Direction & Production

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781942782001Author Abbas KiarostamiFormat HardbackPage Count 190Imprint Sticking Place BooksPublisher Sticking Place BooksWeight(grams) 376gDimensions(mm) 203mm...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780307474988Author George Stevens, Jr.Format PaperbackPage Count 768Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 629gDimensions(mm) 203mm *...

To anyone who wants to make a doc but doesn't have a lot of time, money, or experience, Anthony Artis says: "It's time to get down and dirty!"-a filmmaking mentality that teaches you how to be creative with your resources and do more with less. Written...

Now available in paperback! No movie has ever been made, or made well, without the character who toils just outside the spotlight. He arranged for the spotlight, hired the spotlight operator, and even made sure that it was trained correctly on the stars...

As blockbusters employ ever greater numbers of dazzling visual effects and digital illusions, this book explores the material roots and stylistic practices of special effects and their makers. Gathering leading voices in cinema and new media studies,...

Film Directing Fundamentals gives the novice director an organic methodology for realizing on-screen the full dramatic possibility of a screenplay. Unique among directing books, Nicholas Proferes provides clear-cut ways to translate a script to the...

In this first in-depth examination of music written for Hollywood animated cartoons of the 1930s through the 1950s, Daniel Goldmark provides a brilliant account of the enormous creative effort that went into setting cartoons to music and shows how this...

A master of modern European cinema and a key figure in the Italian neorealist movement, Roberto Rossellini had one of the longest and most varied careers of all major directors. From "Rome Open City" and "Paisa " through to the "Bergman" classics...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780986377082Author Matthew Asprey GearFormat PaperbackImprint Jorvik PressPublisher Jorvik Press

Go behind the scenes with the producer of Father of the Bride to learn all the skills necessary to be a top Hollywood producer. As former co-president of Dolly Parton's production company, Sandollar, and as a successful independent producer, Carol Baum...

Orson Welles called Ernst Lubitsch (1892-1947) "a giant" whose "talent and originality are stupefying." Jean Renoir said, "He invented the modern Hollywood." Celebrated for his distinct style and credited with inventing the classic genre of the Hollywood...

Film editing is part of the long process of formulating, acquiring and presenting the images and sounds that make a film. The film editor makes decisions about the arrangement of the visual and aural material that they receive in the cutting room, not...

Tell more effective visual stories by learning the "grammar" of cinematic language with this elegant, accessible reference. The fourth edition of Grammar of the Edit gives you the answers to the all-important questions of when to cut and why, and teaches...

Always daring Hollywood censors' limits on content, Billy Wilder directed greats such as Marilyn Monroe, Jack Lemmon, Ginger Rogers, Marlene Dietrich, Kirk Douglas, Audrey Hepburn, and Gary Cooper. Billy Wilder: Interviews follows the filmmaking career...

Discover the fascinating and secretive process of audience testing of Hollywood movies through these firsthand stories from famous filmmakers, studio heads, and stars.Audience-ology takes you to one of the most unknown places in Hollywood-a place where...

The official behind-the-scenes art book for five-time Academy Award-nominated animation studio Cartoon Saloon's stunning new animated fantasy adventure My Father's Dragon, inspired by the classic children's novel The Art of My Father's Dragon...

Bong Joon Ho won the Oscar (R) for Best Director for Parasite (2019), which also won Best Picture, the first foreign film to do so, and two other Academy Awards. Parasite was the first Korean film to win the Palme d'Or at Cannes. These achievements mark...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781593938833Author Derek PykettFormat PaperbackPage Count 444Imprint BearManor MediaPublisher BearManor MediaWeight(grams) 590gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *...

Intervening at the crossroads of philosophy, politics, and cinema, this book argues that the career of Robert Guediguian is the result of one of the most original and coherent projects in contemporary French cinema: to make a committed,...

Lighting performs essential functions in Hollywood films, enhancing the glamour, clarifying the action, and intensifying the mood. Examining every facet of this understated art form, from the glowing backlights of the silent period to the shaded alleys...

Winner of the 2015 New Mexico-Arizona Book Award for Biography--OtherAlmost as famous for the legendary excesses of his personal life as for his films, Sam Peckinpah (1925-1984) cemented his reputation as one of the great American directors with movies...

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

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781629335964Author Phillip DyeFormat HardbackPage Count 488Imprint BearManor MediaPublisher BearManor MediaWeight(grams) 816gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 27mm

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781861718532Author Jeremy Mark RobinsonFormat HardbackPage Count 328Imprint Crescent Moon PublishingPublisher Crescent Moon PublishingWeight(grams)...

This collection offers an expansive, multiplatform exploration of the rapidly-expanding area of motion design and motion graphics, taking into account both theoretical questions and creative professional practice. Spanning interaction design, product...

The Bolex camera, 16mm reversal film stocks, commercial film laboratories, and low-budget optical printers were the small-gauge media technologies that provided the infrastructure for experimental filmmaking at the height of its cultural impact...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781733150231Author Beverly NeufeldFormat PaperbackPage Count 244Imprint Foreing Films PublishingPublisher Foreing Films PublishingSeries The Digital Filmmaking...

The first book in any language to study the films of this enfant terrible of contemporary French cinema, best known for his film Les Amants du Pont Neuf. Examines key ingredients in the worlds of Carax's films - Paris, pop music, 'flanerie' and 'amour...

With his trademark porkpie hat, floppy shoes, and deadpan facial expression, Buster Keaton (1895-1966) is one of the most iconic stars of Hollywood's silent and early sound eras. His elaborate sets, careful camerawork, and risky pratfalls have been...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781593932459Author James StrattonFormat PaperbackPage Count 200Imprint BearManor MediaPublisher BearManor MediaWeight(grams) 272gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *...

Become a master in the influential, diverse, and highly innovative field of experimental filmmaking. Harness the little-known techniques and subtle aesthetics required for this imagination-driven art form.For the first time in a single volume, Kathryn...

In a burst of creativity unmatched in Hollywood history, Preston Sturges directed a string of all-time classic comedies from 1939 through 1948-The Great McGinty, The Lady Eve, Sullivan's Travels, The Palm Beach Story, and The Miracle of Morgan's Creek...

This collection of Laura Mulvey and Peter Wollen's film scripts vividly evokes the close connection between their influential work as theorists and their work as filmmakers. It includes scripts for all six of Mulvey and Wollen's collaborative films,...

Fully revised and updated, Archival Storytelling second edition is a timely, pragmatic look at the use of audiovisual materials available to filmmakers and scholars, from the earliest photographs of the 19th century to the work of media makers today...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780805081817Author Barry HampeFormat PaperbackPage Count 464Imprint Holt McDougalPublisher Holt McDougal

From the unbridled sensuality of silent Italian films, to the neorealist classic Bitter Rice, to the astonishing imagination of Fellini and the more cerebral and fascinating movies of Antonioni, Italy has a filmic legacy unlike that of any other nation...

The indispensable, illustrated pocket guide to the world of vampire movies, from Nosferatu to A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night. ALSO AVAILABLE: Close-Ups: Wes...

Before the turn of the twentieth century, before the nickelodeon, even before the first cinemas, Georges Melies began making movies.. Directing, editing, producing, designing, and starring in over 500 films between 1896 to 1912, Melies was also the first...

The first introduction in English devoted wholly to Varda and aimed at a general and student audience. Places Varda's major films in the context of her whole oeuvre and follows the development of important themes across her work.About the AuthorAlison...

Establishes the cultural and historical contexts for representations of female ageing in British film since the 1930s Examines issues around ageing femininities using a range of case studies of films and actresses, both known and forgotten ...