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 Atlantis the Lost Empire: The Illustrated Script
by Disney
This book combines the best elements of "art of/making of" books and illustrated screenplays. The "work-in-progress" script is illustrated
using preproduction artwork offering readers a window into the filmmakers' creative process. Unlike standard illustrated scripts which
feature final film frames. This unorthodox volume is filled with insightful notes, humorous sketches.
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 Disney's Atlantis the Lost Empire: The Essential
Guide
by David JohnThe guide brings DK's unique design style to Disney's rich cast of
characters, locations, and bizarre vessels featured in the movie. This official pictorial guide gives you a behind-the-scenes look at the movie.
The story of the Sheperd's Journal with timeline tracing Atlantis's history back through the mists of time, plus the code to the Atlantean language.
Fascinating annotated illustrations depict the amazing vehicles and vessels, and displayed in brilliantly animated color. Exclusive profiles of the movie's characters.
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 The Making of Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
by Bradygames (Editor) Available July 30
The Making of FINAL FANTASY: The Spirits Within book will feature an inside look into the making of the movie. The book includes storyboards, the movie
script, concept sketches, and images of the characters, sets and props from the movie. Behind-the-scenes information and interviews with the creative minds
behind this ground-breaking production. The book brings to light the truly staggering level of work and detail involved in the movie's development. Click Here for price and More Info
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The One-Hour Watercolorist
by Patrick SeslarThis book provides a valuable source of technical information that can help
the paint-shy art lover take a big first step in putting brush to paper. The title may be slightly exaggerated, as many of the paintings take more than an hour,
but the point is to show that by breaking down a work into steps, something substantial can be accomplished in a relatively short period.
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 Manga Mania: How to Draw Japanese Comics
by Christopher Hart
Hart, a successful contributor to MAD magazine, the Blondie cartoon strip, and film and TV, adds another volume to his prolific output of books, which
includes his recent Cartooning for the Beginner. Here he presents the only book on how to draw the wildly popular manga style of comic book art.
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So You Thought You Couldn't Draw
by Sandra McFall AngeloThis simple drawing system was created especially for people who think they
don't have any talent. Designed as a self-study workbook, it eases the novice painlessly through a grid system involving four straightforward steps: shape,
line, value, and texture. Very specific instructions eliminate guesswork, and information on how to draw from photographs is also included.
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Ed Emberlery's Fingerprint Drawing Book
by Ed Emberley
Ed Emberley adds to his popular drawing books series with his paper-over-board Ed Emberley's Fingerprint Drawing Book. An opening
spread describes the necessary "ingredients" for using fingertips as paintbrushes (inkpads, poster paints, food coloring, etc. Emberley leads
by example, adding one element at a time to show how to make a frog, or a bumblebee in "The Garden" or animals and birds.
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 Harry Potter Poster Book
by J.K. RowlingThis large format poster book is the first opportunity for fans will to get an
inside look at how Harry and his friends will be pictured in the highly anticipated live action film. Each of the 15 full color posters feature captivating
images that bring Harry's magical adventures and the world of the Hogwart's School to life.
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Roy Lichtenstein (Art Kits)
by Janet Boris (Creator), Walter Hopps (Editor), Deborah Schwartz (Editor)
With Art Ed Books and Kits, children not only learn about great artists, they can learn to paint like them, too. Art Ed is the ideal kit for any
aspiring artist! Each kit: Art supplies, 24-page full-color book, 8-page activity book, fold-out frame.
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Pearl Harbor: The Movie and The Moment
by Jerry Bruck heimer (Editor), Antonia Felix (Editor), Michael Bay (Introduction), Randall Wallace (Preface)
This gorgeously illustrated companion volume brilliantly captures the movie and the history it celebrates. Filled with nearly 200 images, including
four-color movie stills, candid shots, storyboards, sketches and maps, this book offers something for every movie and history buff. Offering a unique,
behind-the-scenes glimpse of a blockbuster in the making, this illustrated volume features articles and sidebars detailing the making of the movie.
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 The Mummy Returns Scrapbook
by John Whitman
Filled with more than 100 photos and fascinating facts about ancient Egypt, The Mummy Returns Scrapbook is the ultimate guide to the movie. Read the
action-packed story, see your favorite scenes, and discover the wonders of Egypt - from pyramids to mummies. Here's an exciting look at a thrilling film and an extraordinary place.
