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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!



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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

Storytelling techniques are one of the most powerful tools in the documentary filmmaker's arsenal. Learn how to harness them with this book.

Cinematography: Theory and Practice

Cinematography: Theory and Practice

By Blain Brown

This book explains the theory behind the practice, so you understand how the rules came about and when it's appropriate to break them.


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