Film, TV & Music

In the early days of moving pictures, filmmakers learned that the montage could be an effective tool to show changes in time or locale. Casablanca's iconic travel montage is mimicked by filmmakers to this day. Since its use in Rocky, the training montage...

What was Takako Konishi really doing in North Dakota, and why did she end up dead? Did she get lost and freeze to death, as the police concluded, while searching for the fictional treasure buried in a snowbank at the end of the Coen Brothers' film Fargo?...

Forty years ago, graffiti in New York evolved from elementary mark-making into an important art form. By the end of the 1980s, it had been documented in books and films that were seen around the world, sparking an international graffiti movement. Art in...

A noted comics artist himself, Santiago Garcia follows the history of the graphic novel from early nineteenth-century European sequential art, through the development of newspaper strips in the United States, to the development of the twentieth-century...

An insider's look at Hollywood and how movies and television shows are made.In Batman's Batman, Michael E. Uslan, executive producer of the Batman movie franchise, offers an insider's look at Hollywood and the process of how movies and television shows...

The Western has always been inextricably linked to the USA, and studies have continually sought to connect its historical development to changes in American society and Hollywood innovations. Focusing new critical attention on films produced in Germany,...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781615931750Author Mr Lee Zahavi JessupFormat PaperbackPage Count 166Imprint Michael Wiese ProductionsPublisher Michael Wiese ProductionsWeight(grams) 286g

An essential book for all those working with fashion and design, particularly fashion print design. It covers all the techniques for the creation of fashion prints using the most popular software, Photoshop and Illustrator. With step-by-step...

On 29 September 1981, Peter Turner received a phone call that would change his life. His former lover, Hollywood actress Gloria Grahame, had collapsed in a Lancaster hotel and was refusing medical attention. He had no choice but to take her into his...

Through the Looking Glass examines John Cage's interactions and collaborations with avant-garde and experimental filmmakers, and in turn seeks out the implications of the audiovisual experience for the overall aesthetic surrounding Cage's career. As the...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780861967490Author Alain BoillatFormat PaperbackPage Count 350Imprint John Libbey & Co LtdPublisher John Libbey & Co

Would you believe that you could ask a full-grown man to hold a penny for you and then tell him to drop it and finds he can't, hard as he may try? In what is undoubtedly the most original magic book of our time, John Fisher shows the reader how, with...

Ground-breaking in its departure from its predecessors, When Harry Met Sally (1989) established classic romantic comedy themes and tropes still being employed today. Placing the film in its historical, social and generic contexts, Tamar Jeffers-McDonald...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781629339788Author Jonathan SmithFormat PaperbackPage Count 522Imprint BearManor MediaPublisher BearManor MediaWeight(grams) 1197gDimensions(mm) 279mm * 216mm *...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780307460325Author Rebecca KeeganFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 255gDimensions(mm) 203mm *...

South Korean cinema is a striking example of non-Western contemporary cinematic success. Thanks to the increasing numbers of moviegoers and domestic films produced, South Korea has become one of the world's major film markets. In 2001, the South Korean...

Few names in fashion are as recognisable as that of Calvin Klein. This unique book presents a stunning archive of images that reveal his timeless influence as a designer. From founding the company in New York in 1968, he went on to change the face of...

The most wide-ranging and up-to-date volume available on the enigmatic and controversial graffiti artist, this deeply researched and highly personal tribute explores how Banksy continues to defy accepted wisdom about artistic success, growing only more...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781592409334Author Edward BurnsFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Gotham BooksPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 276g

Early in his Hollywood career, Leo McCarey honed his skills by working with some of the great names of comedy, including Laurel and Hardy, W.C. Fields, and The Marx Brothers, whose 1933 classic, Duck Soup, McCarey directed. Later, as a writer and/or...

Who Framed Roger Rabbit emerged at a nexus of people, technology, and circumstances that is historically, culturally, and aesthetically momentous. By the 1980s, animation seemed a dying art. Not even the Walt Disney Company, which had already won over...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781951036287Author Mike WattFormat PaperbackPage Count 238Imprint Happy Cloud PublishingPublisher Happy Cloud PublishingWeight(grams) 562gDimensions(mm) 279mm *...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781533254658Author Cby PublishingFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent Publishing...

This is an eclectic, interdisciplinary overview of persuasive strategies and propaganda techniques. Living in a saturated media environment, we are crowded from all sides by persuasive messages and information. Advice, promotion and propaganda form a...

Here's the story of a lovely lady....Well, you know how it goes, especially if you're a nostalgia-loving baby-boomer who grew up with the Bradys! This is the definitive book on America's #1 TV family--complete with star biographies, episode summaries,...

Whether you are a young actor seeking to land your first screen role or a workshop leader looking for relevant exercises that won't involve vast technical support, this book belongs on your shelf. Many screen actors begin their careers lacking the...

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)...

A practical guide to all forms of decoration for pots and sculpture. This step-by-step guide encourages you to explore the full range of surface treatment techniques and teaches you how to obtain a professional finish to your work by suggesting an...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781856698429Author Mark AtkinsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Laurence King PublishingPublisher Laurence King PublishingWeight(grams) 780gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies 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 Pink Book: Fashion, Styles & Stories is a dedicated series that comprehensively explores one of the most important themes in the fashion industry: colours. As the title suggests, this book focuses on all shades of pink, from vibrant fuchsia to...

Intended for fashion students and fashion designers, this fabric book is indispensable for sourcing and selecting textiles for fashion. It will guide you to the perfect fabric for every design, helping you find the ideal material to achieve the...

Just as punk created a space for bands such as the Slits and Poly Styrene to challenge 1970s norms of femininity, through a transgressive, strident new female-ness, it also provoked experimental feminist film makers to initiate a parallel, lens-based...

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...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062238313Author Julian FellowesFormat PaperbackPage Count 416Imprint CollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncSeries Downton AbbeyWeight(grams)...

Are the Oscars (still) so white? Is it even possible to decolonise the film industry? Why is Hollywood's race problem everyone's problem?Ignoring the systemic racial inequalities in film is losing the industry $10 billion a year. Yet, parity, diversity,...

Henry Cyril Paget, 5th Marquis of Anglesey (1875 - 1905) was born to inherit the Empire. Instead, he burned brightly, briefly and transvestitely through his family's vast wealth; putting on fabulous plays starring him. When he died, his vengeful heirs...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781506733159Author Peter BergtingFormat HardbackPage Count 208Imprint Dark Horse Comics,U.S.Publisher Dark Horse Comics,U.S.

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781733989633Author Geoffrey D CalhounFormat PaperbackPage Count 132Imprint We Fix Your ScriptPublisher We Fix Your ScriptWeight(grams) 159gDimensions(mm) 216mm...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780473338886Author Craig LauridsenFormat PaperbackPage Count 286Imprint AcumenPublisher Acumen