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Traffic: The Shooting Script
by Stephen Gaghan, Steven Soderbergh (Introduction)The amorphous and morally ambivalent North American drug trade is the
tapestry into which three seemingly disconnected stories are woven, involving Mexican border police, the new U.S. drug czar and his teenage daughter, and
dedicated DEA agents. Drugs taint everyone, and no character escapes unscathed.
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A Knight's Tale: The Shooting Script
by Brian HelgelandThis is a story of a man who is a peasant and the son of a thatcher. When the
Knight that William is under the employment of, suddenly dies right before he is supposed to joust, William must joust in his place. Although only himself,
and his two friends Wat and Roland, know that it is him jousting and not the real knight. You must be of noble blood to compete. Suprisingly, William wins and finds that he is a natural at jousting.
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 Which Lie Did I Tell?: More Adventures In The Screen Trade
by William Goldman
Another entertaining hybrid of memoir and screenwriting advice from the two-time Academy Awardwinning writer of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.
This sequel to Goldman's Adventures in the Screen Trade (1983) picks up where the original left off, detailing his Hollywood experiences since the early 1980s and offering new insights into the screenwriter's art.
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 Secrets of Film Writing
by Tom LazarusThe Secrets of Film Writing
reveals a working writer's secrets--the tips, short cuts, tricks and insider advice that will get your story down on paper, maximize your idea and seduce your readers. Do you know why actors pick scripts out of a
stack? Why montage sequences don't work? Why the traditional three-act structure is obsolete? Lazarus lifts the veil with hundreds of secrets like these.
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Adobe Photoshop 6.0 Web Design
by Michael BaumgardtA Web designer's guide to Adobe Photoshop 6, showing how to combine
Photoshop, ImageReady, and GoLive 5. Early chapters focus on Web design, for those making the leap from desktop publishing, and explain Photoshop commands and techniques that are most important for Web designers, for
Photoshop and ImageReady novices.
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 Mastering Maya 3
by John Kundert-Gibbs, Peter Lee, Perry HarovasDigital artists are hungry to learn Maya, and this update of the best-selling Maya book on the market delivers the most comprehensive coverage
available on the latest technology, Maya Complete X. Maya is an all-in-one intuitive application for modeling, rendering, and animating 3D productions.
Written by a top-notch team of professional digital artists, Mastering Maya Complete X is loaded with hands-on projects that teach a wide range of Maya concepts.
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Clay Sculpting for Digital Media
by Stephanie ReeseIdeal for every student and professional of video game production, cinematic
special effects, advertising, education, forensic animation, and more! Complete workshop on human anatomy and proportion Interviews with professionals in
the sculpting and model-making field In-depth information on suitable clays and tools used for clay maquettes Step-by-step tutorials for sculpting clay
characters A wealth of tips and shortcuts from sculpting professionals Detailed explanations of digitizing and scanning techniques.
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Flash 5 Cartooning (With CD-ROM)
by Mark ClarksonFinally someone has written a book on animating in Flash. It's a wonder there aren't more like it.
Flash 5 Cartooning covers the cartoon production cycle from a Flash artist's standpoint--drawing, writing, storyboarding, animating, and keyframes. Sounds like a book on traditional animation, doesn't it? But
everything is examined from a Flash perspective. When the book talks about drawing, it means drawing with a tablet. When it talks on keyframes and
in-betweens, it is within Flash and not on paper that these issues are covered.
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 3ds max' 4 Fundamentals
by Ted BoardmanThe 3ds max 4 application is a major upgrade from version 3.1, and although much of the interface hasn't changed, there are enough new features and
enhancements to give pause to experienced users and probably stop new users in their tracks. The new features or improved functionality make Max an
even deeper and richer program than it was, but the learning curve has grown longer and steeper. This book offers a slightly different take on the tools and features than is provided in the manuals.
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 Mastering Dreamweaver 4 & Fireworks 4
by David Crowder, Rhonda Crowder
A guide to integrating and mastering Dreamweaver 4 and Fireworks 4 to create Web pages with graphics, animation, special characters and other extras. The CD-ROM contains trial versions of helpful software and demos of
extensions and other special effects tools. System requirements: CD-ROM drive, Windows 95 or higher.
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 Search Engines For The World Wide Web
by Emily Glossbrenner, Alfred Glossbrenner
If you have ever had the problems that most surfers experience when conducting a search--dredging up 100,000-plus hits on AltaVista, finding coffee pages when searching for Java, or pulling up the dreaded goose
egg--you need to have this book close at hand. From the basics of searching to the specifics of the major Web search sites, you'll find out what to look for,
where to look for it, and how to get the best results the first time.
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