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'The Documentary Handbook is mandatory reading for those who want a critical understanding of the place of factual formats in today's exploding television and media industry, as well as expert guidance in complex craft skills in order to fully...

This book explains the broader context of what the art and craft of motion picture editing entails, framing the creative acts of editing within an overall view of the production process and requirements for effective storytelling.This book offers real...

Introduction PART I: TIME AND MEMORY Post-Nostalgia: In the Mood for Love and 2046 Cinematic Remembrances: Ordinary Heroes and Little Cheung Allegory, Kinship, and Redemption: Fu Bo and Isabella PART II: SCHIZOPHRENIA, AMNESIA AND CINEPHILIA Lost in the...

Barbara Roisman Cooper's fifth book looks at a group of distinguished artists and creators  behind the scenes of theatre and film productions. Great Britons of Stage and Screen: Volume III, Behind the Scenes features a dozen interviews with the most...

Unveil the enthralling blend of history and fiction in "Reflection of History in Blood Diamond: The Power of Cinema" authored by DB Thakuri. Immerse yourself in the turbulent world of Sierra Leone's past as this book delves deep into the...

Chronologie - diese zeitliche Struktur bestimmt unser Leben und unser Zeitempfinden. Wir leben in einer zeitlichen Linearität und haben gelernt, linear zu denken und zu kommunizieren. Linearität ist unser soziales Zeitmuster. Eine Manipulation dieser...

In der vorliegenden Studie wird untersucht, welche prägende Rolle der erste, als bedeutend wahrgenommene Film für den beruflichen Lebensweg des Rezipienten hat, und ob er die Initiation für eine dem Kino nahe Berufswahl darstellen kann. Der Fokus liegt...

This book is the first full treatment of the life and cinema of American film director Paul Thomas Anderson. Beginning with his entry into filmmaking, this work spans each of his first four feature films - Hard Eight, Boogie Nights, Magnolia and...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2019 im Fachbereich Kunst - Computerkunst, Medienkunst, Universität Stuttgart, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Der Mensch im digitalen Zeitalter kommuniziert mit leblosen Objekten. Zudem ist anzumerken, dass...

THE SACRED CINEMA OF ANDREI TARKOVSKYBy Jeremy RobinsonA major new study of Russian filmmaker Andrei Tarkovsky (1932-1986), director of seven feature films, including Mirror, Andrei Rublev, Solaris and The Sacrifice. This book explores every aspect...

There has been a recent revival of interest in the work of Polish film director Walerian Borowczyk, a label-defying auteur and "escape artist" if there ever was one. This collection serves as an introduction and a guide to Borowczyk's complex and...

Conversations with top animators, designers, and voice actors who worked directly with the film pioneerIncludes interviews with Ken Anderson, Les Clark, Larry Clemmons, Jack Cutting, Don Duckwall, Marcellite Garner, Harper Goff, Floyd Gottfredson, Dick...

Never heard of him? Not surprising, as Ben Pivar was one of the faceless craftsmen who inhabited the sizable world of Hollywood's cinematic underbelly, the B film. But while often disparaged and mocked for their low-budget look, breakneck storytelling,...

Robert Siodmak, who is considered the master of film noir thrillers and crime melodramas, has long been seen as a mere "assignment director," never an artist in complete control of his work. J. Greco's study of Siodmak's Hollywood...

When my band "Third Floor" broke up in December of 1989 I got into renting movies on the weekend. I had gone about 3 years not watching any movies because I was so busy with music. VCR's were new and renting movies was the new thing. I started hearing...

This updated third edition introduces readers to the basic fundamentals of studio and control room production. Accessible and focused, readers will gain fluency in essential studio terms and technology and acquire the necessary skills to make it in the...

This revised edition offers an indispensable guide to the business and legal aspects of the entertainment industry, from copyright law and government media regulation to development, distribution, revenue, the role of agents, managers, and unions,...

Being a successful editor is about more than just knowing how to operate a certain piece of software, or when to make a certain transition. On the contrary, there are many unwritten laws and a sense of propriety that are never discussed or taught in film...

Contemporary Hollywood Masculinities traces changing concepts of masculinity in popular Hollywood blockbusters from 1992 to 2008 - the Clinton and Bush eras - against a backdrop of contemporary political events, social developments, and popular American...

What does it mean to say Indian movies are melodramatic? How do film audiences engage with socio-political issues? What role has cinema played in the emergence of new economic forms, consumer cultures, and digital technologies in a globalizing India? The...

Women on the Edge re-envisions women's cinema as contemporary political practices by exploring the works of twelve filmmakers. Moving on from the 1970s feminist adage that the personal is political, Sharon Lin Tay argues that contemporary women's cinema...

Many of the most celebrated British films of the immediate post-war period (1945-55) seem to be occupied with "getting on" with life and offering distraction for postwar audiences. It is the time of the celebrated Ealing comedies, Hue and Cry (1946) and...

This book is an introduction by leading experts in the field to the fascinating subject of translating audiovisual programs for the television, the cinema, the Internet and the stage and the problems the differences between cultures can cause.

The Awesome Companion Book of Home Moviemaking is a great tool to develop your skills as a filmmaker. This book is designed so you could produce fun family videos in the comfort of your home. This book provides valuable tools to develop your skills as a...

Fifty years since its opening, Super Fly, the 1970s Soul Cinema film about a street hustler making one last score to get out of the life of crime, remains a powerful influence in American pop culture. The Super Fly Trilogy is the first...

A scintillating memoir of William C. DeMille's years as a Hollywood director and producer during the golden age of cinema. With behind-the-scenes tales of famous stars and studios, this book offers a fascinating glimpse into the evolution of the film...

It was on Friday, May 6, 1988 that Bette Davis walked off the set of her last film Wicked Stepmother. Her exit for reported health reasons created a media stir when writer and director Larry Cohen decided to finish the film without her, using the...

This book is an in-depth analysis of participatory worlds, practices beyond the mainstream models of content production and IP management.

Support Women in Film with This Perfect Movie Guidebook! "A wonderful guide to some of the best films made by women, both celebrating women directors and fueling the red-hot discussion about why we don't have more." Maria Giese, filmmaker and activist#1...