The Ultimate Book of Sports Movies: Featuring the 100 Greatest Sports Films of All Time by Gene Hackman $19.95
Guys love movies. Especially sports movies, where every underdog has his day, every team achieves glory, and every hero gets his moment of redemption. Next to watching Monday Night Football, there’s nothing more enjoyable than plopping down on the couch with the remote and a bottle of beer and firing up the special-edition DVD of Rocky, Hoosiers, Caddyshack, or any other fan favorite.Now, two...

Character Costume Figure Drawing: Step-by-Step Drawing Methods for Theatre Costume Designers by Focal Press $48.95
This text presents drawing instruction with detailed break downs of various types of characters. Maternal? Elderly? Sassy? Sexy? It all starts with body proportion, bone structure, body masses, the facial expressions, the hands, and the feet. Hats, props, fabrics, and choice of medium are all thoroughly covered to ensure your ability to develop convincing life-like characters. ...

How to Do Everything with Your Digital Camera, Third Edition by McGraw-Hill Osborne Media $24.99
Take advantage of the power, flexibility, and efficiency of one your digital camera—the biggest upgrade in photography since color film. Follow projects using special effects and techniques for editing digital photos using Photoshop Elements and Paint Shop Pro. Plus, learn about new software, new imaging technology, and new buying recommendations.

War Films (Virgin Film) by Virgin Books $24.95
War films have existed since the birth of cinema, typically gung-ho tales of macho derring-do. But war films are not always about bravado and bravery, they also detail the horrors of war, the sadness, the brotherhood of soldiers, and the comedy that can be found in the bleakest of situations, as well as the excitement of the battlefield. This book explores defining films of the genre in...

Veni, Vidi, Video: The Hollywood Empire and the VCR (Texas Film and Media Studies Series) by University of Texas Press $50.00
A funny thing happened on the way to the movies. Instead of heading downtown to a first-run movie palace, or even to a suburban multiplex with the latest high-tech projection capabilities, many people's first stop is now the local video store. Indeed, video rentals and sales today generate more income than either theatrical releases or television reruns of movies. This pathfinding book chronicles...

Basic Betacam DVCPRO Camerawork, Second Edition (Media Manuals) by Focal Press $29.95
Basic Betacam and DVCPro Camerawork explains the operational controls of the latest popular camera formats, illustrating their significance to routine news gathering and basic location recording.This new edition takes into account the very latest developments in camera technology, including more on:· Digital cameras· Computer menus and smart cards· Switchable aspect ratio cameras· Digital...

Popular Music On Screen: From Hollywood Musical to Music Video (Music and Society) by Manchester University Press $30.00
Popular Music on Screen examines the relationship between popular music and the screen, from the origins of the Hollywood musical to contemporary developments in music television and video. Through detailed examination of films, television programs and popular music, together with analysis of the economic, technological and cultural determinants of their production and consumption, the book...

Single-Camera Video Production, Second Edition (Media Manuals) by Focal Press $29.99
Single-Camera Video Production, 2nd ed. explains the video production process from pre-production through production to post-production. It comprehensively and succinctly prepares readers to plan, shoot, and edit most field and many studio video productions. This book clearly describes the technology and equipment of video production and explains, professional-level techniques that can be applied...

The Avid Handbook, Techniques for the Avid Media Composer and Avid Xpress by Focal Press $34.95
The Avid Media Composer and Avid Xpress are the most widely used nonlinear editing systems by professionals in the film and video industries. Based on his experience teaching countless seminars around the world on the Avid Media Composer and Avid Xpress, Steve Bayes has written the most comprehensive manual for nonlinear digital editing on these Avid editing systems. This handbook is now being...

Horror Films (Virgin Film) by Virgin Books $24.95
From the slasher icons of Jason, Freddy and Leatherface to the slick horror of Alien, Scream, and Ring, to the cult classics of Dracula, Frankenstein, and The Mummy, this book analyzes the definitive works (and the most influential directors) of the genre over the last 50 years.