Arts Books

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21. Genre Filmmaking

    A Visual Guide to Shots and Style

    By Danny Draven

    What does it look like? How is it done? When should I use it? Whether you’re shooting a comedy, thriller, sci-fi or horror flick, you’ll need to know the answers to these questions. Learn how to execute the visual style of your genre in this highly illustrative, inspirational guide to shots and...

    Published April 23rd 2013 by Focal Press
22. Historical Wig Styling: Victorian to the Present

    (The Focal Press Costume Topics Series)

    By Allison Lowery

    Let Historical Wig Styling be your guide to creating beautiful, historically accurate hairstyles for your productions and events. Chapters begin with artwork of historic figures that influenced the look of each period. Detailed step-by-step instructions explain how to create their iconic hairstyles...

    Published April 23rd 2013 by Focal Press
23. Mobile Digital Art

    Using the iPad and iPhone as Creative Tools

    By David Leibowitz

    Learn how to create beautiful artwork on your iPad or iPhone. Over 65 expert artists from around the world will show you how they created their original art, from inspiration and conceptualization, to the creation of the final image. Using step-by-step examples and easy-to-follow tutorials, you'll...

    Published April 22nd 2013 by Focal Press
24. Designer Drafting and Visualizing for the Entertainment World

    2nd Edition

    By Patricia Woodbridge, Hal Tine

    In the second edition of Designer Drafting and Visualization for the Entertainment World, Patricia Woodbridge, a highly experienced art director of feature films and a long time teacher of scenic drafting and set design at the graduate level teams up with nationally-renowned scenic designer and...

    Published April 22nd 2013 by Focal Press
25. Music Production: Recording

    A Guide for Producers, Engineers, and Musicians

    By Carlos Lellis

    The sound recorder is the ‘mirror with a memory’ for those who listen. With it we can capture glimpses of our reality, producing ‘pictures’ as we express ourselves. These may ultimately serve as reminders of who we were and of our dreams… Your recordings are the vehicle for your compositions....

    Published April 18th 2013 by Focal Press
26. Practical Mastering

    A Guide to Mastering in the Modern Studio

    By Mark Cousins, Russ Hepworth-Sawyer

    Guiding you through the history and emergence of modern mastering techniques, then providing practical hints and tips on how to use them in your set up, Practical Mastering is the book for anyone wanting to master this elusive art form. Providing you with solid mastering theory underpinned by years...

    Published April 17th 2013 by Focal Press
27. Drama and Theatre in Urban Contexts

    Edited by Kathleen Gallagher, Jonothan Neelands

    Urban theatre can be described as theatre made with or by those whose lives are marked by the urban landscape and its social limits and possibilities. At the heart of this text lies the question of how theatre can illuminate the urban and how theatre is illuminated by the urban. The city, like...

    Published April 17th 2013 by Routledge
28. My New Gender Workbook

    A Step-by-Step Guide to Achieving World Peace Through Gender Anarchy and Sex Positivity, 2nd Edition

    By Kate Bornstein

    "This updated edition of Bornstein's formative My Gender Workbook (1997) provides an invigorating introduction to contemporary theory around gender, sexuality, and power. The original is a classic of modern transgender theory and literature and, alongside Bornstein's other work, has influenced an...

    Published April 16th 2013 by Routledge
29. Diaspora Literature and Visual Culture

    Asia in Flight

    By Sheng-mei Ma

    Series: Routledge Contemporary Asia Series

    This book offers an incisive and ambitious critique of Asian Diaspora culture, looking specifically at literature and visual popular culture. Sheng-mei Ma’s engaging text discusses issues of self and its relationship with Asian Diaspora culture in the global twenty-first century. Using examples...

    Published April 14th 2013 by Routledge
30. Picturebooks

    Beyond the Borders of Art, Narrative and Culture

    Edited by Evelyn Arizpe, Maureen Farrell, Julie McAdam

    The picturebook is now recognized as a sophisticated art form that has provided a space for some of the most exciting innovations in the field of children’s literature. This book brings together the work of expert scholars from the UK, the USA and Europe to present original theoretical perspectives...

    Published April 11th 2013 by Routledge