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Torture Porn: Popular Horror after Saw Steve Jones 9780230319417
$230.98The first monograph to critically engage with the controversial horror film subgenre known as 'torture porn', this book dissects press responses to popular horror and analyses key torture porn films, mapping out the broader conceptual and contextual... -
Terrence Malick and the Thought of Film Steven Rybin 9780739180105
RRP: $94.50$83.98Apologies no description as yet for this book is available. We are dedicated to providing you with an extensive selection of science fiction books from a variety of authors and publishers. Our collection ranges from classic titles to the latest releases,... -
The Cinema of Michael Winterbottom Deborah Allison 9780739125847
RRP: $94.50$83.98Acclaimed British director Michael Winterbottom is renowned for the abundance and diversity of his output. His films span a wide range of genres in art house and mainstream cinema alike, from the heritage film to neo-noir. Working with different genres... -
The Charley Chase Talkies: 1929-1940 James L. Neibaur 9780810891616
RRP: $176.40$156.43Charley Chase began his film career in early 1913 working as a comedian, writer, and director at the Al Christie studios under his real name, Charles Parrott. Chase then joined Mack Sennett's Keystone studio in 1914, costarring in early films of Charlie... -
The Coen Brothers Encyclopedia Lynnea Chapman King 9780810885769
RRP: $189.00$166.93Joel and Ethan Coen have written and directed some of the most celebrated American films of the last thirty years. The output of their work has embraced a wide range of genres, including the neo-noirs Blood Simple and The Man Who Wasn't There, the... -
The Oliver Stone Encyclopedia James M. Welsh 9780810883529
RRP: $199.50$177.43Oliver Stone has written and directed many memorable films while also developing a reputation for tackling controversial subjects, such as the Turkish prison system (Midnight Express), the Vietnam war (Platoon and Born on the Fourth of July), insider... -
The Brothers Grim: The Films of Ethan and Joel Coen Erica Rowell 9780810858503
RRP: $117.60$104.98In 1984 Joel and Ethan Coen burst onto the art-house film scene with their neo-noir Blood Simple and ever since then they have sharpened the cutting edge of independent film. Blending black humor and violence with unconventional narrative twists, their... -
Steven Soderbergh: Interviews, Revised & Updated Anthony Kaufman 9781628462098
RRP: $228.90$213.13The long and prolific career of Steven Soderbergh (b. 1963) defies easy categorization. From his breakout beginnings in 1989 with sex, lies, and videotape to 2013, when he retired from big-screen movie-making to focus on other pursuits including... -
The Kid Stays in the Picture Robert Evans 9780062228321
RRP: $46.18$32.95Apologies no description as yet for this book is available. We are dedicated to providing you with an extensive selection of science fiction books from a variety of authors and publishers. Our collection ranges from classic titles to the latest releases,... -
The Shut Up and Shoot Video Production Guide: A Down & Dirty DV Production Anthony Artis 9781032502755
RRP: $283.50$245.36Accompanies other Shut Up and Shoot books by Artis, with the same approachable tone and sound advice that suits seasoned professionals, students, and novice filmmakers. Draws on the author's extensive filmmaking experience to comprehensively discuss... -
Make It Memorable: Writing and Packaging Visual News with Style Bob Dotson 9781538174906
RRP: $63.00$57.73In Make It Memorable, former NBC News correspondent Bob Dotson and New York Times visual investigations producer Drew Jordan present a unique and engaging hands-on approach to the craft of visual storytelling. The third edition offers new insight for the... -
The Moving Form of Film: Historicising the Medium through Other Media Lucia Nagib (Professor of Film, Professor of Film, University of Reading) 9780197621707
$176.57The Moving Form of Film: Historicizing the Medium through Other Media charts the ways in which crossing borders between film and other arts and media can provide an encompassing, inclusive, and non-teleological understanding of film history. Evolutionary... -
A Filmmaker's Guide to Sound Design: Bridging the Gap Between Filmmakers and Technicians to Realize the Storytelling Power of Sound Matthew Polis (SoundSpace Studio, USA) 9780367249908
RRP: $283.50$245.36Introduces sound design and postproduction audio for a variety of filmmaking classes, including sound design, producing, and directing. Drawing on the authors' extensive teaching and professional experience, the book provides instructors with real-world... -
Make It Memorable: Writing and Packaging Visual News with Style Bob Dotson 9781538174890
