Films, cinema Books

En esta historia de drama y misterio, Bound-Nights At School nos sitúa en el pueblo de Lotos, en un país llamado Lustaphir. Un niño llamado Nicky es asesinado y su grupo de tres amigos se comprometen en la misión de descubrir los motivos tras su muerte.

"Le Cinématographe vu de l'Etna" est un essai influent de Jean Epstein, un réalisateur, écrivain et théoricien du cinéma français d'origine polonaise, largement reconnu pour sa contribution significative à la théorie du cinéma. Ce texte, typique de...

French critic Serge Daney was a central figure in film, television and media criticism of the second half of the twentieth century. He died of AIDS in 1992, just as the concept of queer cinema entered international film studies and just before the start...

Liebe Videofreunde,In den weiten und tiefen der damaligen Videotheken regale befanden sich etliche Filme die teilweise bis heute gänzlichunentdeckt und unbekannt sind. Zur damaligen zeit entschied man sich entweder per Cover-Motiv für einen Film oder man...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2006 im Fachbereich Didaktik - Englisch - Literatur, Werke, Note: 1,3, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: This paper investigates whether or not the criticism of Victorian society is still conveyed...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2015 im Fachbereich Theaterwissenschaft, Tanz, Note: 2,3, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Das Ballettstück Schwanensee von Tschaikowski gilt als eines der schwierigsten Stücke. Vor allem die...

Masterarbeit aus dem Jahr 2016 im Fachbereich Filmwissenschaft, Note: 2,3, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: "Die Vorstellung von einem reinen Theater ist ebenso illusionär wie die eines reinen Films." Dieses Zitat von...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2016 im Fachbereich Filmwissenschaft, Note: 2,0, , Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Im Zentrum der vorliegenden Arbeit steht die Raumkonstruktion im Film. Im ersten Teil wird der filmische Raum in seinen Darstellungs- und...

Este libro aborda las diferentes adaptaciones cinematográficas y televisivas del personaje Pepe Carvalho, creado por Manuel Vázquez Montalbán. A través del estudio de sus diferentes traslaciones a la gran y pequeña pantalla se analiza cómo el cine y la...

This volume contains a selection of the proceedings of a conference organised by the International Feuchtwanger Society entitled 'Feuchtwanger and Film'. The conference took place in September 2007 at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles...

This book examines Duras's contribution to contemporary cinema. The 'dark room' in the collection's title refers to one of Duras's metaphors for the writing process, la chambre noire, as the solitary space of literary creation, the place where she...

This book sheds new light on the relationship between conservative Christianity and Hollywood through a case study of Walden Media, which produced The Chronicles of Narnia franchise. Financed by a conservative Christian, Walden Media is a unique American...

The swimming pool frequently appears in film not merely as a setting but as a dynamic site where social, political, cultural and aesthetic forces converge. What is it about this space that has so fascinated filmmakers and what kinds of cinematic...

From Brigitte Bardot in her bikini at the Cannes Film Festival, to François Ozon's intimate portrayals of grief and loss, some of the most iconic and challenging moments in French cinema are associated with the beach. Cinema at the Shore argues that the...

Diese Studie liefert erstmals konkrete Ergebnisse, wie sich bei Videokunst die Art der Präsentation auf die Rezeptions- und Entwicklungsgeschichte dieses Mediums auswirkt. Da der latente, nicht präsentierte Zustand eines Videos in keiner Weise dem...

L'industrie du cinéma n'a jamais été autant productive. Et pourtant, selon le syndicat pour acteurs américains "Actors Equity Association", plus de 90% des comédiens ne parviennent pas à vivre de leur passion sans autre source de revenu.Des milliers...

Mary, our heavenly mother always leads us to her son, Jesus. In 1917 she visited three children in the small town of Fatima, Portugal, to share with them the message of salvation for the world. ‘Fatima – The Play’ is aimed at engaging...

Hollywood and Africa - recycling the ‘Dark Continent’ myth from 1908–2020 is a study of over a century of stereotypical Hollywood film productions about Africa. It argues that the myth of the Dark Continent continues to influence...

Since the late 19th century, film has been the ultimate medium by which to express and illuminate the darker, wilder recesses of man's imagination. An alchemical convergence of magic lantern experiments and new photographic technology led to the...

Many films and novels defy our ability to make sense of the plot. While puzzling storytelling, strange incongruities, inviting enigmas and persistent ambiguities have been central to the effects of many literary and cinematic traditions, a great deal of...

This collection of historical and contemporary scenes offers drama teachers a wide range of topics through an exploration of vividly drawn texts.The opening pantomime dialogue contrasts with such serious issues as cholera and plastic pollution. These...

