Post by BloodyMonkeyZ on Jun 24, 2013 10:59:32 GMT -6
"Art of" books used to be a niche category. Books that would have a relatively small print run and a large price tag. Luckily for everyone there are publishers today, like Titan Books, willing to produce these lavish books and put them on shelves for everyone to pick up.
This book contains a wealth of visual information. There are design sketches, production stills, and storyboards that accompany a reproduction of the actual shooting script for the movie. I confess I didn't read the script yet as I haven't made it to the movie yet. Hopefully this week I will make it to the theater.
Throughout the book there are brief quotes from industry professionals who worked on the film. Those are fun and offer a little extra insight. Towards the end there is a two page spread of design sketches for weapons used in the movie along with half a page of text from the movie weapon master. They could have done 10 pages on that and I would have been happy.
A book like this can't possibly rate less than 5 stars. It is exactly what is advertised. There is no way you can buy this book and have it not fulfill your expectations.
I love these types of books. Oversize illustrated books that are dying to be the cliche "coffee table books" that you leave out when you have friends over. I have the book and a coffee table, now I just need to have some friends over. Check out the publishers site for more info as well as to see some of the other great things they put out. www.TitanBooks.com
This book contains a wealth of visual information. There are design sketches, production stills, and storyboards that accompany a reproduction of the actual shooting script for the movie. I confess I didn't read the script yet as I haven't made it to the movie yet. Hopefully this week I will make it to the theater.
Throughout the book there are brief quotes from industry professionals who worked on the film. Those are fun and offer a little extra insight. Towards the end there is a two page spread of design sketches for weapons used in the movie along with half a page of text from the movie weapon master. They could have done 10 pages on that and I would have been happy.
A book like this can't possibly rate less than 5 stars. It is exactly what is advertised. There is no way you can buy this book and have it not fulfill your expectations.
I love these types of books. Oversize illustrated books that are dying to be the cliche "coffee table books" that you leave out when you have friends over. I have the book and a coffee table, now I just need to have some friends over. Check out the publishers site for more info as well as to see some of the other great things they put out. www.TitanBooks.com
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