Mistakes are easy to make, but often difficult to undo. The greater the knowledge and experience a filmmaker has, the fewer mistakes are made by them. This introductory-level guide to filmmaking teaches effective preproduction, production and postproduction with a focus on many of the common mistakes made and how to avoid them.Filled with practical advice and information on the process of successfully making a film, Patrick Winters guides you through the whole process from preprodu...

Don’t let your indie film be sabotaged by bad sound! One of the weakest technical aspects of a low or no budget short or feature film is usually the sound, and in Sound Design for Low and No Budget Films, author Patrick Winters explains what filmmakers need to do to fix that. Learn how to improve the sound quality of your low budget film with specific tools and practices for achieving a better sound track, including detailed, step-by-step explanations of how to edit your productio...

The Frontier: the line between civilisation and the unknown where pioneers rely on a strong will and a dead eye not big city laws.A land where the sweat you shed makes a place yours, whatever lines the government draws on a map; where everyone knows putting on a badge doesn't make a sheriff better than everyone else; where the divide between legend and reality isn't always where it seems.From aging settlers who miss the days when the town only had one stree...

He's returned, but not to save... Deadman's Tome He's Risen is an irreverent collection of blasphemous horror dedicated to the king of kings! This sinister issue frames the Resurrection in a way that most horror readers would enjoy, especially zombie fans. From Jesus returning to feast on the living to Jesus kicking undead ass, He's Risen features unadulterated content that entertains and disturbs. Enjoy. Check out a preview of Kelly Evans' Mortecarni

You know that feeling—when you know it’s a bad idea, but you do it anyway?Like falling for your billionaire dad’s best friend…who also happens to be your new boss.Fresh out of grad school, directionless and a little lost, I take a job interview at my estranged father’s request. I never expected the man sitting behind the desk to be the same dominant stranger I shamelessly flirted with days ago—the one who crumpled up my number and walked away....

"Patrick Gale has written a book which manages to be both tender and epic, and carries the unmistakable tang of a true story. I loved it." -- Jojo MoyesA privileged elder son, and stammeringly shy, Harry Cane has followed convention at every step. Even the beginnings of an illicit, dangerous affair do little to shake the foundations of his muted existence - until the shock of discovery and the threat of arrest cost him everything.Forced to abandon his wife and child, Harry si...

Stealing Ronan wasn’t the plan. I’d never imagined I’d steal a boyfriend from my sister, but when I saw him strutting to my couch with his perfect body, gorgeous face, and that mouth—God, that mouth, it was like he was plucked from my wettest dreams and brought into my life just for me.Lusting after a straight guy who’s dating my sister is a problem in itself, but the bigger problem comes when he’s invited on a family trip with us for Christmas. Just as I thought I was doing a pret...

‘Boldly planned, bravely executed and brilliantly accomplished’ was Margaret Thatcher’s assessment of the Falklands campaign. But what did the war mean to the men in the trenches and below decks?This gripping first-hand account of the Falklands War, written by bestselling military historian Patrick Bishop and Sunday Times Editor John Witherow, reveals the true experiences of the British soldiers and seamen on the front line. The authors, then rookie reporters, lived alongside the f...

Winter isn't coming…it's already here, and with it comes a horror no door can keep out.It's there in the yard, in the faces of the snowmen a young boy doesn't remember building.It's in the oddly empty streets below Santa Claus's crumbling sleigh.It's in the unnatural movement of the snow that suffocates a widower's town, and in the cold eyes of a lonely man's estranged children.Here, there is no holiday cheer, only spine-chilling fear, in the DEAD OF WINTER....

Aussagen wie diese hört und liest man immer wieder. Die hinter dem Veganismus stehende Philosophie stellt jedoch Antworten auf Fragen bereit, die zunehmend an gesellschaftlicher Bedeutung gewinnen: Was schulden wir den Tieren? Wie gehen wir verantwortungsvoll mit unseren Ressourcen um? Und wie ernähren wir die wachsende Weltbevölkerung nachhaltig? In seinem Bestseller Vegan-Klischee ade! hat Niko Rittenau anhand von Hunderten von wissenschaftlichen Publikationen gezeigt, dass eine vegane E...

»Vegan ist Unsinn!« Aussagen wie diese sind weit verbreitet und versperren häufig den Blick auf größere Zusammenhänge und globale Lösungsansätze. Die Philosophie hinter dem Veganismus kann jedoch zur Lösung vieler Fragen und Problemstellungen beitragen, die zunehmend an gesellschaftlicher Bedeutung gewinnen: Wie gehen wir verantwortungsvoll mit unseren Ressourcen um? Wie ernähren wir die wachsende Weltbevölkerung nachhaltig? Was schulden wir den Tieren? In seinem Bestseller »Vegan-Klischee...

With fourteen horror stories set during the decade of flannel shirts and neon dolphin Trapper Keepers, Ahh! That's What I Call Horror features a PHAT (pretty horrific and terrifying) collection of totally rad horror and weird fiction authors exploring the darker side of what many consider a time of relative peace and prosperity. With Communism falling and Clear Channel rising, the horror of the 1990s requires peeling back layers of safe, sanitized media to reveal the nightmares waiting ben...