Secrets of Oscar-winning Animation Behind the scenes of 13 classic short animations

Learn from the best... Olivier Cotte interviews some of the most innovative and inspirational animators of the last 50 years, including Frank Mouris, Borge Ring, Frederic Back, Alexandre Petrov and Michael Dudok de Wit See how it's done... with never b...

 Learning for Action A Short Definitive Account of Soft Systems Methodology and its use for Practioners, Teachers and Students

From the father of Soft Systems Methodology (SSM), Peter Checkland, comes a new, accessible text which clearly and concisely looks at SSM. The book leaves out all of the development detail and historical/intellectual material which can be found in Checkla...

  Developing Digital Short Films

The film market is shifting toward traditional desktop technology to create productions...digitally. Unlike traditional film production, though, digital films require producers to employ a different pre-production process. Developing Digital Short Films e...

 Professional Short Films with Autodesk 3ds Max

Animated short films are a unique form of storytelling that allows you to bring your characters and ideas to life. If you've ever considered telling your own visual story but haven't been sure of how to get started, you've come to the right place. Written...

 Hillman Curtis on Creating Short Films for the Web

Legendary Web designer and author Hillman Curtis has always been fascinated by motion and movement. In 2001, inspired in part by the affordability and accessibility of digital video, he began to experiment with short digital films in an effort to reinvigo...

 Filmmaking for Teens Pulling Off Your Shorts

Dreaming of the silver screen during Algebra? Composing your Academy Award acceptance speech instead of your English essay? Now you have a guidebook that can help those dreams become a reality. This funny and irreverent how-to guide takes young filmmak...

 Short-range Wireless Communication Fundamentals of RF System Design and Application

The Complete "Tool Kit" for the Hottest Area in RF/Wireless Design! Short-range wireless—communications over distances of less than 100 meters—is the most rapidly growing segment of RF/wireless engineering. Alan Bensky is an internationa...