Film, TV & Music

Concert Lighting: Tools, Techniques, Art, and Business Fourth Edition provides readers with an updated look at how to succeed in the complex world of concert lighting design and technology. The authors have reorganized the book into three comprehensive...

A complex and contradictory graffiti culture has been brewing over the last few decades in one of the least expected settings-China's capital. Through an unparalleled collection of one local photographer's images, as well as interviews with 25 prolific...

Based on the novel and with an introduction by James EllroyBook InformationISBN 9780446674270Author Brian HelgelandFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Grand Central PublishingPublisher Little, Brown & Company

The Eight Technologies of Otherness is a bold and provocative re-thinking of identities, politics, philosophy, ethics, and cultural practices. In this groundbreaking text, old essentialism and binary divides collapse under the weight of a new and...

An anthology of writings on exhibition practice from artists, critics, curators and art historians plus artist-curators. It addresses the contradictions posed by museum and gallery sited exhibitions, as well as investigating the challenge of staging art...

Sound is half the picture, and since the 1960s, film sound not only has rivaled the innovative imagery of contemporary Hollywood cinema, but in some ways has surpassed it in status and privilege because of the emergence of sound design. This in-depth...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781914388200Author Iain AndrewsFormat PaperbackPage Count 104Imprint Verite CM LtdPublisher Verite CM Ltd

Over the past twenty-five years the relationship between art and advertising has become increasingly varied and complex, with artists appropriating the billboards and neon displays of the ad world, and advertising strategies borrowing both the tactics...

Although precise definitions have not been agreed on, historical cinema tends to cut across existing genre categories and establishes an intimidatingly large group of films. In recent years, a lively body of work has developed around historical cinema,...

In the 1940s, Picasso wrote two plays in French: the first, Desire Caught by the Tail, was conceived during the German occupation of Paris and features a cast of grotesque allegorical characters such as the Onion, Silence or Fat Anxiety discussing the...

Over a distinguished career in cultural leadership, management and journalism spanning almost 30 years, John Tusa has amassed a unique experience of the arts world, the political controversies it faces and the battles it continues to fight. His new book...

Even though horror has been a key component of media output for almost a century, the genre's industrial character remains under explored and poorly understood. Merchants of Menace: The Business of Horror Cinema responds to a major void in film history...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781506722566Author AsmodeeFormat HardbackPage Count 208Imprint Dark Horse Comics,U.S.Publisher Dark Horse Comics,U.S.

This book is available as open access through the Bloomsbury Open Access programme and is available on www.bloomsburycollections.com. Princess Mononoke (1997) is one of anime's most important films. Hayao Miyazaki's epic fantasy broke domestic box...

Since the death of the French film director Eric Rohmer in 2010, interest in his work has reignited. Known as the last of the established directors in the French New Wave, Rohmer took complete control over all his films, acting as his own producer...

The Psychology of Screenwriting is more than an interesting book on the theory and practice of screenwriting. It is also a philosophical analysis of predetermination and freewill in the context of writing and human life in our mediated world of...

Discover the cinema-novelization of Arthur Miller's 1961 American western film, The Misfits, which was directed by John Huston and went on to be one of the most popular cult films of the 1960s. A story of four lost souls - the beautiful Roslyn who has...

AI is an integral part of every video game. This book helps professionals keep up with the constantly evolving technological advances in the fast growing game industry and equips students with up-to-date information they need to jumpstart their careers...

A practical guide to writing effective short scripts for films or videos, focusing on dialog, settings, characters, structure, and themes.Book InformationISBN 9780815628026Author William H. PhillipsFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Syracuse...

Colossal. Stupendous. Epic. These adjectives, used by movie companies to hawk their wares, became cliches long ago. When used to describe the films of one director, they are accurate. More than any filmmaker in the history of the medium, Cecil B. DeMille...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780955471230Author Martin BullFormat HardbackPage Count 382Imprint Shell Shock PublishingPublisher Shell Shock PublishingWeight(grams) 750gDimensions(mm) 135mm...

Russ Meyer's Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! (1965) is an enigma. A box-office failure when initially released on the grindhouse circuit, it has since been embraced by art-house audiences, and referenced in countless films, television series, and songs. A...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781933354927Author Jay RyanFormat PaperbackPage Count 140Imprint Akashic Books,U.S.Publisher Akashic Books,U.S.Weight(grams) 682g

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262546508Author Steve BenfordFormat PaperbackPage Count 312Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press LtdWeight(grams) 369g

**Nominated for the 2021 Eisner Award for Best Academic/Scholarly Work** The first critical guide to cover the history, form and key critical issues of the medium, Webcomics helps readers explore the diverse and increasingly popular worlds of online...

Italian Cinema presents an overview and analysis of one of the most prolific and influential of national cinemas.Italian film has always drawn on a wide range of popular themes - from ancient history to the mafia, the family, the Risorgimento, terrorism,...

A bold exploration of modern psychedelic culture, its history, and future * Examines 3 modern psy-culture architects: chemist Alexander "Sasha" Shulgin, mycologist-philosopher Terence McKenna, and visionary artist Alex Grey * Presents a "History of...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781614040071Author Brandi MilneFormat HardbackPage Count 152Imprint Baby Tattoo BooksPublisher Baby Tattoo BooksWeight(grams) 864g

This volume offers a comprehensive look at the career of Mika Rottenberg (born 1976). Each chapter is devoted to one of the major videos/installations for which Rottenberg has become known, with an abundance of installation views, video stills, planning...

From age eighteen on, I had a partner, a kindred spirit. I had a friend. Someone bound and determined to keep me from the worst in myself. At a private East Coast college, two young women meet in art class. Sharon, ambitious but lacking confidence,...

The grandfather of manga and anime, Osamu Tezuka created hundreds of unforgettable characters during his 40+ year career as an illustrator and animator. His influence on generations of artists has been immeasurable, and is still felt today across...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781455561452Author Andy WarholFormat HardbackPage Count 864Imprint TwelvePublisher TwelveWeight(grams) 1724gDimensions(mm) 249mm * 208mm * 48mm

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781584237297Author Kiriakis IosifidisFormat HardbackPage Count 272Imprint Gingko Press, IncPublisher Gingko Press, Inc

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780963651792Author Frances GrimbleFormat PaperbackPage Count 563Imprint Lavolta PressPublisher Lavolta PressWeight(grams) 1329gDimensions(mm) 278mm * 216mm *...

Even ardent fans of Andy Warhol (1928-1987) may be surprised to learn that the artist created a significant body of western work. In fact, Warhol was drawn to the lore and lure of the American West throughout his life. He was heavily influenced by the...

Contingent Encounters offers a sustained comparative study of improvisation as it appears between music and everyday life. Drawing on work in musicology, cultural studies, and critical improvisation studies, as well as his own performing experience, Dan...

This is the illustrated story of New York artist Chris Daze Ellis's successful transition from the subways to international studios and galleries. Follow his 30+ year career from his days as a teenage graffiti writer to his current life as a professional...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781683960270Author Robert WilliamsFormat HardbackPage Count 450Imprint FantagraphicsPublisher Fantagraphics

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.AwardsCommended for Benjamin Franklin Award (Coffee Table Books) 2020.Book InformationISBN 9781683835301Author Michele ClaptonFormat HardbackPage Count 440Imprint Insight...

This first-of-its-kind compendium unites perspectives from artists, scholars, arts educators, policymakers and activists to investigate the complex system of values surrounding artistic-educational endeavors. Addressing a range of artistic domains,...