Direction & Production

Before his death in 2016, Abbas Kiarostami wrote or directed more than thirty films in a career that mirrored Iranian cinema's rise as an international force. His 1997 feature Taste of Cherry made him the first Iranian filmmaker to win the Palme d'Or at...

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...

In this volume, editor Suranjan Ganguly collects eight of Stan Brakhage's most important interviews in which the filmmaker describes his conceptual frameworks; his theories of vision and sound; the importance of poetry, music, and the visual arts in...

This must-have book for Star Trek fans goes behind the scenes on the latest movie in the billion dollar franchise, Star Trek Beyond, presenting a jam-packed book celebrating Star Trek's 13th big screen outing and revealing all about the making of the...

If I want to send a message I'll call Western Union. This famous line has been attributed to various movie moguls yet while these moguls ruled the Hollywood studio system movies were in the midst of a golden age of dialogue. Films included more...

Here, in his own colorful, slangy words, is the true American Dream saga of a self-proclaimed ""film geek,"" with five intense years working in a video store, who became one of the most popular, recognizable, and imitated of all filmmakers. His dazzling,...

Over the last five decades, the films of director Brian De Palma (b. 1940) have been among the biggest successes (The Untouchables, Mission: Impossible) and the most high-profile failures (The Bonfire of the Vanities) in Hollywood history. De Palma...

Composition for the 21st 1/2 century: Image-Making for Animation focuses on composition and its technical and artistic application in animation, illustration, games, and films. It covers all aspects of design and discusses in detail their artistic...

Since its initial publication in 1973, CINEMATOGRAPHY has become the standard guidebook on filmmaking techniques that emphasizes the cameraman's craft. Now completely revised and updated to include today's digital technology, it clearly and concisely...

The newly-revised and updated fourth edition of Grammar of the Shot teaches readers the principles behind successful visual communication in motion media through shot composition, screen direction, depth cues, lighting, camera movement, and shooting for...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781474429955Author Jerod HollyfieldFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Edinburgh University PressPublisher Edinburgh University Press

Unlike anything currently available, A Critical Companion to Tim Burton is a comprehensive, up-to-date analysis of all the works of one of the world's most renowned directors and artists. Written by some of the top scholars working in fields as diverse...

Producer's Playbook: Real People on Camera is a no-nonsense guide for producers looking to get the best performances from "real people" to tell powerful stories on video. Director/producer Amy DeLouise brings years of experience to this resource for...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781615932252Author Christopher KenworthyFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint Michael Wiese ProductionsPublisher Michael Wiese ProductionsWeight(grams)...

Put the power of Expressions to work in your animations with controls and efficiencies impossible to achieve with traditional keyframing techniques. No programming skills are required. Foundation concepts and skills orient the new designer and serve as a...

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Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781615930913Author Carole Lee DeanFormat PaperbackPage Count 262Imprint Michael Wiese ProductionsPublisher Michael Wiese ProductionsWeight(grams) 585g

Intimate Violence explores the consistent cold war in Hitchcock's films between his heterosexual heroines and his queer characters, usually though not always male. Decentering the authority of the male hero, Hitchcock's films allow his female and queer...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781904764144Author Ian ConrichFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Wallflower PressPublisher Wallflower PressWeight(grams) 354gDimensions(mm) 234mm * 156mm *...

When Dr. No premiered at the London Pavilion on October 5, 1962, no one predicted that it would launch the longest-running series in cinema history. It introduced the James Bond formula that has been a box-office fixture ever since: sensational plots,...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781629338286Author Joseph BrutsmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 420Imprint BearManor MediaPublisher BearManor MediaWeight(grams) 558gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781735271644Author Greg RabidouxFormat PaperbackPage Count 302Imprint Valmar BooksPublisher Valmar BooksWeight(grams) 349gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm * 16mm

Roger Corman (b. 1926) is known by many names-craftsman, artist, maverick, schlock-meister, mini-mogul, mentor, cheapskate, and King of the B's. Yet his commitment to filmmaking remains inspired. He learned his craft at the end of the studio system, only...

By developing the concept of the "digital effects emblem," Kristen Whissel contributes a new analytic rubric to cinema studies. An "effects emblem" is a spectacular, computer-generated visual effect that gives stunning expression to a film's key themes...

Even twenty years after his death and nearly fifty or more years after his creative peak, Alfred Hitchcock (1899-1980) is still arguably the most instantly recognizable film director in name, appearance, vision, and voice. Long ago, through a combination...

At a moment when superheroes dominate pop culture, Gary Bettinson takes us back to the first comic book blockbuster. Superman: The Movie - The 40th Anniversary Interviews is a revealing behind-the-scenes portrait of the personalities and expertise that...

Films like Welcome to the Dollhouse and Happiness established Todd Solondz as independent cinema's premier satirist. Blending a trademark black humor into atmospheres of grueling bleakness, Solondz repeatedly takes moviegoers into a bland suburban junk...

Brian De Palma (b. 1940) isn't your average Hollywood director.For years he reigned as the ""master of the macabre,"" the man who massacred the class of '76 in Carrie and stalked Angie Dickinson in Dressed to Kill. By the mid-1980s De Palma found himself...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780861967537Author Laura LeuzziFormat HardbackPage Count 144Imprint John Libbey & Co LtdPublisher John Libbey & Co

'Daniel Herbert and Constantine Verevis' Film Reboots is dedicated to a fundamental question of the form, namely why do reboots exist and what do they do? An impressive array of scholars engage with the contemporary reboot as an industrial practice,...

Casting is a crucial creative element of any production - and yet the craft and skills needed to put together a successful and exciting cast are often overlooked. The Casting Handbook explains the casting process from beginning to end and covers...

Fragile yet powerful, macho yet transgressive, Jacques Audiard's films portray disabled, marginalised or otherwise non-normative bodies in constant states of crisis and transformation. Jacques Audiard is the first book on the cinema of one of the most...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781400033140Author George Stevens, Jr.Format PaperbackPage Count 736Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 601gDimensions(mm) 203mm *...

So convinced is Francis Ford Coppola that "live cinema" will become a powerful medium within the larger film industry that he has crafted this instructional book, filled with lively anecdotes and invaluable lessons-a boon for cinema addicts, film...

A low-budget breakout film that wowed critics and audiences on its initial release, Stranger than Paradise would prove to be a seminal film in the new American independent cinema movement and establish its director, Jim Jarmusch, as a hip, cult auteur...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781861713063Author THOMAS A. CHRISTIEFormat PaperbackPage Count 124Imprint Crescent Moon PublishingPublisher Crescent Moon PublishingWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781629337241Author James StrattonFormat HardbackPage Count 200Imprint BearManor MediaPublisher BearManor MediaWeight(grams) 435gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781456322465Author Austin F SchmidtFormat PaperbackPage Count 134Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent Publishing...

Offers the first book length contribution to Doris Wishman Covers Wishman's vast filmography inclusive of her less discussed later films, hardcore films and nudist films Situates Wishman within larger contexts and movements in American film history...

Examines Fran ois Ozon, one of France's most prolific and best known international (queer) directors Analyses films including Potiche, Frantz and By the Grace of God, and shows how Ozon's work is deeply influenced by literature, cinema and music ...