Film, TV & Music

In the world of textiles, knitted fabric is one of the most complicated to work with but also one of the most used. This is a book for all fashion lovers who, while fascinated by knitted fabric, have not dared to venture into this field as well as for...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781901927610Author Paul LavertyFormat PaperbackPage Count 248Imprint Route PublishingPublisher Route PublishingDimensions(mm) 198mm * 129mm * 15mm

The 'macabre', as a process and product, has been haunting the theatre - and more broadly, performance - for thousands of years. In its embodied meditations on death and dying, its thematic and aesthetic grotesquerie, and its sensory-rich environments,...

Deliver professional-level 3D content in no time with this comprehensive guide to 3D animation with Maya. With over 12 years of training experience, plus several award winning students under his belt, author Adam Watkins is the ideal mentor to get you up...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781593938833Author Derek PykettFormat PaperbackPage Count 444Imprint BearManor MediaPublisher BearManor MediaWeight(grams) 590gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *...

Fashion is both big business and big news. From models' eating disorders and sweated labour to the glamour of a new season's trends, statements and arguments about fashion and the fashion industry can be found in every newspaper, consumer website and...

With careers spanning eight decades, William Hanna and Joseph Barbera were two of the most prolific animation producers in American history. In 1940, the two met at MGM and created Tom and Jerry, who would earn 14 Academy Award nominations and seven wins...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780861967049Author Amy M. DavisFormat PaperbackPage Count 276Imprint John Libbey & Co LtdPublisher John Libbey & CoWeight(grams) 354g

Instruments of Embodiment draws on fashion theory and the philosophy of embodiment to investigate costuming in contemporary dance. It weaves together philosophical theory and artistic practice by closely analyzing acclaimed works by contemporary...

An engaging survey from the Middle Ages to the present, presenting fashion as a complex process that reflects economic, social, and political changes This engaging volume tells the history of Western fashion, exploring how and why it has influenced...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781477505380Author Charles Jay HarwoodFormat PaperbackPage Count 114Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780998895109Author Steven KeslowitzFormat PaperbackPage Count 316Imprint Quillpop BooksPublisher Quillpop BooksWeight(grams) 404gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm *...

This book provides four key insights, beginning with how photographic stillness, depth, and motion emerged en masse, departing from the gradualist narratives familiar in histories of photography and film. Secondly, the book addresses the role of...

The 1979 film Alien has left an indelible mark on popular culture. Directed by Ridley Scott, at the time known primarily for making advertisements, and starring then-unknown actor Sigourney Weaver in the lead role, it transcended its humble origins to...

After a robust career in the Netherlands as the country's most successful director, Paul Verhoeven (b. 1938) built an impressive career in the United States with such controversial blockbusters as RoboCop, Total Recall, Basic Instinct, Starship Troopers,...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781838132682Author David PustanskyFormat PaperbackPage Count 326Imprint Extreme ImprovPublisher Extreme ImprovWeight(grams) 435gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *...

Prop 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...

"What I set out to do is to help you see movies better, to experience them more deeply and sharply and richly," says James Harvey. And his critical method-reading a movie moment by moment, scene by scene-reveals new layers of meaning in even the most...

This book offers a new interpretation of Ozu Yasujiro's career, from his earliest work in the 1920s up to his death in 1963, focusing on Ozu's depiction of the everyday life and experiences of ordinary Japanese people during a time of depression, war and...

This inspirational gift book filled with Bob Ross-themed challenges for art and life will bring the painter's philosophy to your world in a whole new way.When the iconic artist calls us to take out our two-inch brush, we know it means one thing: This is...

In what ways do changing notions of social class correspond with key developments in the history of fashion? Focusing on examples ranging from 18th-century Britain to aspects of the global fashion industry in the early 21st century, Fashion and Class...

Trailblazing women working in digital arts media and education established the Midwest as an international center for the artistic and digital revolution in the 1980s and beyond. Foundational events at the University of Illinois and the School of the Art...

A collection of three screenplays by this brilliant writer: EMartyE (winner of the Academy Award) EThe GoddessE and EThe Americanization of EmilyE.Book InformationISBN 9781557831934Author Paddy ChayefskyFormat PaperbackPage Count 346Imprint Applause...

In this second edition of Investing in Movies, industry veteran Joseph N. Cohen provides investors and producers with an analytical framework to assess the opportunities and pitfalls of film investments.The book traces macroeconomic trends and the...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781646116102Author Julian HoxterFormat PaperbackPage Count 200Imprint Rockridge PressPublisher Rockridge PressWeight(grams) 367gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *...

Michael Mann is one of the most important American filmmakers of the past forty years. His films exhibit the existential concerns of art cinema, articulated through a conspicuous and recognizable visual style and yet integrated within classical Hollywood...

Collecting the artwork behind the fan-favorite game -- Mega Man X DiVE! This action-platforming adventure has written a new chapter in the era of Mega Man X. Classic characters X, Zero, and Axl are joined by newcomers like RiCO, iCO, and ViA, plus guest...

In Pixar and the Aesthetic Imagination, Eric Herhuth draws upon film theory, animation theory, and philosophy to examine how animated films address aesthetic experience within contexts of technological, environmental, and sociocultural change. Since...

Game of Thrones is rated as one of the best television series. Critics have praised it for its performances, scripts, special effects, battle sequences and music. Its story line is inspired by A Song of Ice and Fire, a series of novels written by the...

In 2017, twenty-five years after its initial release, a new season of Twin Peaks shook the world of television. This new book is a detailed analysis of the third season of the television series and aims to elucidate some of the meanings of Twin Peaks:...

A Guide to Fashion Sewing, 7th Edition, provides a comprehensive fashion sewing resource for beginning and advanced sewers alike. Readers will learn how to assemble and construct designs of various styles using proven industry methods for more than 100...

Acting 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...

In the years between 1941 and 1965, Lance Comfort made some of the most entertaining films in Britain. There was the striking success of his second feature as director, Hatter's Castle (1941) and when he returned to this melodramatic vein in 1945 he made...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9782377842780Author Gael BertonFormat HardbackPage Count 200Imprint Third EditionsPublisher Third Editions

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780648274568Author Chris MilesFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint 978-0-6482745-6-8Publisher 978-0-6482745-6-8Weight(grams) 181gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *...

This book applies ecolinguistics and psychoanalysis to explore how films fictionalising environmental disasters provide spectacular warnings against the dangers of environmental apocalypse, while highlighting that even these apparently environmentally...

Roman Polanski: Behind the Scenes of His Classic Early Films is a rare portrait of the artist in the act of creation. Journalist, film historian, and playwright Jordan Young takes Polanski watchers onto the set of a movie made under the worst possible...

In the past few decades, Western studies of Afrofuturism have grown to encompass examples deriving from multiple sites across the diaspora, as well as from the African continent. However, an increasing number of Africans and Africanists have voiced their...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781984879585Author Emily FlakeFormat HardbackPage Count 128Imprint Pamela Dorman BooksPublisher Penguin Adult

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781478173861Author T J AlexFormat PaperbackPage Count 280Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent Publishing...