RRP: $144.90$127.03In Make It Memorable, former NBC News correspondent Bob Dotson and New York Times visual investigations producer Drew Jordan present a unique and engaging hands-on approach to the craft of visual storytelling. The third edition offers new insight for the... -
Acting for the Screen Mary Lou Belli (Emmy Award winning director of Monk, The Game, Girlfriends, 3Way, Living with Fran, and Charles in Charge.) 9781138311619
RRP: $283.50$245.36Acting for the Screen is a collection of essays written by and interviews with working actors, producers, directors, casting directors, and acting professors, exploring the business side of screen acting.In this book, over thirty show business... -
Post-Production and the Invisible Revolution of Filmmaking: From the Silent Era to Synchronized Sound George Larkin 9781138588332
RRP: $283.50$245.36Post-Production and the Invisible Revolution of Filmmaking studies the discourses surrounding post-production, as well as the aesthetic effects of its introduction during the 1920s and 1930s, by exploring the philosophies and issues faced by... -
Australian Genre Film Kelly McWilliam 9781138603141
RRP: $283.50$230.45Australian Genre Film interrogates key genres at the core of Australia's so-called new golden age of genre cinema, establishing the foundation on which more sustained research on film genre in Australian cinema can develop. The book examines what... -
Guerrilla Film Marketing: The Ultimate Guide to the Branding, Marketing and Promotion of Independent Films & Filmmakers Robert G. Barnwell (Professor, Ringling College of Art and Design, Sarasota FL, USA) 9781138916463
RRP: $283.50$246.20Create an irresistible brand image and build an audience of loyal and engaged fans...Guerrilla Film Marketing takes readers through each step of the film branding, marketing and promotional process. Tailored specifically to low-budget independent films... -
Women Do Genre in Film and Television Mary Harrod 9781138695801
RRP: $283.50$245.36Winner of first Prize in the BAFTSS Best Edited Collection competition, this volume examines how different generations of women work within the genericity of audio-visual storytelling not necessarily to 'undo' or 'subvert' popular formats, but also to... -
Critical Approaches to TV and Film Set Design Geraint D'Arcy 9781138636569
RRP: $283.50$245.36The analysis of scenic design in film and television is often neglected, with visual design elements relegated to part of the mise-en-scene in cinema or simply as "wallpaper" in television. Critical Approaches to TV and Film Set Design positions itself... -
Screens Producing & Media Operations: Advanced Practice for Media Server and Video Content Preparation Laura Frank 9781138338029
RRP: $283.50$245.36Media servers have established themselves as the dominant video playback tool for live events; however, the practice of delivering content to these systems and the structure of the media operations team is still evolving. This book outlines a workflow... -
IFP/Los Angeles Independent Filmmaker's Manual Eden H. Wurmfeld 9781138171206
RRP: $283.50$247.46Backed by the resources of Independent Feature Project/West, co-authors Nicole Shay LaLoggia and Eden H. Wurmfeld have written the definitive low-budget production manual. Using examples from the Swingers and Kissing Jessica Stein, this comprehensive... -
Production Design: Visual Design for Film and Television Peg McClellan 9781138185432
RRP: $283.50$239.11Production Design: Visual Design for Film and Television is a hands-on guide to the craft of Production Design and Art Direction. Author Peg McClellan gives an insider's view of the experiences and challenges of working as a Production Designer in film... -
Found Footage Horror Films: A Cognitive Approach Peter Turner (Oxford Brookes University, UK) 9781138388512
RRP: $283.50$245.36This book adopts a cognitive theoretical framework in order to address the mental processes that are elicited and triggered by found footage horror films. Through analysis of key films, the book explores the effects that the diegetic camera technique... -
The Insiders' Guide to Factual Filmmaking Tony Stark 9780815369776
RRP: $283.50$238.27The Insiders' Guide to Factual Filmmaking is an accessible and comprehensive 'how to' guide about the craft of making documentaries for TV, online or social media. Filmmaker Tony Stark distils a long career at the BBC and as an independent producer to... -
A Theory of Dramaturgy Janek Szatkowski 9780815354703
RRP: $283.50$245.36A Theory of Dramaturgy is the first text of its kind to define concepts and combine arguments into a coherent dramaturgical theory supported by an operative systems theory. This is a wide-ranging theory with historical and contemporary perspectives on... -
The Digitization of Cinematic Visual Effects: Hollywood's Coming of Age Rama Venkatasawmy 9780739197660
