Direction & Production

Confessions of a Casting Director is a must-have for any aspiring actor or stage parent-the definitive guide to breaking into film, television, theater, and even YouTube from longtime casting director and studio executive Jen Rudin. Packed with...

ReFocus: The Films of Roberta Findlay covers a variety of angles, using queer, feminist, historical, and close textual reading methods to grapple with the complicated and contradictory politics and meanings of this pioneering culture-worker. Chapters...

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...

Writing Compelling Dialogue for Film and TV is a practical guide that provides you, the screenwriter, with a clear set of exercises, tools, and methods to raise your ability to hear and discern conversation at a more complex level, in turn allowing you...

Through films that alternate between containment, order, and symmetry on the one hand, and obsession, explosiveness, and a lack of control on the other, Chantal Akerman has gained a reputation as one of the most significant filmmakers working today. Her...

Navigating the necessary skills for shooting film or TV is a challenge for any filmmaker. This book demystifies the art and craft of "coverage" - explaining where to put the camera to shoot any kind of scene.Author Mark Rosman takes readers step-by-step...

Early in 1937, a young film editor went on-location to St. George, Utah, for the filming of Republic's The Painted Stallion. Rain and cast problems put the production hopelessly behind schedule. The studio summarily fired the director and replaced him...

Learn how to compress video and audio with optimal quality and minimal hassles. Renowned expert Ben Waggoner teaches you to improve the quality of your final content and develop effective workflows. Understand the basic concepts of vision and hearing,...

The first film to gross over $1 billion worldwide, winner of eleven Academy Awards (for Best Picture, Director, Cinematography, Film Editing, Art Direction, Costume Design, Original Dramatic Score, Original Song, Visual Effects, Sound, and Sound Effects...

Explore the creation of Guillermo del Toro's early masterpiece through this visually stunning and insightful look at the spine-chilling classic. Released in 2001, Guillermo del Toro's The Devil's Backbone marked out the director as a singular talent...

- Covers the principles behind when to cut and why, exploring concepts like transitions, editing for continuity, selecting the best shots, editing sound, color correction, and more, providing a highly-illustrated and easy-to-use reference guide for...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781615933204Author Jerry LewisFormat PaperbackPage Count 226Imprint Michael Wiese ProductionsPublisher Michael Wiese Productions

3D Cinema: Optical Illusions and Tactile Experiences questions the common frameworks used for discussing 3D cinema, realism and spectacle, in order to fully understand the embodied and sensory dimensions of 3D cinema's unique visuality.Springer Book...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781770414402Author Adam NaymanFormat PaperbackPage Count 140Imprint ECW Press,CanadaPublisher ECW Press,Canada

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593448946Author Jon M. ChuFormat HardbackPage Count 320Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA Inc

Making music for the movies is a complicated, involved, and challenging process. Music Editing for Film and Television covers the practical skills needed to successfully hone your craft. Through an overview of the music editing process, this book will...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781608875504Author David S CohenFormat HardbackPage Count 160Imprint Insight EditionsPublisher Insight EditionsWeight(grams) 1118gDimensions(mm) 279mm * 235mm *...

Charles Burnett (b. 1944) is a groundbreaking African American filmmaker and one of this country's finest directors, yet he remains largely unknown. His films, most notably Killer of Sheep (1977) and To Sleep with Anger (1990), are considered classics,...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781508828518Author Edwin PageFormat PaperbackPage Count 248Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent Publishing...

Taking a transnational approach to Moroccan cinema, this book examines diversity in its production models, its barriers to international distribution and success, its key markets and audiences, as well as the consequences of digital disruption upon it...

Originally conceived as a workbook for young directors EThe Little Blue Book for FilmmakersE has become a handbook for easy reference with all the information a student director/actor/producer needs to create a film from inception through production ...

Belinda Smaill proposes an original approach to documentary studies, examining how emotions such as pleasure, hope, pain, empathy, nostalgia or disgust are integral both to the representation of selfhood in documentary, and to the way documentaries...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780861967483Author David CurtisFormat PaperbackPage Count 212Imprint John Libbey & Co LtdPublisher John Libbey & Co

This volume of spellbinding essays explores the tense relationship between Alfred Hitchcock and Bernard Herrmann, providing new perspectives on their collaboration. Featuring chapters by leading scholars of Hitchcock's work, including Richard Allen,...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781467568319Author ASC Michael GoiFormat PaperbackPage Count 502Imprint Independent PublisherPublisher Independent PublisherWeight(grams) 666gDimensions(mm)...

Participatory video and collaborative filmmaking have become powerful assets in a broad range of contexts and academic disciplines. In Sharing the Camera, Martin Gruber shows how 'Collaborative Ethnographic Filmmaking' enables the participants and...

Born in Taiwan, Ang Lee is one of cinema's most versatile and daring directors. His ability to cut across cultural, national, and sexual boundaries has given him recognition in all corners of the world, the ability to work with complete artistic freedom...

Narrative complexity is a trend in contemporary cinema. Since the late 1990s there has been a palpable increase in complex storytelling in movies. But how and why do complex movies create perplexity and confusion? How do we engage with these challenges?...

Examines George A. Romero's regional production company Laurel Entertainment and its contribution to American cinema Reframes key academic analysis on auteur filmmaking, cult horror and independent cinema from an industrial perspective Integrates...

Introduces fundamentals of studio and control room production for readers to gain fluency and acquire necessary skills to make it in the industry. Draws on the author's previous filmmaking experience and long-standing academic career, resulting in an...

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...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781615932047Author Ric ViersFormat HardbackPage Count 360Imprint Michael Wiese ProductionsPublisher Michael Wiese ProductionsWeight(grams) 522gDimensions(mm)...

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...

If you love animation then you're in for a treat! Olivier Cotte has gone behind-the-scenes of 13 of the greatest short animations ever made, interviewing the directors and close collaborators who made each one, to offer us a unique guide to classic...

This book guides the reader through the process of using your phone to create different kinds of video and audio for TV, theaters, YouTube, TikTok, and podcasts.Drawing from the author's experience teaching classes on mobile filmmaking, this resource...

The image that appears on the movie screen is the direct and tangible result of the joint efforts of the director and the cinematographer. A Hidden History of Film Style is the first study to focus on the collaborations between directors and...

Since the 1920s, fashion has played a central role in Hollywood. As the movie-going population consisted largely of women, studios made a concerted effort to attract a female audience by foregrounding fashion. Magazines featured actresses like Jean...

The birth and rise of popular Italian cinema since the early 1950s can be attributed purely to necessity. The vast number of genres, sub-genres, currents and crossovers and the way they have overlapped, died out or replaced each other has been an...

One of the most accomplished writers and directors of classic Hollywood, Billy Wilder (1906--2002) directed numerous acclaimed films, including Sunset Boulevard (1950), Sabrina (1954), The Seven Year Itch (1955), Witness for the Prosecution (1957), and...

Casting fresh light on one of the most important movements in film history, Intermedial Dialogues is the first comprehensive study of the New Wave's relationship with the older arts.Book InformationISBN 9781474481373Author Marion SchmidFormat...