Direction & Production

Cine-literate and single-minded, Michael Reeves took on exploitative film production companies, the British censors, and even Vincent Price to create a unique vision of savage poetry and lacerating despair: Witchfinder General. He died aged 25 in 1969,...

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...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250279224Author Carrie CourogenFormat HardbackPage Count 400Imprint St Martin's PressPublisher St Martin's PressWeight(grams) 603gDimensions(mm) 241mm *...

From Slacker (1991), a foundational work of independent American cinema, to the Before trilogy, Richard Linklater's critically acclaimed films and aesthetic ambition have earned him a place as one of the most important contemporary directors. In this...

Spanning nine decades and branded by the most trusted authority on film, Turner Classic Movies: Must-See Sci-Fi showcases 50 of the most shocking, weird, wonderful, and mind-bending movies ever made.From A Trip to the Moon (1902) to Arrival (2016),...

Ten years after its initial successful publication, The MarvelVault is due for an update. New text and images chroniclehow Marvel has channelled its singular storytelling into ablockbuster movie studio, even as it has stayed true to itshallowed roots in...

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...

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 *...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781581152241Author Vincent LoBruttoFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Allworth Press,U.S.Publisher Allworth Press,U.S.Weight(grams) 297g

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)...

Being a successful editor is about more than just knowing how to operate a certain piece of software, or when to make a certain transition. On the contrary, there are many unwritten laws and a sense of propriety that are never discussed or taught in film...

"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

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...

By 1915, Hollywood had become the epicenter of American filmmaking, with studio "dream factories" structuring its vast production. Filmmakers designed Hollywood studios with a distinct artistic and industrial mission in mind, which in turn influenced the...

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...

Along with Michael Powell and Alfred Hitchcock, David Lean (1908-1991) is one of the most significant British filmmakers to emerge from the first half of the twentieth century. His use of panoramic landscapes, precision editing, grandiose compositions,...

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...

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

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...

Sally Potter has been renowned for her rapport with actors, and for the luminous performances she works with them to produce. Now she strips bare the art and craft of directing actors for the camera, from casting a film to the moment of first screening...

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...

Leverage the full power of Avid Media Composer with this essential guide from an Avid guru. Master timesaving tricks and techniques that utilize the latest Media Composer features and state-of-the-art workflows. Learn the secrets of the postproduction...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781039144323Author Dean GoodineFormat HardbackPage Count 354Imprint FriesenPressPublisher FriesenPressWeight(grams) 671gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 24mm

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,...

From movie villains to scream queens, here are interviews with 36 actors and actresses familiar to fans of sixties and seventies cult cinema. Interviewees include the well-known (David Carradine, Christopher Lee), the relatively obscure (Marrie Lee), sex...

Completely up to date with relevant information on digital technology and HD TV, this is the only title to focus specifically on television production management, and presents an easily accessible and authoritative guide to the area.Production Management...

Pedro Almodovar's influence on European popular culture has been immense. From a small village in rural Spain to international acclaim for his many wonderfully vivid and outrageous films, Almodovar On Almodovar tells the story of the man and his films...

With ruminations on drawing, colour and caricature, on the political meaning of fairy-tales, talking animals and human beings as machines, Hollywood Flatlands brings to light the links between animation, avant-garde art and modernist criticism.Focusing...

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...