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Is There Life After Film Scool?
In Depth Advice From Industry Insiders
by Julie Maclusky

"Despite the enormous odds stacked against them, most students leave film school still hoping to become the next Spielberg or Scorsese. The mismatch between their dreams and the reality of working in the industry itself is considerable.
"Is There Life After Film School?" shows that there are more options available to students than they might think."
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Painting With Light

Painting With Light was the first book on cinematography written by a major Hollywood cameraman. Published in 1949 and now put back into print, it is one of the best and most unusual books in the field.

Written with good humor and full of helpful diagrams and photographs, it is certainly the most entertaining. Its technological discussions are dated, but Painting With Light remains relevant because its primary focus is on light itself and the many complex ways the camera crew can manipulate it.

This new edition contains a biographical introduction by Todd McCarthy, who describes how the man who shot the strikingly colorful ballet sequence in An American in Paris also helped define the stark, haunting style of the film noir.

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Film Music: Screencraft
Fourteen of the world's best-known film composers discuss their craft in this book, which reveals the creative processes behind memorable film music. The book includes drawings, scripts, storyboards, models and stills from classic films, with a CD featuring a composition from each contributor.

"This may be the most attractive book on film scoring we've seen yet, a very handsome coffee-table sized paperback full of black and white and color photographs, with a specially-produced CD containing 13 selections representing the composers discussed in the book." -R. D. Larson, Soundtrack Magazine Review

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