Meeting to Final Performance

de Laurie Kincman

As a Stage Manager, you are responsible for organizing rehearsals, running performances, and keeping everyone and everything on track and in sync. To do the job well, you need to be a communication wizard-able...

Expressive Photography: The Shutter Sisters Guide to Shooting from the Heart

de Tracey Clark & Andrea Scher

When a photograph captivates you and stirs your soul, you know it instinctively. You not only see the image, you feel it. But how do you capture shots like that with your own camera? How do you make your photographs...

3D in Photoshop: The Ultimate Guide for Creative Professionals

de Zorana Gee

This is the first book of its kind that shows you everything you need to know to create or integrate 3D into your designs using Photoshop CS5 Extended. If you are completely new to 3D, you'll find the great...

Exploring Color Photography Fifth Edition: From Film to Pixels

de Robert Hirsch

The classic book on color photography is back in print and completely revamped for a digital photography audience!

Learn from step-by-step instruction, illustrative charts, and unbelievably inspirational imagery...

The Animator's Eye: Composition and Design for Better Animation

de Francis Glebas

Enhance your animated features and shorts with this polished guide to channeling your vision and imagination from a former Disney animator and director. Learn how to become a strong visual storyteller through...

Focus on Food Photography for Bloggers (Focus on Series): Focus on the Fundamentals

de Matt Armendariz

Sharing your kitchen concoctions on your personal food blog has never been as popular as it is right now, but if you've ever had trouble getting your tasty temptations to look like pretty plates on camera, you...

Html5: Designing Rich Internet Applications

de Matthew David

Implement the powerful multimedia and interactive capabilities offered by HTML5, including style control tools, illustration tools, video, audio, and rich media solutions. Understand how HTML5 is changing the...

Shoot to Sell: Make Money Producing Special Interest Videos

de Rick Smith & Kim Miller

Producing and Distributing Special Interest Videos is a step-by-step, do-it-yourself guide for successfully producing, selling and marketing videos without a huge financial investment for anyone who has an...

The After Effects Illusionist: All the Effects in One Complete Guide

de Chad Perkins

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Harness the full power of After Effects by mastering its native plug-in effects. Author Chad Perkins breaks down the creation and application of each native plug-in effect available in the After Effects toolset....

Filmmakers and Financing: Business Plans for Independents

de Louise Levison

The first, most crucial step in making a film is finding the funds to do it, yet many independent filmmakers skip this step and "finance" the production on their credit cards. The smarter ones turn to this popular...

Exhibiting Photography: A Practical Guide to Displaying Your Work

de Shirley Read

You have the camera, you have the skills, and you have the pictures. Now what? Author Shirley Read expertly leads you through the world of exhibiting your photography one minute detail at a time. From finding...

Focus on Composing Photos: Focus on the Fundamentals

de Peter Ensenberger

As digital cameras and software packages become more advanced, seemingly by the minute, it has become easier than ever to overlook the basic elements which have always resulted in the best photographs, no matter...

Lens on Life: Documenting Your World Through Photography

de Stephanie Calabrese Roberts

Mostly candid and spontaneous, documentary photography serves to preserve a moment in time. In Lens on Life, celebrated documentary photographer and author of the best-selling The Art of iPhoneography: A Guide...

Simple Scene, Sensational Shot: Artistic Photography from Any Environment

de Simon Bond

How many of us have put the camera away after a holiday to a far off exotic location? This book will show you how to make the most of your local area to make outstanding photos. A wealth of techniques and creative...

Drawn to Life: 20 Golden Years of Disney Master Classes: Volume 2: The Walt Stanchfield Lectures

de Walt Stanchfield & Don Hahn

Walt Stanchfield (1919-2000) began work for Walt Disney Studios in the 1950s. His work can be seen in films like Sleeping Beauty, 101 Dalmatians, and Peter Pan.

Perhaps Stanchfield's biggest legacy was the knowledge...