FX Magazines & Periodicals
(some are viewable on the Net as well as in print)
Cinefex Magazine (TOTALLY ROCKS!!! :-)
This is a quarterly publication that covers all big (and some of the smaller) films that contain a lot of visual effects in them. The basically do a complete behind the scenes of the technical aspects of making each film, often starting with pre-production and working right through to end of post. Often you will see "Making Of" books of various blockbuster films in your local bookstore, more often than not they have been written by the senior writers of Cinefex (the Jurassic Park series is one such example chats been covered in book form). Cinefex magazine is a fantastic read if you are interested in the effects industry, as well as finding out how the big boys of the FX world do their effects, its also amazing to see how many of their tips and tricks will even work for your own lower end productions. Check it out.
SPFX Magazine
Another visual effects magazine, this one is printed annually (I think) and looks at effects past and present
Animation World Magazine
Has a lot of articles online plus latest news for animators of all disciplines (digital, 3D, stopmotion, claymation, cell, etc).
Digital Animators
Online magazine website, with news, tutorials, tips and tricks for animators and FX artists (GREAT online magazine)
Film & Video Magazines & Periodicals
Digital Video Editing
Online magazine by the makers of Digital Animators, good place to go if you're an editor (shares a lot of news and articles with the Digital Animators magazine site)
DV Magazine
If you are into digital video, from DV to HDTV, this magazine is a great read, you can even read most of the content online at their website.
OnFilm Magazine
Monthly Magazine of the New Zealand Film and Television industry, with news and views plus a list of productions that are currently in production, as well as their cast and crew lists.
Cinescape
Great for news and rumors regarding sci-fi, horror, fantasy, comic-book and other effects based film and TV genre
Film Threat Magazine
Has some good interviews with actors and filmmakers
Empire Magazine
Online version of one of the best European film magazines around (lots of online articles)
The Hollywood Reporter
The latest news from Hollywood
Moviemaker Magazine
Online version of the print magazine. All old articles are online, it has some great interviews with well known filmmakers of all disciplines, directors, writers, cinematographers, editors, etc)
American Cinematographer magazine
For the camera operators and DOPs out there. Has some articles online.
Computer Graphics World
The online version of the magazine, lots of news and articles, with behind the scenes looks at some graphics intensive films.
Premiere Magazine Online
Another Hollywood news magazine
DV Format magazine
Another good DV magazine
The Data Book
Published annually by the folk at On Film. It is the film and television directory for New Zealand. If you want to find kiwi crew members, from Directors to Gaffers to DOP's to Editors, this is the place to find them.
Aint It Cool.com
Not a magazine as such, but has good news, reviews, interviews, etc, on genre films
Dark Horizons
The latest film news, rumors and info on films since 1997, as well as links to the latest trailers and previews
eonline
Hollywood news & articles
FX Books
Special Effects: The History and Technique (Richard Rickitt)
If you want to know about special effects, this is the book for you, it covers a huge range of topics with examples from famous films throughout the ages. Highly Recommended!!!
Digital Compositing for Film and Video (Steve Wright)
A brilliant book with tips and tricks as well as explanations on compositing (also it gets down to the nitty gritty about what a lot of those chroma-keyers, and other matte filters are really doing)
The Art & Science Of Digital Compositing (Ron Brinkmann)
Another book on compositing, a little older than above, but good as it speaks in generic terms not referring to any one piece of software.
The Invisible Art (Mark Cotta Vaz, Craig Barron)
The history and technique of Matte Painting (from the first glass painting of old to the present day techniques)
Special Makeup Effects
Tips, tricks, tutorials and general info on various film FX makeup techniques
The Art Of Visual Effects
The history of effects plus interviews with film effects people explaining their craft
The Prop Builder's Molding & Casting Handbook (Thurston James)
A step by step guides in all manner of molding and casting techniques.
Stop-Motion Armature Machining: A Construction Manual (Brierton Tom)
A good place to start if you're looking at getting into stopmotion work and are wanting to make your own armatures.
Amazon.com
The best place to browse for books on everything from Cinematography through to Digital Visual Effects is the Amazon site. I hope to have a list of some individual books up here soon, but until then follow the above link to go to their main website address (use the search box there to find what you're interested in), or go to this link to go directly to the cinematography section.
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