Film is arguably the dominant art form of the twentieth century. In this Very Short Introduction, Michael Wood offers a wealth of insight into the nature of film, considering its role and impact on society as well as its future in the digital age. As Wood notes, film is many things, but it has become above all a means of telling stories through images and sounds. The stories ar...(展开全部)

Forget the Silver Age, and bag the Golden Age - this is the Age of Reptiles! When Ricardo Delgado - a prolific development and storyboard artist who has worked on such hit films as Men in Black, The Incredibles, WALL-E, X-Men Origins: Wolverine, and The Matrix series - first set his sights on creating comics, he crafted an epic tale about the most unlikely cast of characters: d...(展开全部)

在线阅读本书 Digital Compositing for Film and Video is a hands-on, how-to guide that addresses the problems and difficult choices faced by the professional compositor in real-life situations. This book presents you with tips, tricks and techniques for dealing with the badly shot elements, color artifacts, and mismatched lighting that bedevil compositors. Included in this book is: in...(展开全部)

Successfully design and implement lighting setups with LIGHTING FOR FILM AND DIGITAL CINEMATOGRAPHY with InfoTrac®! Coverage includes lighting, color control, texture, exposure technique, and elements that create image, 'look,' and mood. With a balance of the aesthetic and technical aspects of lighting, this communication text helps you apply what you have learned with over 150...(展开全部)

Documentary film can encompass anything from Robert Flaherty's pioneering ethnography Nanook of the North to Michael Moore's anti-Iraq War polemic Fahrenheit 9/11, from Dziga Vertov's artful Soviet propaganda piece Man with a Movie Camera to Luc Jacquet's heart-tugging wildlife epic March of the Penguins. In this concise, crisply written guide, Patricia Aufderheide takes reader...(展开全部)

Avid art photographers will learn how to model their work after legendary black-and-white photographer Ansel Adams in this instructional guide. Adams' methodology, known as the Zone System, takes what the viewer will see--the final print--into consideration at the beginning of the photographic process, rather than focusing strictly on what the photographer sees. Once this conce...(展开全部)

Since cinema has entered the digital era, its very nature has come under renewed scrutiny. Countering the 'death of cinema' debate, Film History as Media Archaeology presents a robust argument for the cinema's current status as a new epistemological object, of interest to philosophers, while also examining the presence of moving images in the museum and art spaces as a challeng...(展开全部)

Book Description This practical, hands-on guide addresses the problems and difficult choices that professional compositors face on a daily basis. You are presented with tips, techniques, and solutions for dealing with badly shot elements, color artifacts, mismatched lighting and other commonly faced compositing obstacles. The DVD contains before and after examples as well as ex...(展开全部)

史蒂夫·赖特（Steve Wright），好莱坞数字特效合成大师、VFX公司培训专家，曾任柯达旗下电影制作者办事处的高级合成师和技术总监，有着20多年从业经验，参与过70多部商业广告和70多部电影的拍摄，代表作有《禁闭岛》、《博物馆奇妙夜》、《蝙蝠侠与罗宾》。现在赖特在全球各地的教育机构中教授特效合成技术、Nuke和Shake软件课程，著有《视效合成初级教程》。更多信息请访问他的个人网站www.vfxio.com。 李铭，北京电影学院数字媒体技术研究所/影视技术系教授级高工，有着多年影视技术教学、实践经验，编写、翻译了《数字时代的影像制作》（主编）、《影视技术概论（修订版）》等数十部著作。

Comics' hottest writer Geoff Johns (JUSTICE LEAGUE, GREEN LANTERN joins with Peter J. Tomasi (BATMAN & ROBIN) in the follow-up to The New York Times best-selling graphic novel, BLACKEST NIGHT, BRIGHTEST DAY. Once dead, twelve heroes and villains were resurrected by a white light expelled deep within the center of the earth. Now, Aquaman, Martian Manhunter, Firestorm, Hawkman, H...(展开全部)