The GDR collapsed more than thirty years ago, but the state and its legacies continues to have resonance. This interdisciplinary collection reveals patterns of subversion, border crossing and effective agency in GDR film, theatre, music, literature and...

The digital age has dramatically changed the purpose and nature of short films. Since 2005, YouTube has provided short video content to people around the world and, in the process, has forever altered how we watch and make short films. As a result, both...

This comprehensive guide will teach you about the exciting new tools available to independent content creators. Gain invaluable knowledge about getting your project on streaming platforms like Netflix and iTunes, how to write, format, prepare and...

This book is here to solve the question many magicians face: "How can I create my own magic effects?" This is a collection of ideas but no methods. Take it as seriously as you like or just have fun. The aim is to stimulate thought and creativity and...

In mid-19th-century Australia, like its counterparts in California and Chile, there was a focus on the rush for gold. Given the sobriquet "diggers," men arrived in the tens of thousands from all points of the globe. In often remote bush settings,...

Hal Ashby (1929-1988) is considered to be the lost genius of the New Hollywood generation. While his name does not bear the familiarity of, say, Robert Altman or Martin Scorsese, his diverse films are among the best known and most beloved of the era...

It is one of the most astonishing facts of cinema history: an extraordinary number of important films are believed to be lost forever. Spanning from the early days of the silent movies to as late as the 1970s and touching all corners of the global film...

The famed director Robert Altman once said, "I don't think screenplay writing is the same aswriting-I mean, I think it's blueprinting." Well, the late filmmaker couldn't be more wrong, and in thesepages you will meet thirteen screenwriters who will...

Following Phantom of the Opera (1943), in the middle of the Silver age of Universal Studio's monster movies, a new sequel to Frankenstein Meets the Wolfman was considered for a Technicolor production: Wolfman vs Dracula! Lon Chaney Jr., who was the...

Frank Lloyd: Master of Screen Melodrama is the first book-length study of one of the most prominent of studio directors from Hollywood's "golden age," whose career spanned the years from 1913 through 1955. Among the director's greatest works are Oliver...

Autobiography of a master impressionist, now the voice of Daffy Duck, Bugs Bunny and the rest of the Warner Bros. cartoon characters! "Everyone who knows voices knows how good Joe Alaskey is at them. The guy has an uncanny ear, an amazing ability to...

Can teens be taught to write scripts for the movies?  Absolutely!  This "for teens only" informative theatre text demonstrates how any student can create a salable screenplay idea or script.  After telling the reader how to sell their work...

The Films of Mira Nair: Diaspora Vérité presents the first, full-length scholarly study of her cinema. Mira Nair has broken new ground as both a feminist filmmaker and an Indian filmmaker. Several of her works, especially those related to...

Directed by Jonathan Glazer (Sexy Beast, Birth) and starring Scarlett Johansson, the 2013 film Under the Skin contains elements of science fiction and fantasy, horror, mystery, and thriller. Arguably the most compelling of Johansson's career, the...

An insightful history of PR by one of its leading practitioners.

This little play is really a religious tract in dramatic form. This early works is a fascinating novel of the period and still an interesting read today. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900's and before, are now...

The Art Of Photoplay Making is a comprehensive guide to the art of filmmaking, written by Victor Oscar Freeburg and originally published in 1918. The book covers all aspects of the filmmaking process, including pre-production planning, screenwriting,...

Film & Media Studies Reference Text Widefilm Widescreen is a comprehensive chronological technical history of large format presentation and widescreen cinema from 1833 to 2023. From optical toys to Cinemascope, IMAX and beyond, this book features...

Between 1952 and 1962, when this book was originally published, the number of people visiting British cinemas had fallen by nearly two thirds and was little more than half the pre-war total. Nearly 1500 of the 4500 cinemas functioning in 1955 had closed...

Bringing together the work of leading film historians, originally published in 1981, this book illustrates the breadth of methodological approaches adopted by the field and the variety of its interests. Dealing with a period from about 1924-1945, it...

Best known for his documentaries such as Drifters, North Sea, and Housing Problems, John Grierson was the most important figure in the British documentary film movement and one of the most influential of British film theorists.This major assessment of...

This book analyses the teen film as the rare medium able to represent the otherwise chaotic and conflicting experience of youth. The author focuses on six major issues: alienation, deviance and delinquency, sex and gender, the politics of consumption,...

Schroeder offers a thorough introduction to the films of Tomás Gutiérrez Alea, Cuba's leading filmmaker, covering all 12 of Alea's feature films and examining in depth his three best films within the context of revolutionary Cuba.