Direction & Production

The story of an immortal Scottish warrior battling evil down through the centuries, Highlander fused a high-concept idea with the kinetic energy of a pop promo pioneer and Queen's explosive soundtrack to become a cult classic. When two American...

A special book dedicated to the second season of the hit live-action series The Mandalorian, streaming on Disney+, including character profiles, plots, settings, and behind-the-scenes features. An in-depth look at the making of the hit show,...

Practical up-to-date advice for the aspiring director, producer, or screenwriter This third edition prepares independent or guerrilla filmmakers for the legal, financial, and organizational questions that can doom a project if unanswered. Current...

After Effects CS5.5 Update: /tv.adobe.com/show/after-effects-cs55-new-creative-techniques/Chris and Trish Meyer have created a series of videos demonstrating how to use their favorite new and enhanced features in After Effects CS5.5. Virtually all of...

The Language of the Lens explores the expressive power of the camera lens and the storytelling contributions that this critical tool can make to a film project. This book offers a unique approach to learning how lenses can produce aesthetically and...

In a first-person account, Amazing Ameziane leads us through the life story of this iconic auteur, from his humble beginnings as a video shop clerk, to his rise through iconic indie blockbusters, all the way to global superstar. Discover the influences,...

The Graphic User Interface, or GUI, is the adhesive centre of today's screen entertainment web. From films and television to apps and videogames, it holds together a multitude of media and shapes the way they are accessed, organised, created, consumed,...

So You Want to Be a Producer is packed with information and advice from top Hollywood producers, writers and directors and is a must-read for anyone interested in what it really takes to get a film made, including: * Finding your story * Obtaining the...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780684832661Author Ma GriffinFormat PaperbackPage Count 516Imprint TouchstonePublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 650gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm * 29mm

John Carpenter's producing partner Debra Hill hired photographer Kim Gottlieb-Walker to be the unit photographer on Halloween, and Kim soon became part of Carpenter's filmmaking family, shooting stills on the sets of some of his most iconic films:...

This volume offers a new interpretation of one of the most innovative directors in the history of cinema. It is the first book to cover the whole of Godard's career, from the French New Wave to the recent triumphs of Histoire(s) du cinema and Eloge de...

Andrzej Zulawski (1940-2016) was born in Lwow, Poland (now Lviv, Ukraine) and educated in Paris. From 1971 to 2015 he directed thirteen feature films. Andrzej Zulawski: Abject Cinema interprets the director's oeuvre through the methodological lens of...

The definitive visual history of the thrilling make-up artistry of the legendary Rick Baker, a must-have for collectors and special effects afficionados. From the gory zombies of Michael Jackson's Thriller to the staggeringly lifelike results of...

All drama takes the form of one of 36 situations. That was Georges Polti's theory about theatre, which he put forward in his book 36 Dramatic Situations, published in French in the mid-19th century.A century and a half later, Mike Figgis was struggling...

Coraline (Henry Selick, 2009) is stop-motion studio LAIKA's feature-length debut based on the popular children's novel by British author Neil Gaiman. Heralding a revival in global interest in stop-motion animation, the film is both an international...

Witness the return of one of the most formidable movie monsters of all time as director Shane Black brings The Predator to the world's cinema screens. This official companion book provides a unique look at the making of the movie, including...

Some years ago, Frank Hauser, then a retired freelance director, and writer Russell Reich, his former student, self-published Notes on Directing in hardcover. It was immediately acclaimed as "a gem-witty and full of insight;" "so sensible, so complete,...

The indispensable, illustrated pocket guide to New York movies, from Martin Scorsese and Woody Allen to Lena Dunham and Noah Baumbach. ALSO AVAILABLE: Close-Ups: Wes...

Now fully updated, Scorsese on Scorsese is the definitive study of America's foremost film director, including new chapters on Kundun, Bringing Out the Dead, the documentary My Voyage to Italy, and the epic Gangs of New York.True to its title, this book...

Francis Glebas, a top Disney storyboard artist, teaches artists a structural approach to clearly and dramatically presenting visual stories. They will learn classic visual storytelling techniques such as conveying meaning with images and directing the...

"What Linda Stradling doesn't know about production management isn't worth knowing" The Documentary Filmmakers GroupPlaying a key role in helping producers to interpret and realise the directors' vision, production managers are responsible for all...

A humble man from humble beginnings, Danny Boyle (b. 1956) became a popular cinema darling when Slumdog Millionaire won big at the 2009 Academy Awards. Prior to this achievement, this former theater and television director helped the British film...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781615930555Author Christopher KenworthyFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Michael Wiese ProductionsPublisher Michael Wiese ProductionsWeight(grams) 585g

In One-Man Band, the third volume in his epic survey of Orson Welles' life and work, Simon Callow again probes in comprehensive and penetrating detail into one of the most complex artists of the twentieth century, looking closely at the triumphs and...

Sergio Leone is a singular figure among Italian filmmakers of the postwar years; his films grow in reputation year after year. Groundbreaking westerns such as his Dollars trilogy and the authoritative Once upon a Time in the West have made Leone one of...

The reason for the decline of Orson Welles's career is a hotly debated issue, but decline it certainly did. When Citizen Kane, his first film, opened in 1941, Welles was universally acclaimed as the most audacious filmmaker alive. But instead of marking...

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Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780140298406Author Charmian CarrFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 215gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 137mm *...

Following the global success of Godzilla and Kong: Skull Island comes the next chapter in Warner Bros. Pictures' and Legendary Pictures' cinematic Monsterverse, an epic action adventure that pits Godzilla against some of the most popular monsters in pop...

If Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs represented the Animation industry's infancy, Ed Hooks thinks that the current production line of big-budget features is its artistically awkward adolescence. While a well-funded marketing machine can conceal...

Comprehensive and beautifully designed, Grease: The Director's Notebook also includes all new exclusive interviews with the key cast members and crew, including Olivia Newton-John, John Travolta, and Stockard Channing, original script pages, call sheets,...

With the shift from film to digital, today's filmmakers are empowered by an arsenal of powerful, creative options with which to tell their story. Modern Post examines and demystifies these tools and workflows and demonstrates how these decisions can...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781590173404Author Gabriel Garcia MarquezFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint NYRB ClassicsPublisher The New York Review of Books, IncWeight(grams)...

A director, producer, and writer, George Lucas is the power behind ""The Force."" The son of a conservative small-town businessman, he grew up to become arguably the most identifiable and popular filmmaker in the history of the medium. Yet unlike his...

They haven't spoken for 12 years. Can they fall in love in 12 days? 'I've been bowled over by this perfect little rom com . . . FULL of good lines and great moments' JANE CASEY ...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781593934651Author Hank MoonjeanFormat PaperbackPage Count 392Imprint BearManor MediaPublisher BearManor MediaWeight(grams) 522gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781615932344Author Simone BartesaghiFormat PaperbackPage Count 170Imprint Michael Wiese ProductionsPublisher Michael Wiese ProductionsWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781932907698Author Richard La MotteFormat PaperbackPage Count 216Imprint Michael Wiese ProductionsPublisher Michael Wiese ProductionsWeight(grams) 318g

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780984412600Author Charles HelfensteinFormat PaperbackPage Count 290Imprint Spies LLCPublisher Spies LLCWeight(grams) 930gDimensions(mm) 277mm * 213mm * 20mm

At a time when few reviewers and critics were taking the study of film seriously, Robin Wood released a careful and thoroughly cinematic commentary on Ingmar Bergman's films that demonstrated the potential of film analysis in a nascent scholarly field...