RRP: $111.30$98.68The Digitization of Cinematic Visual Effects: Hollywood's Coming of Age, by Rama Venkatasawmy, analyzes how the Hollywood cinema industry's visual effects applications have not only motivated the expansion of filmmaking praxis, they have also influenced... -
The Documentary Handbook Peter Lee-Wright 9780415434010
RRP: $283.50$246.20'The Documentary Handbook is mandatory reading for those who want a critical understanding of the place of factual formats in today's exploding television and media industry, as well as expert guidance in complex craft skills in order to fully... -
Authorship and Film David A. Gerstner 9780415939935
RRP: $283.50$245.36Authorship in film has been a persistent theme in the field of cinema studies. This volume of new work revitalizes the question of authorship by connecting it to larger issues of identity--in film, in the marketplace, in society, in culture. Essays range... -
Directing Actors: A Practical Aesthetics Approach Lee Michael Cohn 9780367547264
RRP: $283.50$245.36Directing Actors: A Practical Aesthetics Approach is the first book to apply the Practical Aesthetics acting technique to the craft of directing.Lee Cohn lays out a step-by-step, no-nonsense methodology for the director that includes a deep dive into the... -
Film as Social Practice Graeme Turner 9780415375139
RRP: $283.50$245.36This fourth edition of our bestselling text has been comprehensively updated and revised to include contemporary film analysis and recent films.With a focus on contemporary popular cinema and examples from Classical Hollywood, Graeme Turner examines the... -
The Gig Economy: Workers and Media in the Age of Convergence Brian Dolber (California State University Saint Marcos, USA) 9780367690212
RRP: $283.50$245.36This edited collection examines the gig economy in the age of convergence from a critical political economic perspective. Contributions explore how media, technology, and labor are converging to create new modes of production, as well as new modes of... -
Prop Building for Beginners: Twenty Props for Stage and Screen Eric Hart (Professional Prop Builder, New York, NY, USA) 9780367366919
RRP: $283.50$245.36Prop Building for Beginners outlines the basic concepts of prop building by featuring step-by-step instructions to create twenty of the most commonly featured items in theatrical and filmed productions. This book uses a combination of projects to expose... -
Flashbacks in Film: A Cognitive and Multimodal Analysis Adriana Gordejuela 9780367721336
RRP: $283.50$245.36Flashbacks in Film examines film flashback as a rich multimodal narrative device, analyzing the cognitive underpinnings of film flashbacks and the mechanisms that lead viewers to successfully comprehend them.Combining a cognitive film theory approach... -
Producing Videos: A complete guide Martha Mollison 9780367719043
RRP: $283.50$245.36Producing Videos has been called the 'bible' of video making. A bestseller over many years, it offers a comprehensive and user friendly guide to all aspects of video production - from the first chapter on using a camera (if it doesn't go in easily, don't... -
Indigenous Cultural Translation: A Thick Description of Seediq Bale Darryl Sterk 9780367198558
RRP: $283.50$245.36Indigenous Cultural Translation is about the process that made it possible to film the 2011 Taiwanese blockbuster Seediq Bale in Seediq, an endangered indigenous language. Seediq Bale celebrates the headhunters who rebelled against or collaborated with... -
Sound and Image: Aesthetics and Practices Andrew Knight-Hill 9780367271473
RRP: $283.50$245.36Sound and Image: Aesthetics and Practices brings together international artist scholars to explore diverse sound and image practices, applying critical perspectives to interrogate and evaluate both the aesthetics and practices that underpin the... -
Virtual Reality Cinema: Narrative Tips and Techniques Eric Williams (Ohio University, USA) 9780367463403
RRP: $283.50$238.27Award-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... -
Asia-Pacific Film Co-productions: Theory, Industry and Aesthetics Dal Yong Jin 9780367444556
RRP: $283.50$245.36This book examines cross-regional film collaboration within the Asia-Pacific region. Through a mixed methods approach of political economy, industry and market, as well as textual analysis, the book contributes to the understanding of the global fusion... -
Shyam Benegal's India: Alternative Images Vivek Sachdeva (Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, New Delhi, India) 9780367195335
RRP: $283.50$245.36This book examines Shyam Benegal's films and alternative image(s) of India in his cinema, and traces the trajectory of changing aesthetics of his cinema in the post-liberalisation era. The book engages with the challenges faced by India as a nation-state...