Presents a behind-the-scenes look at some of the magic of the movies including the puppetry techniques used in ET, the animation in Toy Story, and much more

Rollie Tyler is one of the movies' best special effects artists, known as "F/X" in the industry. He faces his most challenging assignment--turning special effects into reality. He is asked by the Justice Department to stage the fake assassination of an underworld witness. Now his F/X ingenuity becomes the key to his own survival.

It's been five years since special effects (FX) expert Rollie Tyler and cop Leo McCarthy teamed up to relieve the mob of $15 million through their unique combination of deception and detection. Rollie's now retired from the FX business, and devoted his time to designing high-tech toys. When the police ask for Rollie's help to catch a homicidal maniac, he reluctantly agrees. But it's Rollie who gets caught in the deadly trap, an eleborate set-up designed...

This is the only book that combines conceptual and practical instruction on creating polished and eloquent images for film and video with the technical know-how to achieve them. Loaded with hundreds of full-color examples, "The Filmmaker's Eye" is a focused, easy-to-reference guide that shows you how to become a strong visual storyteller through smart, effective choices for your shots. This book has struck a chord worldwide and is being translated...

The classic fairy tale is illustrated with more than 400 original drawings, sketches, and paintings, used in preparing the 1937 film. Also included is a history of the creation of this, Disney's first full-length animated feature.

In 2029 a female cybernetic government agent and the Internal Bureau of Investigations are hot on the trail of "The Puppet Master", a mysterious and threatening computer virus capable of infiltrating human hosts. Together, with her fellow agents from Section 9, they embark on a high-tech race against time to capture the omnipresent entity