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Focal Press publishes the best Film and Video books covering Directing, Editing, Producing, Scriptwriting, Postproduction, Visual Effects, Motion Graphics and much more. Our books are written by creative experts for creative people.


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Want to start 2010 with a scream?

The Filmmaker's Book of the Dead is here to help!

The Filmmaker's Book of the Dead 

Sharing his personal filmmaking experience, producer/director Danny Draven reveals how to create a spine-tingling horror film from start to finish. You'll not only discover how to craft the story, but also how to master using production techniques, music, lighting and editing to thrill audiences!

Check out The Filmmaker's Book of the Dead: How to Make Your Own Heart-Racing Horror Movie, now available!



Meet the Authors

Charles Rose

Charles Rose, AIC, spent decades in Milan, working on features, commercials, documentary films, and music videos. His work has been recognized at the Cannes, Venice, Berlin, San Sebastian, and Tokyo festivals. Rose is now based in Los Angeles. When not busy shooting, he teaches camera operations at the Los Angeles Film School. He is also a member of the cinematography faculty at the American Film Institute, USC's School of Cinematic Arts, and the Lead Instructor at the ICG Local 600 Advanced Camera Workshops.
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Creating Motion Graphics with After Effects, Fourth Edition

Creating Motion Graphics with After Effects, Fourth Edition

By Chris Meyer and Trish Meyer

Trish and Chris Meyer share fifteen years of real-world film and video production experience inside the critically acclaimed Creating Motion Graphics with After Effects. More than a step-by-step review of the features in After Effects, you will learn how the program thinks so that you can realize your own visions more quickly and efficiently.

Documentary Storytelling, Second Edition

Documentary Storytelling, Second Edition

By Sheila Curran Bernard

The only book to show documentary filmmakers how to strengthen their films through storytelling techniques
Cinematography: Theory and Practice

Cinematography: Theory and Practice

By Blain Brown

Cinematography: Theory and Practice Image Making for Cinematographers, Directors, and Videographers Blain Brown select a series "A gorgeous piece of work that bids to become a classic text on cinematography....Few books on cinematography meld aesthetics and pragmatics as deftly as this one." American Cinematogr


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Final Cut Pro 7 KeyGuide

Final Cut Pro 7 KeyGuide

By Loren Miller

Quick-access reference card allows FCP 7 editors to master keystrokes and perform actions at the speed of the machine
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