Presents an illustrated insight into the life and career of the award-winning director, from his childhood film projects up to 'King Kong', together with Peter Jackson's personal account of his six-year quest to film 'The Lord of the Rings'. This work tells the inside story of how a New Zealander became Hollywood's hottest property.

The best book on the art of stop-action animation and a must-have for animators and animation fans. From the creators of the wildly successful Wallace and Gromit films and Chicken Run, here is a unique guide to making your own 3-D (or stop-action) animation. The book sets the achievements of Aardman Studios into the tradition of 3-D animation, which spans such Hollywood triumphs as King Kong and well-known characters like Godzilla. At the heart of the book is a guide to the process of 3-D animation today: a practical, fully illustrated, step-by-step description of how to create effective characters, a storyboard and sets, and then an entire film. For this third edition, the introduction and the history of the medium have both been revised to incorporate the latest work by Aardman and others. All the CGI material has been augmented, updated, and integrated into the practical sections of the book. The “Making a Film” chapter is completely revamped to emphasize the difference in approach, structure, and technique when applied to scripting, characterization, short films, television, advertising, and feature films 350+ color photographs and illustrations

C S Lewis was on the best-known authors. 'The Narnia Chronicles', 'The Screwtape Letters', and 'Mere Christianity' are among his most loved works. This book presents his story.

'The work examines fantasy as a cultural force in both film and literature and explores its relation to science fiction, horror, and fairy tales. Also considered is fantasy's expression of politics. This richly illustrated work covers every aspect of fantasy film'--Provided by publisher.

Written in the form of a daybook, reconstructs Lewis's professional and personal life, from his childhood in Northern Ireland to his friendship with J.R.R. Tolkien at Oxford and his participation in the world wars.

A new edition of the guide to stop-action animation, published to include coverage of new innovations since the creation of Chicken Run, discusses achievements that have taken place since the book's original publication in 1998 and surveys the latest computer technologies. 15,000 first printing.

The behind-the-scenes story of how the computer-generated character of Gollum is created in the third and final The Lord of the Rings film shows how electronic wizards use the voice, body, and facial movements of Andy Serkis as a blueprint for the character onscreen. Original.

Includes four posters depicting Tolkien's world of Middle-Earth with maps from The Hobbit, Beleriand, and Numenor, accompanied by a manual describing the signicance of geographical evolution in the author's works.

An official guide to Peter Jackson's films provides inside information on all aspects of the trilogy from conceptual design through postproduction, in a volume complemented by cast and crew interviews. Simultaneous. 100,000 first printing. (view table of contents)