Direction & Production

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...

There is no foolproof formula for great filmmaking, but emerging filmmakers can learn from CREATIVE FILMMAKING FROM THE INSIDE OUT how they can uncover and strengthen their inherent creativity. Based on interviews conducted by professors from USC's...

Cy Endfield (1914-1995) was a filmmaker who was also fascinated by the worlds of close-up magic, science, and invention. After directing several distinctive low-budget films in Hollywood, he was blacklisted in 1951 and fled to Britain rather than "name...

- Explores technical, aesthetic, and practical aspects of lighting for film and video. It covers not only how to light, but why. - In-depth coverage of light and color theory, latest technology and equipment, and professional techniques. - A robust...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780578560052Author Garner SimmonsFormat HardbackPage Count 440Imprint Equuleus Productions, Inc.Publisher Equuleus Productions, Inc.

Budgeting and scheduling are easy in principle but hard in practice. The successful producer has a solid plan for juggling dozens of activities and costs while retaining the flexibility to cope with those inevitable last-minute changes and stay on course...

Despite having been made into three TV movies, a radio drama, a stage play, a Broadway musical, a feature-film remake in color, and a book adaptation, the 1947 black-and-white film of Miracle on 34thStreet still remains the favorite version of this...

How do you prepare for your first day on the set? Why might a bad audition lead to a good job offer? How should you research? What's the effect of a long tour on your love-life? Can you have a glass of wine before a matinee? What's the difference...

Harun Farocki was one of the world's most celebrated experimental filmmakers at the time of his death in 2014. In a career spanning over fifty years, the German artist produced more than one hundred works, including political cinema, nonfiction film and...

Jacques Tati is widely regarded as one of the greatest postwar European filmmakers. He made innovative and challenging comedies while achieving international box office success and attaining a devoted following. In Play Time, Malcolm Turvey examines...

Meet the man whose life-long quest to reclaim the true, cool soul of Batman wonderfully transformed today's comic book movies. Growing up outside of Asbury Park, New Jersey, Michael Uslan was obsessed with comic books. He'd be the first to grab the...

Award-winning cine-maVRicks Eric R. Williams, Carrie Love and Matt Love introduce virtual reality cinema (also known as 360 Degrees video or cine-VR) in this comprehensive guide filled with insider tips and tested techniques for writing, directing and...

Costume is an active agent for performance-making; it is a material object that embodies ideas shaped through collaborative creative work. A new focus in recent years on research in the area of costume has connected this practice in vital and new ways...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780316415620Author Barry SonnenfeldFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Hachette BooksPublisher Hachette BooksWeight(grams) 290gDimensions(mm) 204mm * 135mm *...

American filmmaker John Cassavetes (1929-1989) made only nine independent films during a quarter century, but those films affected the cinema culture of the 1960s to the 1980s in unprecedented ways. With a close nucleus of actors and crew members on his...

A visually immersive exploration of the provocative and humanistic themes at the heart of Almodovar's cinema Pedro Almodovar is one of the most daring and influential writer-directors of our time. He directed his first feature in 1980, during La...

From the moment he captured the film world's attention with Mean Streets (1973), a portrait of life at the fringes of the Mob, it was clear that a dazzling cinematic talent had arrived on the scene. With Robert DeNiro, one of the most talented young...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781615930562Author Mark W. TravisFormat PaperbackPage Count 230Imprint Michael Wiese ProductionsPublisher Michael Wiese ProductionsWeight(grams) 358g

Theatre-Making explores modes of authorship in contemporary theatre seeking to transcend the heritage of binaries from the Twentieth century such as text-based vs. devised theatre, East vs. West, theatre vs. performance - with reference to genealogies...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781861712387Author Thomas A. ChristieFormat HardbackPage Count 204Imprint Crescent Moon PublishingPublisher Crescent Moon PublishingWeight(grams)...

"I always compare filmmaking to cooking. Shooting is like buying the groceries. You buy all kinds of ingredients and the better ingredients you get, the better chance you have of making the movie you want."-Ang Lee, from Speaking in Images Speaking in...

Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi (b. 1960) is as famous for his remarkable films as for his courageous defiance of Iran's state censorship. Panahi achieved international recognition with his feature film debut, The White Balloon, the first Iranian film to...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780859653763Author Serge GrunbergFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Plexus Publishing LtdPublisher Plexus Publishing Ltd

John Meredyth Lucas, son of silent screen star and screenwriter Bess Lucas (Ben-Hur, The Sea Beast, When a Man Loves a Woman, Don Juan) and stepson of renowned Hungarian-born director Michael Curtiz (Casablanca, Mildred Pierce, Yankee Doodle Dandy, Life...

OFFICIAL STAR WARS IN-UNIVERSE BOOK FEATURING NOTES ON TACTICS, ARMOR, AND VALOR FROM GALACTIC CONFLICTS IN THE STAR WARS UNIVERSE From the Clone Wars and the Rebellion to the clashes with the First Order, the galaxy is defined by war. Star Wars: On the...

Cinema has long shaped not only how mass violence is perceived but also how it is performed. Today, when media coverage is central to the execution of terror campaigns and news anchormen serve as embedded journalists, a critical understanding of how the...

With an innovative and strongly interdisciplinary theoretical framework, this book offers an extensive investigation of the use of audio-visuals in exhibition design.Book InformationISBN 9781474484268Author Elisa MandelliFormat PaperbackPage Count...

Aki Kaurismaki is an enigma, an eminent auteur who claims his films are a joke. Since 1983, Kaurismaki has produced classically-styled films filled with cinephilic references to film history. He has earned an international art-house audience and many...

Years after his death, American filmmaker John Huston (1906-1987) remains an enigmatic and compelling figure. This wide-ranging collection of new essays encompasses a variety of topics relating to Huston's lifestyle, political activities and cinematic...

Tracking Loach presents a ground-breaking and unique contribution to the study of cinema. Archibald was granted unprecedented access to observe one of world cinema's most celebrated and controversial filmmakers, Ken Loach, while he was making the 2012...

An evaluation of one of the most important yet overlooked of Hollywood auteurs Budd Boetticher who was responsible for a number of classic films, including his famous 'Ranown' series of westerns starring Randolph Scott.Book InformationISBN...

Featuring production art and photography from the eagerly anticipated new film Chappie, starring Hugh Jackman with Sigourney Weaver! Chappie is an upcoming film directed by Neill Blomkamp (District 9, Elysium), written by Neill Blomkamp & Terri Tatchell...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780786417117Author SinyardFormat PaperbackPage Count 200Imprint McFarland & Co IncPublisher McFarland & Co Inc

Did David Lean have a philosophy of filmmaking? David Lean: Filmmaker and Philosopher draws out the threads and themes of this widely celebrated and incredibly influential director who, despite his long career, remained consistently reticent in claiming...

This is the first book written on Diane Kurys. It is essential for study of women filmmakers in France/Europe. An original and concise reading of Kurys' work.About the AuthorCarrie Tarr is Senior Research Fellow at Thames Valley University, LondonBook...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780802131041Author Margueritte DurasFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly PressPublisher Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781733150217Author Sonja SchenkFormat PaperbackPage Count 454Imprint Foreing Films PublishingPublisher Foreing Films Publishing

Interactive Narratives and Transmedia Storytelling provides media students and industry professionals with strategies for creating innovative new media projects across a variety of platforms. Synthesizing ideas from a range of theorists and practitioners...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781716390319Author Dan RichterFormat PaperbackPage Count 234Imprint Lulu.comPublisher Lulu.comWeight(grams) 572gDimensions(mm) 297mm * 210mm * 12mm

Born into a family of vaudevillians, Buster Keaton made his first film appearance in 1917 at the age of 21. By the early 1920s, he had established himself as one of the geniuses of silent cinema with such films as Sherlock, Jr. and The Navigator and his...